Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00429:section:31:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00429
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 31 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 60634–63584

31  Provisions that must be included in agreements
  A section 30 agreement with the relevant authority for a non‑government school, or approved school system, must include the following:
 (a) a commitment by the relevant authority to the National Goals for Schooling prepared by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs;
 (b) a commitment by the relevant authority to achieve the performance targets, and report against the performance measures, specified in the regulations;
 (c) a commitment by the relevant authority to the publication, within one year after the end of each program year, of a national report on the outcomes of schooling;
 (d) a commitment by the relevant authority to ensure that school performance information is made publicly available;
 (e) a commitment by the relevant authority to report to the Minister about student attendance at the school, or each school in the approved school system, in a manner that is meaningful and allows ready comparisons to be made between different States;
 (f) a commitment by the relevant authority to the development, before 1 January 2006, of Statements of Learning that describe the key knowledge, understandings, skills and capacities in English, mathematics, science, civics and citizenship education, and information and communications technology, that each child should have the opportunity to acquire at school;
 (g) a commitment by the relevant authority to implement those Statements of Learning, either:
 (i) as part of the relevant authority's next curriculum review if that review starts after 1 January 2006 and ends before 1 January 2008; or
 (ii) before 1 January 2008 if the relevant authority does not undertake such a curriculum review;
 (h) a commitment by the relevant authority to put into place common testing standards in English, mathematics, science, civics and citizenship education, and information and communications technology;
 (i) a commitment by the relevant authority to put into effect, before 1 January 2006, the National Safe Schools Framework endorsed by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs;
 (j) a commitment by the relevant authority to provide, in the curriculum of the school, or each school in the approved school system, at least 2 hours of physical activity each school week for students undertaking primary education and junior secondary education at the school or those schools;
 (k) a commitment by the relevant authority to give the principal, and the governing body, of the school, or each school in the approved school system, strengthened autonomy over, and responsibility for, education programs, staffing, budget and other aspects of the school's, or each of those schools', operations within a supportive framework of broad systemic policies;
 (l) without limiting paragraph (k), a commitment by the relevant authority that:
 (i) appointments of staff in the