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EDUCATION AMENDMENT (EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH SIGNIFICANT LEARNING DIFFICULTIES) BILL 2008




Education Amendment (Educational
Support for Children with Significant

 
 
earning Difficulties) Bill 2008
No     , 2008


A Bill for

An Act to ensure that children with significant learning difficulties are included in
the NSW Government's Special Education Initiative for students with special needs.
                  Education Amendment (Educational Support for Children with Significant
Clause 1          Learning Difficulties) Bill 2008




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:                                                  1

 1    Name of Act                                                                           2

               This Act is the Education Amendment (Educational Support for                 3
               Children with Significant Learning Difficulties) Act 2008.                   4

 2    Commencement                                                                          5

               This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.                        6

 3    Amendment of Education Act 1990 No 8                                                  7

               The Education Act 1990 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.                  8

 4    Repeal of Act                                                                         9

         (1)   This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act         10
               commences.                                                                  11

         (2)   The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30     12
               of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.      13




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Education Amendment (Educational Support for Children with Significant

 
 
earning Difficulties) Bill 2008

Amendment of Education Act 1990                                          Schedule 1




Schedule 1              Amendment of Education Act 1990                                       1

                                                                               (Section 3)    2

[1]   Section 20 Assistance to government school children with special needs                  3

      Insert after section 20 (1) (a):                                                        4
                    (a1) children with significant learning difficulties, or                  5

[2]   Section 20 (4)                                                                          6

      Insert after section 20 (3):                                                            7

              (4)   For the purposes of subsection (1) (a1), a child has a significant        8
                    learning difficulty if a qualified teacher or other qualified             9
                    education professional is of the opinion that the child is not,          10
                    regardless of the cause, performing in the basic educational areas       11
                    of reading, writing, spelling and mathematics in accordance with         12
                    the child's peer age group and stage of learning.                        13




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