Education policy and procedures register
Please note, the Department of Education and Training continually reviews all its policies and procedures to ensure they are up to date and readily available to the public. Currently, the Department is reviewing all policies, procedures and forms with regard to the repealed FOI Act replaced by the Right to Information Act 2009, the Privacy Standard IS42 replaced by the Information Privacy Act 2009, the Financial and Administration and Audit Act 1977 replaced by Financial Accountability Act 2009 and the Financial Management Standard replaced by the Financial and Performance Management Standard, all of which commenced on 1 July 2009.
The centralised location for Departmental policy, procedures and guidelines for use by State Schools and departmental offices the Education Policy and Procedures Register has replaced the Department of Education Manual (DOEM). All policies and procedures in the DOEM have been rescinded. Only those still current have been reformatted and published in the Education Policy and Procedures Register.
What are policies and procedures?
Queensland government defines substantive policy and procedural policy. The Register describes these as Policies and Procedures.
Policies and procedures are hierarchical in nature and support legislation by providing consistent administrative practices at operational levels.
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| Legislation: Law made by parliament or parliament's delegate (eg Governor in Council). In contrast to common law and equity, are made by courts.
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| Substantive Policy (Policy): Outlines what government/a department intends to do through stated plans of action. Has highest level of goals and includes statements of values. Has a timeframe. |
| Procedural Policy (Procedure): Relate to specific area stating how something will be done and by whom. Concern internal operations. Can be administrative response to regulatory requirements and/or policy. |
| Guideline: Non-binding information that assists inexperienced user to undertake a procedure. User may act at variance as long as required outcome is reached. |
How are policies and procedures developed?
Department of Education, Training and the Arts follows Queensland Government's processes.
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