Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 276

276 Policies or procedures for student discipline

(1) The chief executive may make a policy or procedure about the way in which principals of State schools are to control and regulate student discipline.

(2) The policy or procedure may provide for the following matters—

(a) the detention of students by principals or teachers;

(b) the performance of community service by students;

(c) the making, by principals, of discipline improvement plans for students;

(d) any other matter the chief executive considers appropriate.

(3) The chief executive must ensure the policy or procedure is available for public inspection, without charge—

(a) during normal business hours at the department’s head office; and

(b) on the department’s website.

(4) The principal of a State school must ensure that the way in which the principal controls and regulates student discipline in the school complies with the policy or procedure.