Qld principals allowed to kick people out
Queensland principals will soon be allowed to kick people off school grounds and view all students' criminal records.
The Education and Other Legislation Amendment Act, which allows state and non-state school principals to verbally direct people to leave school grounds, was debated in state parliament on Thursday night.
The law will also allow the Department of Education, Training and Employment director-general to ban people from schools for 60 days to one year without application to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
The government says people are generally banned for significant physical or verbal abuse, threats or acts of harm to persons, damage to property, or disruption to school operations.
The department is allowed to suspend students facing criminal charges and expel those convicted of crimes, but the new laws will allow it to obtain information about their offending from police to help principals make a decision.
Mature age students will also be required to give consent for the department to obtain their criminal records as part of their enrolment.
The laws will restrict mature age student enrolments to either mature age schools or distance education.
The laws are set to pass state parliament later on Thursday night.
