Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (ACCREDITATION OF NON-STATE SCHOOLS) ACT 2001 - SECT 16

(1) An application for the accreditation of a school must—

(a) be made to the board; and

(b) be in the approved form; and

(c) be accompanied by—

(i) the fee, if any, prescribed under a regulation; and

(ii) copies of current positive notices or current positive exemption notices for all the directors of the school's governing body.

(2) The approved form must require the inclusion of the school's student-intake day that is to apply if the board provisionally accredits the school.

(3) Also, the approved form must require the inclusion of details of each of the following attributes the school must have if the board decides to grant the application—

(a) the school's governing body;

(b) the land on which the school is to operate;

(c) the curriculum model the school is to follow;

(d) the mode of delivery of education to be used at the school;

(e) the years of schooling the school is to offer;

(f) if the school operates from more than 1 site—the years of schooling the school is to offer at each site;

(g) whether the school is to include boarding facilities;

(h) whether the school is a coeducational or single-sex school;

(i) if the school is an establishment phase school for a sector of schooling—the school's sector student-intake day for the sector of schooling.

(4) In addition, the approved form must require the inclusion of—

(a) an indication about whether or not the applicant seeks Government funding for the school; and

(b) if the applicant seeks Government funding for the school—the aspects of the school's operation for which the Government funding is sought.