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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020 No.

of 2020 The Education (Amendment) Bill, 2020 2 No.

of 2020 No.

of 2020 3 The Education (Amendment) Bill, 2020 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTIONS 1.

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Short title .................................................................................................................................. 4 Interpretation ............................................................................................................................ 4 3.

Amendment of section 81(3(a) and 81(3)(b) of principal Act.................................................. 4 The Education (Amendment) Bill, 2020 4 No.
of 2020 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020 No.

of 2020 AN ACT to amend the Education Act 2008, No.

21 of 2008 and for incidental and connected purposes.

ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows: 1.

Short title This Act may be cited as the Education (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

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Interpretation In this Act “the principal Act” means the Education Act 2008, No.

21 of 2008.

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Amendment of section 81(3(a) and 81(3)(b) of principal Act Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of Section 81 of the principal Act is amended by repealing paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of Section 81 and substituting therefor the following— “81(3)(a) The initial educational plan shall be prepared and provided to the Director of Education three months or such shorter period as the Director deems necessary, prior to the commencement of the home education programme; (b) The educational plan shall be for a minimum period of one school year or such shorter period as the Director deems necessary, and shall cover every year of the home education programme; No.
of 2020 5 The Education (Amendment) Bill, 2020 Passed the House of Representatives on the day of , 2020.

Passed the Senate on the day of , 2020.

………………………..................... Speaker.

……………………………………….. President.

……………………………………… Clerk to the House of Representatives.

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Clerk to the Senate.

The Education (Amendment) Bill, 2020 6 No.


of 2020 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM This Bill amends section 81(3)(a) of the Education Act 2008 to make provision to authorize the Director of Education to prepare and provide the initial education plan for home education for a shorter time and to reduce the minimum period of the plan from three school years to one school year or shorter.
For this purpose, section 81(3)(a) is amended by reducing the three months period of preparation and submission of the plan to a period shorten than three months and in paragraph (b), the minimum period of the educational plan is reduced from three school years to one school year or shorter than one school year as the Director considers appropriate.

Made the day of August, 2020.

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Honourable Michael Browne Minister responsible For Education