✨ Education Policy Notices
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 93 — 31 AUGUST 2015
| Referral | Ministry of Education Special Education | Psychological/psycho-social grounds | Government funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student has assessed psychological or psycho-social needs verified by a Ministry of Education psychologist. | |||
| All referrals must be signed off by the Ministry manager (or their delegate). | |||
| The Ministry referral letter must: | |||
| (a) clearly state the supervision arrangements for the student’s study with Te Kura; | |||
| (b) provide an educational profile (where available), and the name of the previous school; | |||
| (c) include a statement from a Ministry of Education psychologist indicating how the psychological or psycho-social issues are to be addressed; | |||
| (d) confirm consideration of how a pastoral care and/or learning support relationship with a reasonably convenient local school might be maintained while the student is enrolled with Te Kura; and | |||
| (e) set a review period for the enrolment. | |||
| Psychological grounds | |||
| The psychological grounds must reside within the individual student and be of sufficient severity to prevent or seriously impede the student from attending a reasonably convenient school. | |||
| Psycho-social grounds | |||
| The psychological grounds must reside within the individual student. The social grounds must reside within the student’s relationships in the wider environment, including their family, whānau and school. | |||
| While neither factor on its own might be sufficient, in tandem there is good reason for an enrolment recommendation. |
Section 4—Dual Tuition
Eligibility for government funded dual tuition
State, state-integrated, partnership schools kura hourua, and private schools may register Year 1–15 domestic students6 with Te Kura for supplementary government funded dual tuition where the entry criteria for one of the registration gateways set by the attached Schedules 2–6 are met. Where dual tuition is government-funded, no fee has been prescribed under section 7A of the Education Act 1989 for tuition at Te Kura.
This supplementary dual tuition is additional government resourcing to that provided to state and state-integrated schools through operations monies and staffing entitlements, or to partnership schools kura hourua, through their cashed-up funding, or to private schools registered under section 35 of the Education Act 1989 through the per-student subsidy.
The supplementary government-funded dual tuition is for curriculum adaptation and for curriculum capability purposes. The curriculum adaptation categories cover circumstances where the school at which the student is enrolled is unable to provide the required specialist programming or curriculum adaptation. The curriculum capability categories are to enable generally smaller schools to provide a full and balanced curriculum.
Accountabilities
The school at which the students are enrolled retains all legislative accountabilities, including for attendance, while its students are registered for supplementary dual tuition from Te Kura. Students registered with Te Kura must attend the school that they are enrolled in on a full-time basis.
All supplementary government funded dual tuition arrangements are subject to a Service Level Agreement (SLA) being in place between the registering school or home education family and Te Kura.
The SLA defines the tuition, supervision and support responsibilities of both parties and the circumstances in
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Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu Enrolment Policy and Criteria
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