Proposed changes to the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2)

Some of the proposed changes in ETAB 2 include:

amending school board objectives to better align with Government priorities, including making educational achievement the paramount objective for school boards, while retaining the other objectives as essential supporting objectives
removing the Minister’s power to issue a statement of national education and learning priorities (NELP)
increasing the notification period unions must provide before undertaking strike action from three days to seven days
strengthening the focus on attendance, including a new requirement for boards to have attendance management plans
requiring universities to have a statement on freedom of expression.

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More information

Read more about the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2).

The full list of proposed changes is on the Government’s legislation webpage.

In a few weeks, you will be able to make submissions on the Bill through Parliament’s website, which also shows you how to make a submission.