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PCBU needs to provide further evidence of remediation undertaken which may include documents and photographic evidence. While a physical inspection may be required, the incident may not be prioritised as needing an immediate response. In these cases the inspection may be made some time after the incident has occurred.

Schools—non-attendance
(Question No 300)

Mr Wall asked the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development, upon notice, on 9 June 2017:

(1) What is the number of students who have had in excess of seven unexplained absences in a school year, by grade level, for each government school and college from 2014 to present.

(2) What is the number of official procedures initiated by principals in response to students having over seven unexplained absences in a school year, by grade level, for each government school and college from 2014 to present.

(3) What is the number of compliance notices issued by the Director-General to parents of students who have missed in excess of 7 unexplained school absences in a school year for each government school and college from 2014 to present.

Ms Berry: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) Table 1 provides the number of students recorded as having more than seven unexplained absences in a calendar year for year 7 to 12 between 2014 and 2016. This data may not reflect an explanation subsequently provided.

Unexplained absences have not been provided for kindergarten to year 6 as this data is not available in a format that is accessible to allow this question to be answered.

Data is not provided in Table 1 for colleges in 2014 as absence data was not analysed by explained and unexplained absences at that time.

An explained absence refers to when a parent/carer has provided the school with an explanation as to why their child was absent from school.

An unexplained absence refers to when there has been no parent/carer explanation provided to the school for a student’s absence.

Table 1: Number of students with more than seven unexplained absence days in a calendar year by school - high school and college

2014

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