Reprint as at 1 December 2008

Education Amendment Act 2006

Public Act	2006 No 19
Date of assent	16 May 2006

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Education

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Principal Act amended

Part 1
Amendments 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

Schools

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 26
Early 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 30
National 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 2
Other 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 1
Amendments to principal Act

Schedule 2
Consequential amendments to other enactments

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