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Committee Report

The committee tabled its Report No. 14, 56th Parliament - Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Amendment Bill 2019 on 28 March 2019.   

About the Bill

On 12 February 2019 the Hon Grace Grace MP, Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations, introduced the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Amendment Bill 2019 into the Queensland Parliament.  The Bill was referred to the Education, Employment and Small Business Committee for detailed consideration.  

The Explanatory Notes state the objectives of the Bill are to:

• create a certification process in Queensland, consistent with a national framework, that recognises high performing teachers and encourages them to continue their role as a classroom teacher;
• enable the Queensland College of Teachers to perform the role of certifying authority for the certification of highly accomplished teachers and lead teachers; and
• provide for an effective, transparent certification process, with decisions subject to appropriate review

Submissions

Submissions closed 4.00pm, Monday 4 March 2019.

The Department of Education has provided comments on submissions which is available here.

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