Commercial arrangements, sponsorship and donations

Commercial arrangements, sponsorship and donations policy statement

Commercial arrangements, sponsorship and donations procedures

Update - Under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program, converted into new policy template and improved readability.

Updated the unsuitable product list to include vapes and simplified processes to reduce administrative requirements.

15/03/2024

Sharing of school facilities

Sharing of school facilities policy statement

Sharing of school facilities procedures

Update - Under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program, converted into the new template, reformatted the document, removed duplicated information and update contact details.

15/03/2024

Enrolment of students in NSW Government schools

Major update - Under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program, these procedures were consolidated and streamlined the Selective education and opportunity class placement policy and intranet instructions.

15/03/2024

School attendance

School attendance policy statement

Exemption from school procedures

Student attendance in government schools procedures

Update - Under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program, converted into new policy template, minor updates to language to reduce duplication and moved roles and into the relevant procedures.

15/03/2024

Aboriginal education

Aboriginal education policy statement

Aboriginal education procedures

Update - Under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program, converted into the new template, and improved document readability.

New policy document - Developed a new procedure document to clarify existing instructions on complying with the policy.

14/03/2024

Inclusive education for students with disability

Inclusive education for students with disability policy statement

Personalised learning and support

Update - Under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program, converted into the new template, and improved readability.

New policy document - Developed a new procedure document, Personalised learning and support procedures, to reinforce existing obligations under the Disability Standards for Education (2005) and consolidate existing instructions about the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability and the department’s internal website.

14/03/2024

Technology in schools

Technology in schools policy statement

Technology in schools procedures

New policy documents - Under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program, new policy statement and procedure developed consolidating and clarifying mandatory requirements previously provided through department web pages.

14/03/2024

Student behaviour policy statement

Behaviour code for students

Detention and time-out procedures

Suspension and expulsion procedures

Excursions

Excursions policy statement

Excursions Planning and Management procedure

Routine update – updated language and links to reflect changes to the WHS Risk Management procedure and supporting resources.

16/10/2023

Student use of mobile phones in schools policy statement

Student use of mobile phones in schools procedures

Management of conduct and performance

Guidelines for the management of conduct and performance

Routine update – guideline was amended to reflect changes to be consistent with the new Public Interest Disclosure legislation, and the updated Public Interest Disclosure policy and procedure on the Policy Library

29/09/2023

Public interest disclosures

Public interest disclosures policy statement

Public Interest Disclosures procedures

Major update – update to the policy and procedure documents to align with the introduction of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022. Increases have been made to the number of employees responsible and expands the employees and department responsibilities.

29/09/2023

Policy governance

Policy governance policy statement

Policy governance procedures

Routine update – policy title changed from Policy Management to Policy Governance. Policy statement was updated to meet Audit of Policy Governance and Implementation (AP21/36) recommendations to include the definition of an operational policy and the requirement to publish operational policies in the Policy Library.

Update - this policy procedure was developed to meet Audit of Policy Governance and Implementation (AP21/36) recommendation for a Secretary endorsed charter reflecting the Service Experience directorate's responsibilities and authority in respect of the end-to-end policy process. A range of mandatory templates and forms have also been included.

05/09/2023

Carry forward (schools)

Carry forward (schools) guidelines

Routine update – the Carry forward (schools) guidelines updated advice to items not requiring application for extraordinary circumstances due to introduction of a Term 3 deadline.

22/08/2023

Routine update – no immediate action required. The policy statement was updated to reflect changes to the process and terminology. Refer to these policy documents when needed.

Updated contact details.

Commercial arrangements, sponsorship and donations policy statement

Commercial arrangements, sponsorships and donations procedures

Routine update – no immediate action required, refer to these policy documents when needed.

Updated Commercial Arrangements, Sponsorship and Donations procedure to include advice regarding:

• mandatory sponsorship risk assessment and conflict of interest declaration
• defining record management, monitoring, and registering of sponsorship activity
• general ledger accounts
• legal review of third party agreement templates
• significant obligations for schools in P&C managed sponsorships

Curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents K-12 policy statement

Curriculum policy standards

Updated the policy statement to remove reference to the Covid-19 interim policy standards and reintroduce the Curriculum Policy Standards implementation document.

The Curriculum Policy Standards were restored, replacing the interim Covid-19 policy standards. References to Stage 5 elective course offerings were removed.

Restrictive practices reduction and elimination policy statement

Restrictive practices planning procedures

Environmental restraints planning procedures

New policy - provides guidance on the use of restrictive practices in NSW public schools and government preschools, including reporting requirements, and outlines the practices that are never permitted.

The Restrictive Practices Planning Procedures support the implementation of the Restrictive Reduction and Elimination policy and the Restrictive Practices Framework.

The Environmental Restraints Planning Procedures supports the implementation of the Restrictive Practices Reduction and Elimination policy and the Restrictive Practices Framework.