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New South Wales
Education Amendment (Special
Courses of Study) Bill 1999
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Education Act 1990 No 8 2
Schedule 1 Amendments 3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, has
finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of NEW
SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 1999
New South Wales
Education Amendment (Special
Courses of Study) Bill 1999
Act No , 1999
An Act to amend the Education Act 1990 in relation to the requirements for the
School Certificate and Higher School Certificate for candidates with special
educational needs, and to validate certain matters.
I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill as
finally passed by both Houses.
Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1 Education Amendment (Special Courses of Study) Bill 1999
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Education Amendment (Special Courses of Study) Act
1999.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by
proclamation.
3 Amendment of Education Act 1990 No 8
The Education Act 1990 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
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Education Amendment (Special Courses of Study) Bill 1999
Amendments Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[1] Section 95A
Insert after section 95:
95A Award of School Certificate or Higher School Certificate to
students following special course of study
(1) The Board may dispense with the requirement in section 94
that a candidate for the School Certificate undertake a test
referred to in section 94 (2) if the Board is satisfied that:
(a) the candidate has special educational needs, and
(b) the candidate has completed a course of study:
(i) developed by the Board and approved by the
Minister for candidates with special educational
needs, and
(ii) adapted by the school that the candidate attends
to cater for the special educational needs of the
candidate, and
(c) the principal of the school has submitted a written
report to the Board that the candidate has achieved the
outcomes required by the Board of candidates
undertaking the course of study.
(2) The Board may dispense with the requirement in section 95
that a candidate for the Higher School Certificate undertake a
public examination referred to in section 95 (2) if the Board is
satisfied that:
(a) the candidate has special educational needs, and
(b) the candidate has completed a course of study:
(i) developed by the Board and approved by the
Minister for candidates with special educational
needs, and
(ii) adapted by the school that the candidate attends
to cater for the special educational needs of the
candidate, and
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Education Amendment (Special Courses of Study) Bill 1999
Schedule 1 Amendments
(c) the principal of the school has submitted a written report
to the Board that the candidate has achieved the
outcomes required by the Board of candidates
undertaking the course of study.
[2] Section 102 Functions of the Board
Omit "disabilities" from section 102 (2) (r) (v).
Insert instead "special educational needs".
[3] Schedule 3 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Insert at the end of clause 2 (1):
Education Amendment (Special Courses of Study) Act 1999
[4] Schedule 3, Part 5
Insert after Part 4:
Part 5 Provisions consequent on enactment of
Education Amendment (Special Courses of
Study) Act 1999
11 School Certificates
(1) A document issued by the Board as a School Certificate before
the commencement of this clause is taken to be a School
Certificate validly granted at the time of issue and to be valid
on and from the time of issue if the Board was satisfied at the
time of issue as to the matters referred to in section 95A (1) (a),
(b) and (c).
(2) Subclause (1) does not affect any School Certificate validly
granted by the Board before the commencement of this clause.
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