Renewal of registration
Section 54A of the Act requires applications for renewal of registration to be made at least nine (9) months before the existing school's registration is due to expire, or at a later date decided by the Board and communicated to the proprietor in writing.
Form 2 may be accessed and submitted electronically by registered schools logging onto RANGS Online and using the 'Work with Application Forms' link.
This section of the Act also requires a non-government school applying for renewal of registration to demonstrate:
- whether or not the school continues to satisfy the requirements for registration under Section 47 of the Act and
- whether or not, since the school's registration was granted or last renewed, the school has complied with the terms of the registration.
Under Section 57A of the Act the maximum period for which registration may be renewed is five (5) years. Registered non-government schools must continue to meet the requirements for registration for the period of registration.
Section 57A of the Act also makes provision for the Registration Committee of the Board of Studies, under delegation, to recommend to the Minister that the registration period of a school be reduced and the school be placed on provisional registration at any time before the expiry of the period of registration of the school if the Registration Committee is not satisfied that the school is complying with the requirements for registration.
If the school is placed on provisional registration, parents of students at the school must be notified in writing by the school of the provisional registration status of the school and the consequences of that registration status.