Hon Hekia Parata
Government Bill
77—2
As reported from the Education and Science Committee
Commentary
Key
1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Principal Act
Part 1Amendments to principal Act
Right to free primary and secondary education
4 Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
5 Section 3 amended (Right to free primary and secondary education)
6 Section 7A amended (Certain domestic students may be required to pay fees for tuition from correspondence schools)
Expulsion and exclusion of students and attendance at school
7 Section 16 amended (Secretary's powers when excluded student younger than 16)
8 Section 17D amended (Re-enrolment of excluded or expelled student)
9 Section 25 amended (Students required to enrol must attend school)
10 Section 31 amended (Ensuring attendance of students)
Secondary-tertiary programmes
11 Section 31B amended (Provider group for secondary-tertiary programme)
12 Section 31F amended (Recognition as lead provider of secondary-tertiary programme)
13 Section 31G amended (Lead provider to co-ordinate secondary-tertiary programme)
14 Section 31I amended (Entry into secondary-tertiary programme)
Multiple timetable arrangements
15 New section 65DA inserted (Multiple timetable arrangements)
65DA Multiple timetable arrangements
Functions and powers of boards
16 Section 75 replaced (Boards to control management of schools)
75 Functions and powers of boards
Enrolment records
17 Section 77A amended (Enrolment records)
Annual financial statements of boards
18 Section 87C amended (Annual financial statements of boards)
School boards
19 Section 98 replaced (Boards of newly established schools)
98 Boards of newly established schools
20 Section 101 amended (Elections of trustees)
21 Section 105A amended (Minister may approve alternative constitution in certain cases)
22 Section 110 amended (Boards may combine)
Teacher registration
23 Section 120 amended (Interpretation)
24 Section 120A amended (Restrictions on appointment of teachers)
25 Section 120B amended (Restrictions on continued employment of teachers)
26 Section 137 amended (Offences)
Corporal punishment
27 Section 139A amended (No corporal punishment in early childhood services or registered schools)
Surrender and retention of property and searches
28 New sections 139AAA to 139AAG inserted
139AAA Surrender and retention of property
139AAAB Searches of clothing and bags or other containers
139AAAC Restrictions on searches under section 139AAAB
139AAB Limitations on sections 139AAA and 139AAAB
139AAC Prohibitions on searches by contractors
139AAD Refusal to reveal, produce, or surrender item
139AAE Power to search storage containers not affected
139AAF Rules about surrender and retention of property and searches
139AAG Guidelines about surrender and retention of property and searches
Secretary may require information for proper administration of Act
29 Section 144A amended (Secretary may require information for proper administration of Act)
Merging schools
30 Section 156A replaced (Minister may merge schools)
156A Minister may merge schools
156AB Election or appointment of boards of continuing schools
156AC Alternative constitutions for continuing schools
Partnership schools kura hourua
31 New Part 12A inserted
Part 12APartnership schools kura hourua
158A Interpretation
Approval and operation of partnership schools kura hourua
158B Minister may approve sponsors
158C Minister must appoint advisory group
158D Partnership school contracts
158DA Complaints
158E Prohibitions on operation of partnership schools kura hourua
158F Sponsor's duties
158G Sponsor to control management of partnership school kura hourua
158H School rules
158I Sponsor's power to delegate
158J Annual financial statements of partnership schools kura hourua
158K Partnership school kura hourua may participate in school risk management scheme
158L Intervention in partnership school kura hourua by Secretary
Enrolment in partnership schools kura hourua
158M Enrolment in partnership schools kura hourua
158N Equal rights to primary and secondary education in partnership schools kura hourua
158O Special education in partnership schools kura hourua
158P Multiple timetable arrangements in partnership schools kura hourua
Exclusions
158Q Secretary's powers when student younger than 16 is excluded from partnership school kura hourua
158R Re-enrolment by partnership school kura hourua of student excluded or expelled
Courses and visits
158S Courses and visits outside partnership school kura hourua premises
Application of Act to partnership schools kura hourua
158T Application of this Act to partnership schools kura hourua
158U Application of Education (Stand-Down, Suspension, Exclusion, and Expulsion) Rules 1999 to partnership schools kura hourua
Application of other Acts to partnership schools kura hourua
158V Application of New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 to partnership schools kura hourua
158W Application of Privacy Act 1993 to partnership schools kura hourua
158X Ombudsmen Act 1975 and Official Information Act 1982 not to apply to partnership schools kura hourua
158X Official Information Act 1982 not to apply to partnership schools kura hourua
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
32 Section 246 amended (Interpretation)
33 Section 246A amended (Functions of Authority)
Early childhood education and care centres
34 Section 319J replaced (Centres situated on property owned by the Crown)
319J Centres situated on property owned by, or leased to, the Crown
National student numbers
35 Section 342 amended (Interpretation)
36 Section 343 amended (Assigning national student numbers)
37 Section 344 amended (Use of national student numbers)
38 Section 345 amended (Student may use or disclose own national student number)
39 Section 346 amended (Offences)
Part 2Transitional provisions and consequential amendments
Transitional provisions
40 Transitional provision relating to Criminal Procedure Act 2011
40A Transitional provision relating to Legislation Act 2012
Consequential amendments
40B Amendment to Accident Compensation Act 2001
40C Amendment to Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995
40D Amendments to Health Act 1956
40E Amendments to Immigration Act 2009
40F Amendment to Income Tax Act 2007
41 Amendment to Local Government (Rating) Act 2002
42 Amendment to Official Information Act 1982
43 Amendments to Ombudsmen Act 1975
Legislative history
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: