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COMMITTEE'S Report

The committee tabled its report on Wednesday 19 November 2014. It is available here. A copy of the associated media release is available here. 

The committee's report was noted in Parliament on 27 November 2014. An excerpt of from the Record of Proceedings (Hansard) is available here. 

The Government's final response to this report was tabled on 14 May 2015.

ABOUT THE REVIEW

This review followed on from the committee’s consideration in 2012 of Auditor-General’s Report number 1 for 2012 entitled Improving student attendance. In its report back to the Queensland Parliament, the committee advised that it intended to review attendance rates again in 2014 to see what changes might have occurred since the 2012 reports were completed.

The committee determined initial terms of reference to guide its review and these were subject to revision as the review progresses. There was a relatively short timeframe for the review.

Briefings were received from:

• Department of Education, Training and Employment on 6 August 2014. The transcript from this briefing can be accessed here.
• Commissioner David Glasgow, Family Responsibilities Commissioner on 27 August 2014. The transcript from this briefing can be accessed here.
• Stronger Smarter Institute; and the Supported Options in Lifestyle and Access Services on 10 September 2014. The transcript from these briefings can be accessed here.

Submissions

The committee determined it would not seek public submissions in respect of the review of attendance rates.