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Historical version: 1.4.2007 to 30.6.2008
An Act to make proper provision for primary and secondary education in this State; and for other purposes.
Part 2—The Minister and the Department
6 Administration of this Act
7 The Minister
8 Power of delegation
9 General powers of Minister
Division 2—The Department
11 Continuance of the Department
12 Duties of the Director-General
13 Delegation etc
Part 2A—Closure or amalgamation of Government schools
14A Application of Part
14B Process for closure or amalgamation of Government schools
14C Review committee
14D Conduct of review
14E Report on review
14F Minister's decision as to closure or amalgamation
Part 3—The teaching service
Division 1—Appointment to the teaching service
15 Appointment to teaching service
Division 1A—Classification, promotion and transfer
15A Classification of officers and positions
15B Appointment to promotional level positions
15C Transfer
Division 2—Retrenchment and retirement of officers
16 Retrenchment of officers of the teaching service
17 Incapacity of members of the teaching service
Division 3—Long service leave
19 Long service leave
20 Taking of long service leave
21 Payment in lieu of long service leave
22 Interruption of service
23 Transfer of teachers to other Government employment
24 Rights of persons transferred to the teaching service
Division 4—Retiring age
25 Retiring age
26 Disciplinary action
27 Suspension
Division 6—Reclassification
28 Application to Director-General for reclassification
29 Classification review panels
30 Review of Director-General's decision
31 Exclusion of other appeal rights
Division 8—The Teachers Appeal Board
45 The Teachers Appeal Board
46 Terms and conditions on which members of Appeal Board hold office
47 Allowances and expenses
48 Decision of Appeal Board
49 Jurisdiction of Appeal Board
50 Powers of Appeal Board
51 Representation before Appeal Board
52 Appeal Board not bound by the rules of evidence
53 Appeals in respect of appointments to promotional level positions
54 Additional rights of appeal
Part 5—Non-Government schools
Division 1—The Non-Government Schools Registration Board
72 Non-Government Schools Registration Board
72A Term of office of members of the Board
72B Quorum etc
72C Validity of acts of Board and immunity of its members
72D Allowances and expenses
72E Registrar
Division 2—Registration
72F Non-Government schools to be registered
72G Registration of non-Government schools
72GA Certificates of registration
72H Register to be kept
Division 2A—Approval to enrol full fee paying overseas students
72I Interpretation
72IA Approval
72IB Code of conduct
Division 3—Review of registration
72J Review of registration
72K Powers of Board upon a review
72L Notice of review
Division 4—Right of appeal
72M Appeal
72N Records to be kept in non-Government schools
72O Minister may provide certain forms of assistance to non-Government schools
72P Inspection of non-Government schools
73 Furnishing information to Board
Part 6—Compulsory attendance at schools
75 Compulsory enrolment of children
75A Direction by Director-General that child be enrolled in particular school
75C Appeal against direction of Director-General or Minister
76 Compulsory attendance
78 Employment of children required to be enrolled
79 Attendance at school
80 Powers in relation to suspected truancy
81 Evidentiary provision
81A Exemptions
Part 7—Courses of instruction
82 Determination of curriculum
Part 8—School councils
83 School councils
84 Constitution of school council
85 Establishment and dissolution of school councils
86 Affiliated committees (eg Parents & Friends)
87 Constitution of affiliated committee
88 Amendment of constitution of school council or affiliated committee
89 Model constitutions
90 Copies of constitutions and codes of practice to be available for inspection
91 Limitation on power to deal with real property
92 Limitation on power to borrow money
93 General limitation in respect of curriculum, discipline and staff
94 Conflict of interest
95 Accounts
96 Administrative instructions
97 Minister's power to remove members
98 Minister's power to suspend powers or functions in urgent circumstances
99 Validity of acts
100 Immunity
101A Special provisions relating to rate of remuneration for part-time officers and employees
101B Other staffing arrangements
101C Employing authority—related matters
102 Religious education
102A Arrangements under which land, buildings and facilities may be used for both school and community purposes
103 Educational census
104 Offence of insulting a teacher
105 Proceedings for offences
106 Moneys required for the purposes of this Act
106A Materials and services charges for curricular activities
106B Charges for certain overseas and non-resident students
106C Certain other payments unaffected
This Act may be cited as the Education Act 1972.
adult means a person who has attained 18 years of age;
affiliated committee—see section 86;
the Appeal Board means the Teachers Appeal Board constituted under this Act;
child of compulsory school age means a child of or above the age of 6 years but under the age of 16 years;
classify includes reclassify;
correspondence school means a correspondence school established under this Act;
the Department means the Education Department;
the Director-General means the person for the time being holding, or acting in, the office of Director-General of Education under this Act;
employing authority means—
(a) unless paragraph (b) applies—the Director-General; or
(b) if the Governor thinks fit, a person, or a person holding or acting in an office or position, designated by proclamation made for the purposes of this definition;
governing authority in relation to a non-Government school or proposed non-Government school, means the person, board, committee or other authority by which the school is or will be administered;
governing council means a school council that is, under its constitution, jointly responsible with the head teacher of the school for the governance of the school;
Government school means a school established under this Act, or the repealed Act, for the purpose of providing courses of instruction in pre-school, primary or secondary education;
head teacher means—
(a) in relation to a Government school—the person for the time being designated by the Director-General as the head teacher of the school;
(b) in relation to a non-Government school—the person for the time being designated by the governing authority as the head teacher of the school;
the Institute of Teachers means the South Australian Institute of Teachers Incorporated;
the Minister means the Minister of Education or any other Minister of the Crown for the time being exercising and discharging the functions and responsibilities of the Minister of Education;
non-Government school means any school or institution (not being a Government school) at which any person or body of persons provides, or offers to provide, courses of instruction in primary or secondary education;
officer in relation to the teaching service means a teacher holding office in the teaching service;
parent of a child includes—
(a) a person who has legal custody or guardianship of the child; and
(b) a person standing in loco parentis in relation to the child,
but does not include a parent of the child where another parent or person has legal custody or guardianship of the child to the exclusion of that parent;
pre-school education means the provision of courses of training and instruction to children who have not yet attained the age of five years;
promotional level in relation to a position in the teaching service means a classification level for a position declared by regulation to be a promotional level;
reclassify includes alter an officer's entitlement to an increment of remuneration;
recognised kindergarten means—
(a) any kindergarten registered as a children's services centre under the Children's Services Act 1985; or
(b) any other prescribed kindergarten;
registered non-Government school means a non-Government school registered under Part 5;
the repealed Act means the Education Act 1915 repealed by this Act;
residence means any form of accommodation provided by the Minister for an officer of the teaching service or any other person;
school means any Government or non-Government school;
special school means a school established for the benefit of a particular class of children who require some special form of education, treatment or care;
teacher means a person who gives or is qualified to give instruction in any course of—
(a) pre-school education; or
(b) primary education; or
the teaching service means the teaching service constituted under Part 3, and includes the teaching service as constituted under the repealed Act;
technical education includes instruction in the principles and practice of any industrial, commercial, agricultural or domestic science or art.
(2) A reference in this Act to the effective service of an officer is a reference to—
(a) the period (if any) of the officer's continuous service in the teaching service; and
(b) any other period that is, by determination of the Minister, to be regarded as forming the whole, or part, of the officer's effective service,
but does not include any period that is, by determination of the Minister, not to be regarded as a period of effective service for the purposes of this Act.
(3) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, determine in relation to any specified officers, or officers of any specified class, that a period referred to in the instrument is, or is not, to be regarded as a period of effective service for the purposes of this Act.
(4) The Governor may, from time to time as the Governor thinks fit, vary or revoke a proclamation made for the purposes of the definition of employing authority, or make a new proclamation for the purposes of that definition.
(a) the Director-General is the employing authority under this Act; and
(b) a provision of this Act—
(i) requires that a matter be referred to the employing authority by the Director-General; or
(ii) provides that the Director-General will make a recommendation to the employing authority,
the provision will be taken to allow for the Director-General, in his or her capacity as the employing authority, to take action without an actual referral or recommendation.
6—Administration of this Act
Subject to this Act, the Minister shall have the general administration of this Act and the administration and control of the teaching service.
7—The Minister
(1) The Minister—
(b) shall be capable in his corporate name of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property; and
(c) shall be capable of acquiring or incurring any other legal rights and liabilities and of suing or being sued; and
(d) shall have the powers, authorities, duties and obligations prescribed by or under this Act.
(2) Where an apparently genuine document purports to bear the common seal of the Minister, it shall be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the common seal of the Minister was duly affixed to that document.
8—Power of delegation
(1) The Minister may, by instrument in writing delegate to the Director-General or the person for the time being holding or acting in any position or office in the Department or the teaching service, any of his powers, duties, responsibilities and functions under this Act.
(2) A delegation under this section shall be revocable at will and shall not prevent the exercise of any power by the Minister himself.
(3) A power, duty, responsibility or function delegated under this section may, if the instrument of delegation so provides, be further delegated.
9—General powers of Minister
(1) The Minister shall establish and maintain such Government schools as may be necessary—
(a) for the provision of primary and secondary education for children whose parents desire that they should receive education at Government schools; and
(b) for the provision of pre-school education (to such an extent as the Minister considers practicable and desirable) for children whose parents desire that they should receive pre-school education at Government schools.
(2) The Minister shall establish and maintain such correspondence schools as he considers necessary or desirable in the public interest.
(3) Subject to Part 2A, the Minister may close or amalgamate Government schools.
(5) The Minister may establish such institutions and make such other provision as he considers necessary or expedient for the proper education and training of teachers.
(6) The Minister may, subject to this Act, establish and maintain such residences for the accommodation of teachers or students as he considers necessary or desirable for the purposes of this Act.
(7) The Minister may, subject to and in accordance with the Land Acquisition Act 1969, acquire land for the purposes of this Act.
(8) The Minister may, in such manner and to such extent as he thinks fit, provide or arrange for the transport of children to and from any school and may pay the whole or any portion of the cost of transporting children to and from any school.
(9) The Minister may establish any school, college or centre for the purpose of providing technical education or any other kind of education that he considers desirable in the public interest.
(9a) The Minister may provide courses of instruction or other services to students who do not reside in this State.
(10) The Minister may acquire, deal with, or dispose of, real or personal property as he thinks fit.
10—Advisory committees
(1) The Minister may appoint such advisory committees as he considers necessary to investigate, and advise him upon, any matters affecting the administration of this Act or the provision of proper pre-school, primary or secondary education in this State.
(2) An advisory committee constituted under this section shall consist of such members as the Minister thinks fit to appoint to the committee.
(3) A member of an advisory committee shall hold office at the pleasure of the Minister.
(4) Subject to any direction of the Minister, the procedure of an advisory committee shall be determined by the committee.
(5) The Minister may pay to the members of an advisory committee such allowances and expenses as may be determined by the Governor.
11—Continuance of the Department
(1) The Department established under the Public Service Act 1967 and entitled the Education Department shall continue in existence.
(2) There shall be a Director-General of Education who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Department.
(3) There shall be such Deputy Directors-General of Education as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act.
(4) There shall be such other employees in the Department as may be necessary or expedient for the proper administration of this Act.
12—Duties of the Director-General
The Director-General—
(a) shall be responsible to the Minister for maintaining a proper standard of efficiency and competency in the teaching service; and
(b) shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are invested in or imposed upon him under this Act or as he may be directed to exercise or perform by the Minister.
13—Delegation etc
(1) The Director-General may, with the consent of the Minister, delegate, by instrument in writing, any of his powers or functions to any person for the time being holding or acting in any position or office in the Department or the teaching service.
(2) Any such delegation shall be revocable at will and shall not prevent the exercise of any power by the Director-General himself.
(3) Where the Director-General is absent from the duties of his office for any reason, a Deputy Director-General shall act in the office of the Director-General and shall exercise and perform the powers, duties, functions and obligations of the Director-General.
14—Report
(1) The Director-General shall in each year make a report on the administration of the Department up to the thirty-first day of December of the year last preceding the date of the report.
(1a) The report must include a report on the operation of section 106A during the period to which the report relates.
(2) The Minister shall cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of Parliament as soon as practicable after he receives the report.
14A—Application of Part
(1) A Government school cannot be closed or amalgamated with another Government school except in accordance with this Part.
(2) However, this Part does not apply—
(a) to the temporary closure of a Government school in an emergency or for the purposes of carrying out building work; or
(b) to the closure of a Government school if—
(i) a majority of the parents of the students attending the school; or
(ii) where the school is wholly or principally for adult students—a majority of the students attending the school,
indicate that they are not opposed to the closure.
14B—Process for closure or amalgamation of Government schools
The following provisions apply in relation to a closure or amalgamation of Government schools to which this Part applies:
(a) schools cannot be closed or amalgamated except after a review has been conducted under this Part in relation to the schools;
(b) a review under this Part is to focus on all of the Government schools within an area determined by the Minister and is to address the question whether all those schools continue to be required and, if not, whether a school should be closed or amalgamated with another school;
(c) the Minister must give written notice of a proposed review under this Part to—
(i) the head teacher; and
(ii) the presiding member of the school council,
of each of the schools subject to the review;
(d) the Minister must, within 21 days of giving notice under paragraph (c)—
(i) appoint a committee to conduct the review; and
(ii) provide the committee with details of the Minister's reasons for the review.
14C—Review committee
(1) A committee appointed by the Minister under this Part will consist of—
(a) at least two (but not more in total than the number gained by multiplying the number of schools being reviewed by two) persons nominated by the Minister (one of whom will be appointed by the Minister to be the presiding member); and
(i) if the schools are situated within the area of a council or councils constituted under the Local Government Act 1934—the mayor or chairman of each of those councils (or a person nominated by each such mayor or chairman); or
(ii) in any other case—a person nominated by the Minister for Local Government; and
(c) the Director-General (or a person nominated by the Director-General); and
(d) a person (not being a teacher at a school that is subject to the review) nominated by the Australian Education Union (S.A. Branch); and
(e) the head teacher of each of the schools subject to the review; and
(f) a nominee from the school council of each of the schools subject to the review.
(2) The Minister must appoint a member of the committee, nominated by the presiding member, to be the deputy presiding member.
(3) The terms and conditions of membership of the committee will be as determined by the Minister.
(4) The quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the committee is determined by dividing the number of persons entitled to attend and vote at the meeting by two, disregarding any fraction, and adding one.
(5) Each member of the committee is entitled to one vote on any question arising for decision by the committee.
(6) A decision supported by a majority of the votes cast by members of the committee present at a meeting of the committee is a decision of the committee.
(7) The presiding member or, in the presiding member's absence, the deputy presiding member will preside at any meeting of the committee.
(8) The person presiding at a meeting of the committee has, in addition to a deliberative vote, a casting vote in the event of an equality of votes.
(9) The committee may act despite a vacancy in its membership or a defect in the appointment of a member.
(10) Subject to this Part, the committee may determine its own procedures.
14D—Conduct of review
(1) A committee, in conducting a review in relation to the Government schools within a particular area, must—
(a) call for submissions relating to—
(i) the present and future use of Government schools within the area; and
(ii) the likely effect on Government schools outside the area in the event of the closure or amalgamation of schools within the area; and
(b) in relation to each of the Government schools within the area—
(i) invite submissions from and meet with—
(A) the school council; and
(B) teachers and parents of students of the school; and
(ii) invite submissions from representatives of local communities likely to be affected by a decision to close the school or to amalgamate it with another school.
(2) In making a recommendation relating to the closure of a school or the amalgamation of a school with another school, the committee must have regard to the educational, social and economic needs both of the local communities likely to be affected by the carrying out of the recommendation and of the State as a whole.
14E—Report on review
A committee must, no later than a date specified by the Minister (being a date falling not less than three months after the date on which the committee was appointed), submit to the Minister its report on the review and the recommendations of the committee as to the retention, closure or amalgamation of the schools subject to the review.
14F—Minister's decision as to closure or amalgamation
(1) The Minister may close a Government school or amalgamate two or more Government schools after giving due consideration to the report and recommendations of a committee that has conducted a review under this Part in relation to the school or schools.
(2) The Minister must, as soon as reasonably practicable after making a decision to close a school or amalgamate schools, give written notice of the decision and of the reasons for it to the head teacher and school council of each of the schools affected by the decision.
(3) If the Minister makes a decision that a school should be closed or that schools should be amalgamated contrary to the recommendations of a committee, the Minister must, within three sitting days of giving notice under subsection (2), cause a copy of the committee's report and recommendations and a statement of the reasons for the Minister's decision to be laid before each House of Parliament.