Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Actsinsert
Chapter 1A Early childhood education
8A Eligible children may attend government-funded preschool programs
(1) The purpose of this section is to ensure that every eligible child can receive an early childhood education funded by the government in the 2 years before the child is of compulsory education age.
(2) An eligible child may enrol in a government-funded preschool program in a year if the child—
(a) lives in the ACT; and
(b) is at least 3 years old on 30 April in the year.
(3) However, a provider of a government-funded preschool program may refuse to enrol an eligible child in the preschool program if enrolling the child would breach a condition of the provider's service approval.
(4) In this section:
"eligible child" means a child who the director-general is satisfied meets the requirements for being eligible for enrolment in a government-funded preschool program.
"service approval", of a provider of a government-funded preschool program, see—the Education and Care Services National Law (ACT) , section 5 (1).
Note The Education and Care Services National Law (ACT) Act 2011
, s 6 applies the Education and Care Services National Law set out in the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010
(Vic), schedule as if it were an ACT law called the Education and Care Services National Law (ACT) .
8B Procedures to encourage attendance at preschool programs delivered by government schools
(1) The director-general must, for a preschool program delivered by a government school, set up procedures to encourage attendance at the program by children who are enrolled in the program.
(2) The procedures must—
(a) state that attendance at the program is not compulsory; and
(b) state the benefits of a child's regular attendance at the program; and
(c) include steps that may be taken to support a child's attendance at the program.
Example—par (c)
referring the child's parents to a support service