SMS-PR-014: Home Education in Queensland

• Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (new window) Chapter 9, Part 5; Chapter 10, Part 1; Chapter 11 http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/ACTS/2006/06AC039.pdf
• Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (new window) Part 2, Section 5(c) http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/E/EducWkExA96.pdf
• Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005 (new window) Chapter 2, Section 8 http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/E/EducQCTA05.pdf
• Education (Queensland Studies Authority) Act 2002 (new window) Section 13 http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/SUPERSED/E/EducQStAuA02_01C_050531.pdf
• Information Standard 42 - Information Privacy (IS42) (new window) http://www.qgcio.qld.gov.au/02_infostand/standards/is42.pdf

• Queensland the Smart State - Education and Training Reforms for the Future: A White Paper (new window) http://education.qld.gov.au/etrf/whitepaper/pdfs/whitepaper.pdf

• FNM-PR-008: Textbook and Resource Allowance /strategic/eppr/finance/fnmpr008/

Statement of intent

The Queensland Government supports a parent's right to choose an educational environment that suits their child. Some parents choose to school their children at home for a variety of reasons. To balance a parent's right to educate their child and the State's obligation to ensure that all children are appropriately educated, a parent, as part of their responsibility, needs to apply for and be granted registration for their child.

A parent submits an application for a child to be registered for home education. When choosing this form of education, the parent accepts the responsibility of educating their child at home using an educational program or learning philosophy developed or adapted by them or by a registered teacher, primarily at the child's usual place of residence.

A child is granted registration once the parent has satisfactorily provided all required information as stated on the application form and the Director-General of Education, Training and the Arts (or delegate) is satisfied the conditions of registration will be met. To support continued registration a parent is required to provide an annual report which demonstrates the educational progress of the child. It is a standard condition of registration that the child receives a high-quality education.

To be eligible for registration a child is to be:

• usually resident in Queensland;
• of compulsory school age or in the compulsory participation phase; and
• not enrolled in a State school or non-State school.

Responsibilities

• Manages home education registration process:
  • Receives applications for registration or provisional registration
  • Issues provisional registration for all eligible children as part of the registration process
  • Processes registration applications
  • Forwards applications to the Director, Office of Non-State Education for determination
  • Notifies parent of the Director's determination
  • Issues registration certificates
  • Monitors parent's compliance with standard conditions of registration
  • Processes reports on educational performance and proposed outcomes
• Supports development of documentation and child's program if required
• Provides necessary documentation, forms and website to support the home education registration system
• Offers, where possible, home visits or visits to the Home Education Unit for parents who would benefit from personal contact
• Facilitates the creation of learning accounts with the Queensland Studies Authority for registered students entering the compulsory participation phase
• Facilitates payment of Textbook and Resource Allowance to parents of eligible, registered students in Years 8 to 12 by providing details (if supplied by parent) to School Financial Services
• Facilitates access to WorkCover for registered home educated students who have arranged work experience
• Maintains a database of registered children and home educators

• Meets their compulsory schooling obligation by registering the child for home education
• Meets their compulsory participation obligation by ensuring their young person in the compulsory participation phase is participating full-time in an eligible option, is registered for home education, or otherwise is meeting or is exempted from their obligation
• Applies for registration using the Application for Registration for Home Education (new window) 605k form and supplies details of the educational program or learning philosophy to be used and other required documentation to support application
• Complies with the standard conditions of registration by providing an annual report, as outlined in the Continuing Registration for Home Education (new window) 247k form, as evidence of the educational progress of the child and as part of the process reviews the expected outcomes for the child's educational program or learning philosophy
• Complies with the standard conditions of registration by providing their child with a high-quality education which is detailed in the child's educational program or learning philosophy

• Grants registration, provisional registration and continuing registration
• Determines on application for registration, provisional registration or continuing registration, based on recommendations from the Home Education Unit
• Opens Queensland Studies Authority learning accounts for young persons entering the compulsory participation phase of learning

Forms

• Application for Registration for Home Education (new window) 605k
• Continuing Registration for Home Education (new window) 247k

Not Applicable

Other relevant documents

• Not Applicable

Contacts

For information on home education in Queensland, contact: No results from phone include!

• CS-23 Home Schooling - Version: March 1998