This Act is administered by the Ministry of Education
1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Principal Act amended
Part 1Amendments to principal Act
Schools
4 Boards to reimburse the Crown for expenditure in respect of foreign students
5 Principal may stand-down or suspend students
6 Effect of school charter
7 Delegations
8 New sections 70A to 70C inserted
70A Minister may declare land to be no longer needed for educational purposes
70B Leases and licences granted by Boards
70C Other agreements to occupy school land or buildings
9 New section 88A inserted
88A Rent for teachers' residences
10 Limitations on co-option and appointment of trustees
11 New section 100 substituted
100 Availability of annual report
12 Elections of trustees
13 Term of office
14 Certain persons ineligible to be trustees
15 Filling of casual vacancies
16 Boards may combine
Teacher registration
17 Interpretation
18 Restrictions on continued employment of teachers
19 Appeals from decisions of Teachers Council
20 Expiry of registration
127 Expiry of teacher registration
21 New section 127A inserted
127A Voluntary deregistration
22 Teachers Council to keep register
23 New section 129 substituted
129 Cancellation of registration as teacher and cancellation of limited authority to teach
24 New section 129A inserted
129A Reclassification of teacher's registration
25 Authorisation may be renewed
Corporal punishment
26 No corporal punishment in early childhood centres or registered schools
Teachers Council
27 Disciplinary bodies
28 Complaints and reports relating to teacher conduct
29 Powers of Complaints Assessment Committee
30 Investigation of reports of convictions
31 Interim suspension to enable investigation
32 Powers of Disciplinary Tribunal
33 Offences relating to witnesses
34 Appeals
35 Complaints about competence
36 New sections 139C to 139E inserted
139C Offence of insulting, abusing, or intimidating staff
139D School transport
139E Bonds for trainee teachers
37 Single sex schools
38 New section 154A inserted
154A Minister may redesignate, or remove designation from, schools
39 Kura Kaupapa Maori
40 Minister may merge schools
41 Consultations
Tertiary education
42 Preparing charters
43 Expiry of charters
44 Disclosure of enrolment information by institutions
45 Disclosure of enrolment information by private training establishments
International students
46 Interpretation
Student allowances
47 Student allowances
48 Student Allowance Appeal Authority
49 Offences concerning allowances
50 New sections 307AB and 307AC inserted
307AB Allowances identified by Gazette notice
307AC Bonded scholarships
51 Use of student allowance information for purposes of Social Security Act 1964
52 New section 307D inserted
307D Details of academic performance
Early childhood education
53 New Part 26 substituted
Part 26Early childhood education and care
Interpretation
308 Overview
309 Interpretation
310 Meaning of early childhood education and care centre
Funding
311 Funding of certain early childhood services and certificated playgroups
312 Loans to licensed early childhood services
Administration and curriculum
313 Administrative requirements
314 Curriculum framework
Licensing and certification provisions
315 Service providers operating early childhood education and care centres to be licensed
316 Certain service providers may be licensed
317 Regulations relating to licensing
318 Playgroups may be certificated
319 Regulations relating to certification of playgroups
Powers of entry and inspection
319A Parent's right of entry
319B Powers of entry and inspection without warrant
319C Powers of entry and inspection with warrant
Police vetting of employees
319D Police vetting of non-teaching and unregistered employees at licensed early childhood services
319E Police vetting of contractors and their employees who work at licensed early childhood services
319F Internal procedures relating to police vets
Miscellaneous
319G Offence of insulting, abusing, or intimidating staff
319H Offence of obstructing power of entry
319I Payment of fees for attendance of children at kindergartens
319J Centres situated on property owned by the Crown
Transitional provisions
319K Existing early childhood centres deemed to be licensed
319L Existing chartered care arrangers deemed to be licensed
319M Funding conditions during transitional period
319N Existing regulations preserved
319O Licence-exempt centres may continue
54 New Part 30 inserted
Part 30National student numbers
341 Purpose
342 Interpretation
343 Assigning national student numbers
344 Use of national student numbers
345 Student may use or disclose own national student number
346 Offences
347 Regulations
Other amendments to principal Act
55 Schedule 6 amended
7 One trustee to preside at meetings
56 Education Standards Act 2001 amended
57 Consequential amendments to principal Act
Part 2Other enactments
58 State Sector Act 1988 amended
59 Student Loan Scheme Act 1992 amended
2A Application of Act to bonded scholarships
60 Consequential amendments to other enactments
61 Repeals and revocations
Schedule 1Amendments to principal Act
Schedule 2Consequential amendments to other enactments
Legislative history
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: