Teachers Registration and Standards (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill

Final Stages

The House of Assembly agreed to amendment No. 2 made by the Legislative Council without any amendment; disagreed to amendments Nos 4 to 10; and disagreed to amendments Nos 1 and 3 and made amendments as indicated in the following schedule in lieu thereof:

No. 1. Clause 7, page 5, lines 4 to 19 [clause 7, inserted section 9(1) and (2) Delete inserted subsections (1) and (2) and substitute:

(1) The Teachers Registration Board consists of not less than 10 and not more than 14 members appointed by the Governor of whom—

(a) at least 6 must be practising teachers, of whom—

(i) 4 must be nominated by the Australian Education Union (S.A. Branch), of whom—

(A) at least 1 must be practising in the area of pre-school education; and

(B) at least 1 must be practising in the area of primary education; and

(C) at least 1 must be practising in the area of secondary education; and

(ii) 2 must be nominated by the Independent Education Union (S.A. Branch); and

(b) the remaining members are members nominated by the Minister, of whom—

(i) at least 1 must be a legal practitioner; and

(ii) 1 must be a parent of a school student appointed to represent the community interest.

(2) At least half of the members appointed under subsection (1) must be registered teachers. Legislative Council's Amendment

No. 3. Clause 8, page 6, lines 10 to 27 [clause 8(2)]—Delete subclause (2) and substitute:

(2) Section 10(4)—delete subsection (4) and substitute:

(4) The Governor may appoint a person to be the deputy of the following members of the Teachers Registration Board:

(a) a member appointed in accordance with section 9(2)(a);

(b) a member appointed in accordance with section 9(2)(c),

and the deputy may act as a member of the Board during any period of absence of the member.

At 21:05 the council adjourned until Thursday 24 September 2020 at 11:00.