QueenslandEducation (School
Curriculum P-10) Act 1996EDUCATION(SCHOOLCURRICULUMP–10)REGULATION1997Reprinted as in force on 1 July 2002(includes amendments up to SL No. 318 of
2000)This is the reprint current on the repeal
dateReprint No. 1EThis reprint is
prepared bythe Office of the Queensland Parliamentary
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Information about this reprintThis
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s13s3Education (School Curriculum P-10)Regulation 1997EDUCATION(SCHOOLCURRICULUMP–10)REGULATION1997[as
amended by all amendments that commenced on or before 1 July
2002]†PART1—PRELIMINARY˙Short
title1.This regulation may be cited as
theEducation (School CurriculumP-10)
Regulation 1997.˙Commencement2.This
regulation commences on 14 February 1997.˙Definitions3.In
this regulation—“education provider”means—(a)the chief executive; or(b)the Queensland Catholic Education
Commission; or(c)the Association of Independent Schools
of Queensland Inc.“parent groups”means all of the
following entities—(a)QueenslandCouncilofParentsandCitizens’AssociationsIncorporated;(b)FederationofParentsandFriendsAssociationsofCatholicSchools,
Queensland;(c)Independent Parents and Friends
Council of Queensland.
s44s6Education (School Curriculum P-10)Regulation 1997†PART2—MATTERSABOUTCOUNCILMEETINGS˙Notice
of council meetings4.The chairperson of the council calls a
meeting by giving written noticeof the time and
place of the meeting to each of the members at least 7 daysbefore the day of the meeting.˙Quorum for meeting of council5.Thenumberofmembersofthecouncilrequiredtoconstituteaquorum is—(a)if
the number of members at the time of the meeting is an evennumber—half the number of members; or(b)if the number of members at the time
of the meeting is an oddnumber—the whole number next higher
than half the number ofmembers.†PART3—SYLLABUSADVISORYCOMMITTEES˙Requirements about membership of syllabus
advisory committees6.(1)Each syllabus
advisory committee established by the council1mustinclude the
following persons—(a)5 persons nominated by the chief
executive—(i)1 of whom must be a public service
officer employed in thedepartment; and(ii)4ofwhommustbepractisingteacherswhomthechiefexecutiveconsiderstohaveexpertiseintheparticular1Undersection30(1)oftheAct,thecouncilmayestablishsyllabusadvisorycommittees to
‘the extent the council considers it necessary or convenient
foreffectively and efficiently performing its
functions in relation to P-10 syllabuses’.
s75s7Education (School Curriculum P-10)Regulation 1997subjects for
which the committee is established;(b)2personsnominatedbytheQueenslandCatholicEducationCommission, 1 of
whom must be a practising teacher whom thecommission
considers to have expertise in the particular subjectsfor
which the committee is established;(c)2
persons nominated by the Association of Independent SchoolsofQueenslandInc.,1ofwhommustbeapractisingteacherwhom
the association considers to have expertise in the
particularsubjects for which the committee is
established;(d)1 person nominated by the parent
groups who, at the time ofappointment by the council, is a
parent of a student currentlyattending a year
from preschool to year 10 at a State educationalinstitution or other school in
Queensland.(2)To remove any doubt, it is declared
that subsection (1) does not limitthe council’s
powers to appoint other persons to be members of syllabusadvisory committees.˙Nomination by education providers7.(1)A nomination by
an education provider must be obtained by thecouncilaskingtheeducationprovider,bywrittennotice,tonominatepersons as
mentioned in section 6(1)(a), (b) or (c) by a time stated in
thenotice.(2)If
the education provider does not, within the time stated in the
notice,nominate a person or persons for
appointment—(a)thecouncilmayappointapersonorpersonstoasyllabusadvisory
committee as the nominee or nominees of the educationprovider; and(b)apersonappointedistakentohavebeennominatedbytheeducation provider under section
6(1).(3)In appointing a person as the nominee
of an education provider, thecouncil must
appoint a person whom it considers is suitably qualified forappointment as the nominee of the education
provider.
s
86s 10Education (School
Curriculum P-10)Regulation 1997˙Nominations by parent groups8.(1)Anominationbytheparentgroupsmustbeobtainedbythechairperson of the council arranging a
meeting of the representatives of eachof the parent
groups to agree on a nominee for appointment.(2)The
meeting may be held by telephone, closed circuit television
oranother form of communication.(3)If the representatives of each of the
parent groups do not agree on anominee for
appointment at the meeting—(a)thecouncilmayappointapersontoasyllabusadvisorycommittee as the nominee of the parent
groups; and(b)thepersonappointedistakentohavebeennominatedbytheparent groups under section
6(1).(4)Inappointingapersonasthenomineeoftheparentgroups,thecouncil must appoint a person whom it
considers is suitably qualified forthe appointment
as the nominee of the parent groups.˙Chairpersons of syllabus advisory
committees9.For each syllabus advisory committee,
the council must appoint amember of the committee to be the
chairperson of the committee.˙Removal of certain members of syllabus
advisory committee10.(1)This section
applies to a member of a syllabus advisory committeenominated under section 6(1).(2)Before the council decides to remove
the member from the syllabusadvisory
committee, the council must give written notice to the member
andthe education provider, or the parent groups,
that nominated the person—(a)about the
council’s intention to remove the member from thecommittee; and(b)inviting the member and the provider or
groups to make a writtensubmission to the council, within a
time stated in the notice, aboutremoving the
member.
s
117s 11Education (School
Curriculum P-10)Regulation 1997†PART
4—TESTS FOR ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS’SKILLSORKNOWLEDGE˙Required tests—Act, s 1311.For
section 132of the Act, the council must develop
the followingtests—(a)a
test, for administering in 2001 and each subsequent year, toassess the literacy and numeracy skills of
all students in year 3;(b)a test, for
administering in 1998 and each subsequent year, toassess the literacy and numeracy skills of
all students in year 5;(c)a test, for
administering in 1999 and each subsequent year, toassess the literacy and numeracy skills of
all students in year 7.2Section 13
(Regulation may require council to develop tests) of the
Act
9Education (School Curriculum
P-10)Regulation 1997´4Table of earlier reprintsTABLE
OF EARLIER REPRINTS[If a reprint number includes a roman letter,
the reprint was released in unauthorised,electronic form
only.]Reprint No.Amendments
includedReprint date1none3 March 19971Ato SL
No. 6 of 199811 February 19981Bto SL
No. 280 of 199823 October 19981Cto SL
No. 305 of 19998 December 19991Dto SL
No. 318 of 200014 December 2000´5List of legislationEducation (School Curriculum P-10) Regulation
1997 SL No. 26made by the Governor in Council on 13
February 1997notfd gaz 14 February 1997 pp 631–2ss
1–2 commenced on date of notificationremaining
provisions commenced 14 February 1997 (see s 2)rep 1 July 2002
(2002 No. 1 s 80)amending legislation—Education (School
Curriculum P-10) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1998 SLNo.
6notfd gaz 23 January 1998 pp 270–1commenced on date of notificationEducation (School Curriculum P-10) Amendment
Regulation (No. 2) 1998 SLNo. 280notfd gaz 16
October 1998 pp 577–8commenced on date of
notificationEducation (School Curriculum P-10) Amendment
Regulation (No. 1) 1999 SLNo. 305notfd gaz 3
December 1999 pp 1348–50commenced on date of
notificationEducation (School Curriculum P-10) Amendment
Regulation (No. 1) 2000 SLNo. 318notfd gaz 8
December 2000 pp 1374–7commenced on date of
notification
