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EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 2.1.16

School attendance notice

    (1)     This section applies if a school attendance officer has reasonable grounds to believe—

        (a)     a child who is enrolled at a registered school has been absent from the school on at least 5 separate days (whether or not the absence was for a full day or part day) in the previous 12 months; and

        (b)     no reasonable excuse has been given for the absences; and

        (c)     measures to improve the student's attendance—

              (i)     have been undertaken in accordance with any guidelines issued by the Minister and have been unsuccessful; or

              (ii)     are considered to be inappropriate in the circumstances.

    (2)     A school attendance officer may issue a school attendance notice to a parent.

S. 2.1.17 inserted by No. 47/2013 s. 13.



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