❓ A WA parliamentary question reveals that in 2009, 30 children aged five years or younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area, despite the policy allowing principals to suspend students of any age for breaches of discipline.
AnsweredQoN 240Legislative Council
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GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS — SUSPENSIONS
(1) What is the current policy on suspending children aged five years or younger from the government school system? (2) How many children in this category were suspended in government schools in the metropolitan area last year? Hon PETER COLLIER
(1) What is the current policy on suspending children aged five years or younger from the government school system? (2) How many children in this category were suspended in government schools in the metropolitan area last year? Hon PETER COLLIER
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under Department of Education behaviour management in schools policy a principal can suspend a student regardless of his or her age for a breach of school discipline. The maximum period of suspension is seven days for a serious breach of school discipline. (2) In 2009, 30 students aged five years and younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area.
(2) How many children in this category were suspended in government schools in the metropolitan area last year? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under Department of Education behaviour management in schools policy a principal can suspend a student regardless of his or her age for a breach of school discipline. The maximum period of suspension is seven days for a serious breach of school discipline. (2) In 2009, 30 students aged five years and younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under Department of Education behaviour management in schools policy a principal can suspend a student regardless of his or her age for a breach of school discipline. The maximum period of suspension is seven days for a serious breach of school discipline. (2) In 2009, 30 students aged five years and younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under Department of Education behaviour management in schools policy a principal can suspend a student regardless of his or her age for a breach of school discipline. The maximum period of suspension is seven days for a serious breach of school discipline. (2) In 2009, 30 students aged five years and younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area.
(1) Under Department of Education behaviour management in schools policy a principal can suspend a student regardless of his or her age for a breach of school discipline. The maximum period of suspension is seven days for a serious breach of school discipline. (2) In 2009, 30 students aged five years and younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area.
(2) In 2009, 30 students aged five years and younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area.
(2) How many children in this category were suspended in government schools in the metropolitan area last year? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under Department of Education behaviour management in schools policy a principal can suspend a student regardless of his or her age for a breach of school discipline. The maximum period of suspension is seven days for a serious breach of school discipline. (2) In 2009, 30 students aged five years and younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under Department of Education behaviour management in schools policy a principal can suspend a student regardless of his or her age for a breach of school discipline. The maximum period of suspension is seven days for a serious breach of school discipline. (2) In 2009, 30 students aged five years and younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under Department of Education behaviour management in schools policy a principal can suspend a student regardless of his or her age for a breach of school discipline. The maximum period of suspension is seven days for a serious breach of school discipline. (2) In 2009, 30 students aged five years and younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area.
(1) Under Department of Education behaviour management in schools policy a principal can suspend a student regardless of his or her age for a breach of school discipline. The maximum period of suspension is seven days for a serious breach of school discipline. (2) In 2009, 30 students aged five years and younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area.
(2) In 2009, 30 students aged five years and younger were suspended from public schools in the metropolitan area.
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