❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks data on school truancy in Kalgoorlie Boulder, including the number of truancy officers, their powers, and truancy statistics. The answer clarifies the role of principals in managing attendance and explains that the department tracks absences, not truancy, at a system level.
AnsweredQoN 402Legislative Assembly
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(1) Will the Minister advise the number of school truancy officers employed by the State Government in Kalgoorlie Boulder ?
(2) Will the Minister advise the powers of those school truancy officers and the Act of Parliament that provides those powers ?
(3) Will the Minister advise the number of incidents of school truancy recorded in Kalgoorlie Boulder for the financial years ending -
(a) 2000;
(b) 2001; and
(c) 2002?
(4) Will the Minister advise the number of different individuals recorded as truanting from school in Kalgoorlie Boulder for the financial years ending -
(a) 2000;
(b) 2001; and
(c) 2002?
(2) Will the Minister advise the powers of those school truancy officers and the Act of Parliament that provides those powers ?
(3) Will the Minister advise the number of incidents of school truancy recorded in Kalgoorlie Boulder for the financial years ending -
(a) 2000;
(b) 2001; and
(c) 2002?
(4) Will the Minister advise the number of different individuals recorded as truanting from school in Kalgoorlie Boulder for the financial years ending -
(a) 2000;
(b) 2001; and
(c) 2002?
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Answered
5 November 2002
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
21 days
(b) 2001; and (c) 2002?
(c) 2002?
(b) 2001; and (c) 2002?
(c) 2002?
'principal is responsible for the accurate recording and rigorous monitoring of the attendance of all students. The principal is also responsible for identifying students with attendance issues and for implementing appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance'. Often this responsibility is designated to a Deputy Principal within a school who monitors attendance and implements appropriate intervention strategies. (2) School Education Act 1999 states: 36 (1) A school attendance officer may – (a) stop and detain a person whom he or she reasonably believes to be an absentee student; and (b) enter any premises to which the public has access, without paying the charge, if any, for access to the premises, for the purpose of checking whether any absentee student is on the premises. (2) A person detained under subsection (1) – (a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading. Penalty: $200 (3) The School Education Act 1999 refers to children absent from school as explained or unexplained. The Department does not record children as truanting. (4) Individual students are not identified at a system level as truanting. Data is collected at the end of each semester on the number of half-day absences in total in a school and differentiate between explained absences and unexplained absences. Principals implement appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance for those children absent from school without reason. A child absent from school without reason does not imply they are truanting.
Often this responsibility is designated to a Deputy Principal within a school who monitors attendance and implements appropriate intervention strategies. (2) School Education Act 1999 states: 36 (1) A school attendance officer may – (a) stop and detain a person whom he or she reasonably believes to be an absentee student; and (b) enter any premises to which the public has access, without paying the charge, if any, for access to the premises, for the purpose of checking whether any absentee student is on the premises. (2) A person detained under subsection (1) – (a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading. Penalty: $200 (3) The School Education Act 1999 refers to children absent from school as explained or unexplained. The Department does not record children as truanting. (4) Individual students are not identified at a system level as truanting. Data is collected at the end of each semester on the number of half-day absences in total in a school and differentiate between explained absences and unexplained absences. Principals implement appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance for those children absent from school without reason. A child absent from school without reason does not imply they are truanting.
(2) School Education Act 1999 states: 36 (1) A school attendance officer may – (a) stop and detain a person whom he or she reasonably believes to be an absentee student; and (b) enter any premises to which the public has access, without paying the charge, if any, for access to the premises, for the purpose of checking whether any absentee student is on the premises. (2) A person detained under subsection (1) – (a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading. Penalty: $200 (3) The School Education Act 1999 refers to children absent from school as explained or unexplained. The Department does not record children as truanting. (4) Individual students are not identified at a system level as truanting. Data is collected at the end of each semester on the number of half-day absences in total in a school and differentiate between explained absences and unexplained absences. Principals implement appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance for those children absent from school without reason. A child absent from school without reason does not imply they are truanting.
(a) stop and detain a person whom he or she reasonably believes to be an absentee student; and (b) enter any premises to which the public has access, without paying the charge, if any, for access to the premises, for the purpose of checking whether any absentee student is on the premises. (2) A person detained under subsection (1) – (a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading.
(2) A person detained under subsection (1) – (a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading.
(a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading.
(3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading.
(a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading.
(3) The School Education Act 1999 refers to children absent from school as explained or unexplained. The Department does not record children as truanting. (4) Individual students are not identified at a system level as truanting. Data is collected at the end of each semester on the number of half-day absences in total in a school and differentiate between explained absences and unexplained absences. Principals implement appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance for those children absent from school without reason. A child absent from school without reason does not imply they are truanting.
(4) Individual students are not identified at a system level as truanting. Data is collected at the end of each semester on the number of half-day absences in total in a school and differentiate between explained absences and unexplained absences. Principals implement appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance for those children absent from school without reason. A child absent from school without reason does not imply they are truanting.
(c) 2002?
(b) 2001; and (c) 2002?
(c) 2002?
'principal is responsible for the accurate recording and rigorous monitoring of the attendance of all students. The principal is also responsible for identifying students with attendance issues and for implementing appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance'. Often this responsibility is designated to a Deputy Principal within a school who monitors attendance and implements appropriate intervention strategies. (2) School Education Act 1999 states: 36 (1) A school attendance officer may – (a) stop and detain a person whom he or she reasonably believes to be an absentee student; and (b) enter any premises to which the public has access, without paying the charge, if any, for access to the premises, for the purpose of checking whether any absentee student is on the premises. (2) A person detained under subsection (1) – (a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading. Penalty: $200 (3) The School Education Act 1999 refers to children absent from school as explained or unexplained. The Department does not record children as truanting. (4) Individual students are not identified at a system level as truanting. Data is collected at the end of each semester on the number of half-day absences in total in a school and differentiate between explained absences and unexplained absences. Principals implement appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance for those children absent from school without reason. A child absent from school without reason does not imply they are truanting.
Often this responsibility is designated to a Deputy Principal within a school who monitors attendance and implements appropriate intervention strategies. (2) School Education Act 1999 states: 36 (1) A school attendance officer may – (a) stop and detain a person whom he or she reasonably believes to be an absentee student; and (b) enter any premises to which the public has access, without paying the charge, if any, for access to the premises, for the purpose of checking whether any absentee student is on the premises. (2) A person detained under subsection (1) – (a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading. Penalty: $200 (3) The School Education Act 1999 refers to children absent from school as explained or unexplained. The Department does not record children as truanting. (4) Individual students are not identified at a system level as truanting. Data is collected at the end of each semester on the number of half-day absences in total in a school and differentiate between explained absences and unexplained absences. Principals implement appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance for those children absent from school without reason. A child absent from school without reason does not imply they are truanting.
(2) School Education Act 1999 states: 36 (1) A school attendance officer may – (a) stop and detain a person whom he or she reasonably believes to be an absentee student; and (b) enter any premises to which the public has access, without paying the charge, if any, for access to the premises, for the purpose of checking whether any absentee student is on the premises. (2) A person detained under subsection (1) – (a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading. Penalty: $200 (3) The School Education Act 1999 refers to children absent from school as explained or unexplained. The Department does not record children as truanting. (4) Individual students are not identified at a system level as truanting. Data is collected at the end of each semester on the number of half-day absences in total in a school and differentiate between explained absences and unexplained absences. Principals implement appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance for those children absent from school without reason. A child absent from school without reason does not imply they are truanting.
(a) stop and detain a person whom he or she reasonably believes to be an absentee student; and (b) enter any premises to which the public has access, without paying the charge, if any, for access to the premises, for the purpose of checking whether any absentee student is on the premises. (2) A person detained under subsection (1) – (a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading.
(2) A person detained under subsection (1) – (a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading.
(a) may be questioned by a school attendance officer as to whether the person is an absentee student; and (b) may be required to inform a school attendance officer of – (a) his or her full name and address; (b) his or her age; and (c) the name of the school at which he or she is enrolled. (3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading.
(3) A person to whom a requirement under subsection (2) is directed must not – (a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading.
(a) fail to comply with the requirement; or (b) in purported compliance give any information that is false or misleading.
(3) The School Education Act 1999 refers to children absent from school as explained or unexplained. The Department does not record children as truanting. (4) Individual students are not identified at a system level as truanting. Data is collected at the end of each semester on the number of half-day absences in total in a school and differentiate between explained absences and unexplained absences. Principals implement appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance for those children absent from school without reason. A child absent from school without reason does not imply they are truanting.
(4) Individual students are not identified at a system level as truanting. Data is collected at the end of each semester on the number of half-day absences in total in a school and differentiate between explained absences and unexplained absences. Principals implement appropriate strategies to restore regular attendance for those children absent from school without reason. A child absent from school without reason does not imply they are truanting.
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