Managing services, programs, and activities for students, including discipline, attendance, home schooling, and suspensions/exclusions. Also includes addressing particular needs groups to allow equitable participation and outcomes
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Outlines what Education Queensland schools need to do to satisfy the State and Commonwealth anti-discrimination legislation in allowing the use of Assistance Animals by students with a disability.
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Provides alternative education pathways for secondary students from remote schools with small secondary departments. Schools are required to meet two out of five eligibility criteria before becoming eligible.
Eligible students are able to access State and Australian Government allowances to leave home to complete their education.
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Provides eligibility criteria to determine if home-based school-aged learners are 'limited choice' learners and therefore exempt from paying the enrolment fee for distance education, and fees and charges that apply to non-State school students. Describes process to seek exemption, waiver or refund from payment.
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The Interstate Student Data Transfer Note facilitates timely transmission between schools of information about students who move interstate.
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Only personnel employed by the Department of Education and Training (DET) as Guidance Officers or Psychologists may use restricted psychoeducational tests in state schools. Specific qualifications, training and professional supervision are required to use restricted psychoeducational tests.
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This procedure outlines practices associated with approval of variations to school age entry when a child or a student's ability, aptitude and developmental capabilities suggest that an alternative placement to regular age-based enrolment is required to maximise their learning. Alternative enrolments include early entry to Year 1, early entry to the Preparatory Year, flexibility to delay entry to the Preparatory Year and repeating the Preparatory Year.
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Outlines how state educational institutions should approach family law matters in line with the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth).The procedure encourages minimal involvement of state educational institutions in these matters, but acknowledges that principals are frequently asked to intervene when such matters impact on school administration.
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The objective of this procedure is to outline the assistance available to those students whose disability necessitates transport to and from school by a means that takes account of their disability.
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Outlines responsibilities and commitment of Education Queensland to providing a safe and supportive and disciplined learning environment, and preventing and responding to harm or risk of harm for all students. Three categories of harm are addressed: harm caused by another student, harm caused by someone outside the state education institution environment, and student self-harm.
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Outlines procedures and decision-making processes for the allocation of State education to all students, including additional semesters beyond the 24 semester allocation.
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Home Education is a lawful alternative when considering the education of children of compulsory school age, or in the compulsory participation phase, in Queensland.
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Outlines the provision of and access to early childhood development programs and services for children with disabilities with significant education support needs prior to the first year of schooling.
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Outlines circumstances and protocols (for the purposes of the legislation) for sharing relevant information to give protection to a child who has been harmed or is at risk of being harmed and to deliver coordinated services to meet the care needs of the child and his/her family.
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To outline the responsibilities of the department, regional offices, schools and Mature Age Student applicants.
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Outline of the Department of Education and Training’s commitment to promoting supportive learning environments through The Code of School Behaviour and development of school Responsible Behaviour Plan for Students. Procedures for facilitating a supportive school environment and for when considering suspending a student, a proposal/recommendation to exclude a student or considering cancelling a student’s enrolment.
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This procedure outlines issues that principals need to consider in developing, documenting and implementing student dress codes in Queensland State schools.
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Outlines protocols for school-based and district staff to follow in cases of students who are enrolling in Years P-12 in all State Primary, Secondary and Special Schools. Describes points of transition and those verified as having a disability and the provision of a program or service required to meet educational needs.
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The Transfer Note facilitates the timely transmission of consistent student information between any school in Queensland.
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Outlines procedures to be taken by delegated officers when a student seeks an exemption from compulsory schooling or from the compulsory participation phase.
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Outlines procedures to be taken by delegated officers in respect to making approved flexible arrangements in relation for a student's educational program during compulsory schooling or the compulsory participation phase.
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Education Queensland delivers educational services to students in hospital settings, including hospitalised students, siblings of hospitalised students and children of hospitalised parents.
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This procedure provides information to learning providers and the Queensland Studies Authority of their legislative obligations, under the Education (Queensland Studies Authority) Act 2002 (Qld), to open, maintain and close student accounts. It does not provide a technical guide around the data capture systems with the Queensland Studies Authority.
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Outlines process for Regional Executive Directors and Executive Directors (Schools) to give written consent to Principals for the release of relevant personal information on particular students to school bus operators.
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Outlines roles and responsilibities of departmental employees, principals, case managers, teachers, Guidance Officers and Regional Contact Officers (Mental Heath) in relation to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of school aged students.
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The procedure for how to record student attendance and absence on school rolls.
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Outlines circumstances and protocols for disclosing student personal information to the Queensland Police Service for the purposes of assisting in averting a serious risk to the life, health or safety or a person, including the person to whom the information relates, or in the public interest (pursuant to section 426(4)(e) of the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Qld))
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The fee waiver for Dependant Students of Temporary Visa Holders guides DET International officers in assessing applications for a waiver of international student tuition fees. It also provides the Director-General with a formal basis for approving or not approving an application for a fee waiver.
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Outlines procedure for state school principals and staff to follow when temporarily removing property from students.
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Responding to incidents of harm to a student or suspicion of harm to a student caused by an employee.
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Procedure for managing student absences and enforcing parents' obligations to ensure their child/children are enrolled and attend school or participate in their eligible option on every school day.
SMS-PR-002: Assistance Animals in Schools
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