Submissions invited on Education (Update) Amendment Bill
Submissions invited on Education (Update) Amendment
Bill
The Education
(Update) Amendment Bill aims to provide flexible, modern
education focused on children and young people and their
educational outcomes.
The bill would amend the
Education Act 1989 to:
• strengthen the
efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of schools and
the schooling network
• increase flexibility in
the enrolment and attendance requirements for the first year
of learning
• strengthen the legal framework for
managing teacher competence issues
• establish a
legislative framework for online learning, and
•
improve the provision of careers services by the
Government.
Submission now
welcome
The Education and Science Committee is
now inviting submissions on the Education (Update) Amendment
Bill. The closing date for submissions is midnight on
Friday, 11 November 2016.
Have your say to the Education and Science
Committee and tell them what you think.
Make your submission here.
For more details about the
bill:
• Education (Update) Amendment Bill
•
Overview of the bill and what it
means
• What’s been said in Parliament about the
bill
• The Education and Science Committee’s
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