Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (ACCREDITATION OF NON-STATE SCHOOLS) ACT 2001 - SECT 54

54 Consideration by committee of effect on eligibility for Government funding for school

(1) This section applies if the committee receives copies of an application and accompanying documentation under section 50 (3) .

(2) The committee must—

(a) consider the application; and

(b) make a recommendation about whether, if the change is effected, the applicant would still be eligible for Government funding for the school as far as the funding relates to the relevant operational aspect.

(3) In considering the application, the committee must have regard to the eligibility for Government funding criteria, as if the change had been effected.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if the application is about a change in the mode of delivery of education, used at the school, to include distance education.

(5) The reference to the school’s catchment area in the eligibility for Government funding criteria is taken to be a reference to the catchment area that would apply if the change had been effected.

(6) The committee must, as soon as practicable after making the recommendation, give the recommendation to the board.

(7) The board must, as soon as practicable after receiving the recommendation, give the recommendation to the Minister.

(8) In this section—

"recommendation" includes reasons for the recommendation.