Tinetti JanJAN TINETTI (Labour): I'm absolutely delighted to stand here and take a call in the second reading of this bill. I was away and sick when this came through last at the end of last year on the first reading and I remember watching it at home and thinking I would really like to be there and having my say in this particular bill because this is a really important piece of legislation.The consolidation and the modernisation into one Act is incredibly important to the total sum of the education sector. I can remember when I was a school principal and trying to find the relevant legislation that actually guided our profession and our sector was really difficult because there were so many different pieces of legislation and actually some of the language was not accessible for many people to actually find and so that would be the first point I would make—is that I really enjoyed working through the select committee process in bringing all of those pieces together. The consideration that the select committee members gave was very very in depth. It was a fantastic process and as the previous speaker has just mentioned we had a mixture of face-to-face and a mixture of Zoom meetings but I can guarantee that we gave this due process when we went through this particular piece of legislation.A couple of pieces in this short call that I would like to point out and talk about firstly around the enrolment schemes. I'm delighted to see the changes that this particular bill will bring to enrolment schemes. Having a more transparent way of enrolment schemes not having to reinvent the wheel so many different times having the regional ministry the Secretary of Education overseeing this devolving that to the regional offices in education makes perfect sense because again our boards of trustees are having to do all of that work and then take it to the Ministry of Education and then there can be disputes. I know that the other side of the House had some upsets and anxieties around this but I can tell them that from personal experience this is exactly what the principals in my area are crying out for. They wanted to see a more transparent way of doing and having enrolment schemes worked out.The most important part of that legislation is the very very strong community consultation that still has to happen. That's really strong in the bill and I was so pleased to see that that was really highlighted there. So it's more about a partnership which is exactly what the sector wants to see. The sector has been crying out for a strong partnership between the Ministry of Education principals and boards of trustees parents whānau and children and this is exactly what this bill is bringing. It's a bit sad that the Opposition throughout that failed to see that this is what this bill actually brought to the sector to make it way stronger.The other point that I'd like to make is around the disputes resolution scheme. I am absolutely delighted to see this particular part come through and be strengthened within this bill. I have seen so many cases over my time of children who have been hurt in the process of disputes panels—well no they weren't disputes panels; having the stand down suspension panels—Hon Tracey Martin: Disciplinary panels.JAN TINETTI: Disciplinary thank you Minister Martin—the disciplinary panels. Children have been hurt in that process and having no recourse having no way to come back—whānau not feeling that they had a voice. In fact it was only yesterday—yesterday—when I had someone phone me to tell me about a young boy who I happen to know quite well who went along for a suspension meeting was running 30 minutes late was told that they had no right to actually speak at that suspension meeting because the people that were there had other things to do. That evening that whānau got a phone call to say that that boy had been excluded from school. There was no comeback for that family and this bill is changing that. This bill is ensuring that those families will have a voice and I really like the way that the committee came together and said Well actually some people will feel more comfortable bringing an oral submission." So people can actually make the submissions in a way that is most comfortable for them. I feel really sad about that young man that young boy—he was 11 years old—but I know that we are ensuring that those situations will be addressed in future by changing the legislation as it stands today.Hon Tracey Martin: Tell him to write to my office Jan.JAN TINETTI: I will be doing that Minister Martin; I will be putting a letter in to you.I am delighted in this piece of legislation. It is making a big big difference to the whole of the education sector right from early childhood right to tertiary. I have absolutely no hesitation in commending this bill to the House."