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Report No. 5, 57th Parliament - Education (General Provisions) (Extension of Primary Schools in Remote Areas) Amendment Bill 2023
committee report
The committee tabled its Report No. 5, 57th Parliament - Education (General Provisions) (Extension of Primary Schools in Remote Areas) Amendment Bill 2023 on Friday, 19 April 2024.
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about the bill
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 former Education, Training and Employment 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 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.
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Further information including any written briefings or advice, correspondence, the response to submissions, transcripts and answers to questions taken on notice will be made available under the Related Publications tab.
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Submissions
Submissions closed on 11 December 2023. Submissions may be viewed under the former Education, Training and Employment Committee.
Timeline
| Submissions closed | 11 December 2023 |
| Public briefing | 27 November 2023 - program - broadcast - transcript |
| Public hearing and briefing | 4 March 2024 - Program - broadcast (hearing) - broadcast (briefing) - Transcript (hearing) - Transcript (briefing) |
| Report tabled: | 19 April 2024 |
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