The Education and Training Reform Regulations 2007 require that parents responsible for home schooling their child must register their child with the Victorian ...
HOME SCHOOLING
HOME SCHOOLING
Application for Registration for Home Schooling
The Education and Training Reform Regulations 2007 require that parents responsible for home schooling their child must register their child with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) if their child is of compulsory school age (6-17 years of age). Only parents resident in Victoria are able to register their child or children for home schooling. Registration to home school children beyond compulsory school age, that is over 17 years of age, is optional. The VRQA can register a child who is 17 turning 18 during the year of home schooling. The VRQA cannot register a child who is 18 at the time of application. An application to register a child must be made using the prescribed application form. The VRQA will notify you in writing, within 14 days of receiving a completed application that complies with this registration, that your child has been registered for home schooling. The date of registration for home schooling is determined by the VRQA and is generally the date the VRQA completes the processing of the application. Parents are to notify the VRQA in writing within 14 days of deciding to cease home schooling their child.
Privacy Statement The collection of this information is required by the Education Training and Reform Act 2006. Without this information we are unable to process your application for registration for home schooling. You are able to request access to the personal information that we hold about you, and request that it be corrected. Please contact the VRQA on +61 3 9637 2806.
INFORMATION FOR COMPLETING THE APPLICATION FORM You must provide the name and address of each parent responsible for the home schooling of the child. A parent includes a guardian and any person who has parental responsibility for the child under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth) and any person with whom a child normally or regularly resides. Any parent responsible for home schooling must disclose if there is any order of a court or a tribunal, or any enforceable agreement that prevents access to the child. Please ensure that you circle either 2(a) or 2(b). The parent who will be responsible for the home schooling of the child must sign the application. You must provide evidence of the child’s birth date when you send in the form. Satisfactory evidence can include a copy of an original certificate, an extract of birth or a note from a doctor who can attest to the child’s age. There is no fee payable to the VRQA for this application. Details of students registered for home schooling will not be made public.
Please direct any queries to the Home Schooling Officer, VRQA at
[email protected]. Post the application form, with proof of age documentation, to: Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority Home Schooling Officer GPO Box 2317 Melbourne VIC 3001
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This form cannot be completed electronically.
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF CHILD FOR HOME SCHOOLING
(2) Please circle the correct statement: 2 a)
No order of a court or tribunal or enforceable agreement (see note 1 below) exists that prevents or restricts *me/either of us from access to my/our children named in (1) that would prevent me/either of us from providing the home schooling. OR
2 b)
Yes, an order of a court or tribunal or an enforceable agreement exists that affects the home schooling of the child to be home schooled. (Attach details of that order or enforceable agreement.)
(1) * [add full names of each parent responsible for home schooling of child and cross out whichever is inapplicable] I/We _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
of [add address below - physical and postal] Physical: ________________________________________ ________________________________________________ _________________________________Postcode:_______ Postal (if different to physical): _______________________ __________________________________Postcode:______ Telephone): ______________________________________ Email : ___________________________________________ [VRQA only sends reminder notices by email]
Apply to register for home schooling from: ____ / ____ /20____ [add the details of any child of compulsory school age – aged 6 to 17 years - be home schooled] Full name of child: _______________________________________ Date of birth: ___/___/____ Has the child ever attended school in Victoria?
Y
N
Y
N
Notes 1 An enforceable agreement may include a child agreement or parenting plan under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth). 2 Under regulation 65(2)(c), an application for registration of a child for home schooling must be accompanied by evidence of the date of birth of the child.
Full name of child: _______________________________________ Date of birth: ___/___/_____ Has the child ever attended school in Victoria?
3 a) taken as a whole, will substantially address the following learning areas: • English • Mathematics • Sciences (including physics, chemistry and biology) • Humanities and social sciences (including history, geography, economics, business, civics and citizenship) • The arts • Languages • Health and physical education • Information and communication technology and design and technology, and 3 b) will be consistent with the principles underlying the Act, being the principles and practice of Australian democracy, including a commitment to: • elected government • the rule of law • equal rights for all before the law • freedom of religion • freedom of speech and association • the values of openness and tolerance.
Signed: ______________________________ Date: ___/___/_____
Full name of child: _______________________________________ Date of birth: ___/___/____ Has the child ever attended school in Victoria?
(3) *I/We undertake that *my/our children named in (1) will receive regular and efficient instruction that:
Y
N
[please provide the details for any additional children on a separate application form]
3 Under section 4.9.3 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 , it is an offence to wilfully make, or cause to be made, or provide, any false or misleading information in any matter relating to registration on the State Register under Chapter 4 of that Act. The maximum penalty is 10 penalty units.
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