Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION ACT 2004 - SECT 8

The main objects of this Act are—

        (a)     to state the responsibilities of parents and the government in relation to education and the principles and values on which government and non-government school education and home education are based; and

        (b)     to promote compulsory education by ensuring that—

              (i)     children complete year 10; and

              (ii)     children participate in education until they are 17 years old or complete year 12 (whichever happens first), with the opportunity to participate in training or employment after year 10; and

        (c)     to state the circumstances in which school attendance is not required, including providing for suspension and exclusion from school; and

        (d)     to provide for the operation and governance of government schools; and

        (e)     to provide for the registration of non-government schools and home education.