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Inquiry transferred

The Education (General Provisions) (Extension of Primary Schools in Remote Areas) Amendment Bill 2023 was introduced into the Queensland Parliament on 25 October 2023 by Robbie Katter MP, Member for Traeger and referred to the Education, Employment and Training Committee. On 13 February 2024, the Legislative Assembly amended Schedule 6 of the Standing Rules and Orders of the Legislative Assembly, establishing the Education, Employment, Training and Skills Committee, and transferred the Bill to the Education, Employment, Training and Skills Committee.

ABOUT THE BILL 

On 25 October 2023, Robbie Katter MP, Member for Traeger, introduced the Education (General Provisions) (Extension of Primary Schools in Remote Areas) Amendment Bill 2023 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was referred to the Education, Employment and Training Committee for detailed consideration. 

The primary objective of the Bill is to address the need for increased access to designated secondary education services in remote Queensland communities.

The Bill proposes to achieve this by amending the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 to empower the Minister for Education, on receiving a written request from a remote local government acting on a request for one or more residents, to direct the Department of Education to expand the schooling offered at certain ‘remote primary schools’ to accommodate students up to Year 10. 

The term ‘remote primary schools’ is defined in the Bill.

In the event that the Minister declines the request to extend the education provided at a remote primary school, the Bill would require the chief executive (of the Department of Education), and the local government that made the request, to establish a remote secondary learning facility for years 7 to 10 in the town in which the remote primary school is located.

View: Bill 
View: Explanatory Notes 
View: Statement of compatibility
View: Explanatory speech 

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