Committee Details

Committee’s report

The committee tabled its Report No. 6, 57th Parliament -Education (General Provisions) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 on Friday, 19 April 2024. The Government’s Response to this report was tabled on 19 July 2024. The Bill lapsed on the dissolution of the Queensland Parliament on 1 October 2024.

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About the BILL 

On 6 March 2024 the Hon Di Farmer, Minister for Education and Minister for Youth Justice, introduced the Education (General Provisions) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was referred to the Education, Employment, Training and Skills Committee for detailed consideration.   

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The Bill proposes to amend the Education (General Provisions Act) 2006 and other legislation to:

• protect students by:
  • facilitating proactive and proportionate sharing of information when a student transfers between Queensland schools
  • allowing sharing of personal information to facilitate students accessing approved online services and support digital learning
• contribute to the good order and management of Queensland state schools by:
  • improving procedural fairness for decision-making processes for school disciplinary absences
  • introducing a new appeal right for accumulated short suspensions
  • introducing student support plans
  • ensuring a student has access to education pending an enrolment decision
  • streamlining enrolment transfers between state special schools
  • implementing a school-based regulatory framework for a state school kindergarten program delivered at a prescribed state school and updating eligibility criteria for a distance education kindergarten learning program
  • updating provisions related to the operation of Parents and Citizens’ Associations
• modernise and improve education services by:
  • enhancing the regulation of home education and streamlining the home education registration process
  • removing the use of gendered language
  • acknowledging wellbeing, inclusion and diversity
• make minor and technical amendments to improve the operation and effectiveness of legislation regulating education in Queensland.

Further information

Further information including written briefings, correspondence, response to submissions, transcripts and answers to questions taken on notice are available as they become available under the Related Publications tab.

submissions

To view the submissions, click on the ‘View Submissions’ tab above.

PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS

The committee held public briefings with the Department of Education on 18 March 2024 and 15 April 2024. 

Public hearings were held in Brisbane on 28 March 2024 and 4 April 2024. 

See timeline below for further information.

timeline