Victorian Numbered Acts

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 (NO 24 OF 2006) - SECT 2.1.3

Without limiting section 2.1.2, it is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of that section, 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

              (ii)         a requirement to comply with another law; or

              (iii)     the child's absence from Victoria;

        (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;

        (c)     the child is undertaking an educational program provided by a registered education and training organisation;

        (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;

        (g)     the child is exempted from attendance at school by the Minister under section 2.1.5.