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(a) the full names of the child’s parents;

(b) the parents’ contact details;

Examples

• email address

• phone number

• postal address

Examples

• child’s birth certificate

• adoption order under the Adoption Act 1993, pt 3

• parentage declaration under the Parentage Act 2004, s 19

(d) the child’s name as shown on the certificate of registration;

(e) the child’s date of birth;

(f) the address of the home base from which the home education will be carried out;

(g) the most recent home education report for the child;

(h) a written statement in accordance with subsection (2).

(2) A written statement under subsection (1) (h) must be completed by the parents of the child who is the subject of the application, and state how—

(a) for the most recent period of registration—

(i) the parents have provided a high-quality education and educational opportunities for the child; and

(ii) the parents have used strategies to encourage their child to learn; and

(iii) the plan or approach for the child’s home education has delivered an education consistent with the principles mentioned in the Act, section 128 (d); and

(b) the matters mentioned in paragraph (a) will continue to be provided, or delivered, during the period of renewed registration.

Note 1 The application for renewal of registration, with the information outlined in this section, must be made not later than 3 months before the end of the registration (see Act, s 137 (2) (c)).

Note 2 The parents must tell the director-general within 28 days if information on the register changes or the child stops living, or usually living, in the ACT (see Act, s 132 (1) (e) (ii)).

10 Home education reports about educational progress of child—Act, s 138 (2)

(1) A home education report must include examples of the child’s educational progress.

(2) Despite subsection (1), if a child only receives part of the child’s education through home education, the report only needs to include examples of the child’s educational progress that are relevant to the home education.

(3) In this section:

educational progress, of a child, means the child’s—

(a) spiritual, emotional, social and physical development; and

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