South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts75—Compulsory enrolment of children
(1) Subject to this
Part, a child of compulsory school age must be enrolled at a primary school or
secondary school (according to the educational attainments of the child).
(2) Subject to this
Part, a child of compulsory education age must be enrolled in an approved
learning program, or in a combination of approved learning programs, so as to
constitute full-time participation in approved learning programs under this
Act.
(2a) Nothing in this
section requires a child who—
(a) is
16 or more years of age; and
(b) has
achieved a qualification under an approved learning program,
to be enrolled in a school or in an approved learning program under this
section.
(3) Where in the
opinion of the Director-General it is in the best interests of a child that he
be enrolled at a special school, the Director-General may direct that the
child be enrolled at a special school nominated in the direction and, where
such direction has been given, the child must be enrolled at that special
school.
(4) A child is
enrolled at a school in accordance with this section if he is entitled, in
accordance with the regulations, to be enrolled at a Correspondence School and
is so enrolled.
(5) If a
child of compulsory school age is not enrolled as required by this section,
each parent of the child is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $500.
(6) The obligation of
a parent under this section is discharged where the parent has supplied the
head teacher of the school with—
(a) the
name and date of birth of the child; and
(b) the
place of residence of the child; and
(c) any
other information required by the regulations.
(7) The Governor may,
by regulation—
(a)
prescribe rules or criteria that will be applied for the purposes of
determining at which school a child must be enrolled under subsection (1)
or (2) (subject to the operation of subsections (3) and (4) of this
section and section 75A and unless the child is enrolled at a
non-Government school);
(b)
prescribe rules or criteria that will be applied for the purposes of
determining what constitutes full-time participation in approved learning
programs for the purposes of subsection (2);
(c)
prescribe rules or criteria that will be applied for the purposes of
determining whether a qualification has been achieved for the purposes of
subsection (2a)(b).
(8) A regulation under
subsection (7) may confer discretionary powers on the Minister.