Victorian Current Acts

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 2.1.3

Without limiting section 2.1.2, section 2.1.2A and Division 3, it is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of those sections and that Division, in relation to a child if—

        (a)     the child has been prevented from attending school or receiving instruction because of—

              (i)     illness, accident, an unforeseen event or an unavoidable cause; or

S. 2.1.3(a)(ii) amended by No. 47/2013 s. 7(c).

              (ii)     a requirement to comply with another law;

S. 2.1.3(a)(iii) repealed by No. 47/2013 s. 7(d).

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        (b)     there is no Government school within a prescribed distance of the child's residence and the child is receiving a distance education program through a registered school;

S. 2.1.3(c) substituted by No. 62/2009 s. 6.

        (c)     the child is participating in education or training, or employment, or both, in accordance with an Order made by the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph;

        (d)     the child has been suspended or expelled from a registered school and is undertaking other educational programs provided by the Department or another registered school;

        (e)     the absence from school or instruction was because of the child's disobedience and was not due to any fault of the parent;

        (f)     the child is attending or observing a religious event or obligation as a result of a genuinely held belief of the child or a parent of the child;

S. 2.1.3(fa) inserted by No. 47/2013 s. 7(e).

        (fa)     the parent of the child has provided another excuse for the failure and the principal of the school accepts the excuse as a reasonable excuse;

S. 2.1.3(g) amended by No. 47/2013 s. 7(f).

        (g)     the child is exempted from enrolment at school, attendance at school or both enrolment and attendance at school by the Minister under section 2.1.5.