Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (ACCREDITATION OF NON-STATE SCHOOLS) ACT 2001 - SECT 13A

13A Special assistance

(1) This section applies to a school that is provisionally accredited, or accredited, to provide primary or secondary education.

(2) The school may be provisionally accredited, or accredited, to provide special assistance.

(3) The provision of
"special assistance" is the provision of the type of education mentioned in subsection (1) —

(a) to relevant students; and

(b) without tuition fees.

(4) In this section—

"compulsory participation phase" see the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , section 231 .

"compulsory school age" see the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , section 9 .

"eligible option" see the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , section 232 .

"full-time" , in relation to participation in an eligible option, see the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , schedule 4 .

"relevant students" means students who—

(a) would not otherwise be—

(i) enrolled at and attending school while of compulsory school age; or

(ii) participating in an eligible option full-time, or in paid employment for at least 25 hours each week, during the compulsory participation phase; and

(b) are not provisionally registered, or registered, for home education under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , chapter 9, part 5.

"school" , for the purposes of the definition
"relevant students" , includes a State school.