Non-State Schools Accreditation Board 2019-2020 ANNUAL REPORT Non-State Schools Accreditation Board Level 8, Education House 30 Mary Street Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Tel (07) 3513 6773 Postal address: PO Box 15347 City East, Queensland 4002 Email address: [email protected] Website address: www.nssab.qld.edu.au Further copies of this Annual Report may be obtained from the Board's website at www.nssab.qld.edu.au or from the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board Secretariat. ISSN 2206-9623 (online) ISSN 1447-5677 (print) © (Non-State Schools Accreditation Board) 2020 Queensland Government 31 August 2020 The Honourable Grace Grace MP Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations PO Box 15033 CITY EAST QLD 4002 Dear Minister I am pleased to submit for presentation to the Parliament the Annual Report 2019 – 2020 and financial statements for the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board. I certify that this annual report complies with: • the prescribed requirements of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and the Financial and Performance Management Standard 2019, and • the detailed requirements set out in the Annual report requirements for Queensland Government agencies. A checklist outlining the annual reporting requirements can be found at Appendix 15 of this annual report. Yours sincerely Lynne Foley OAM Chairperson Non-State Schools Accreditation Board Table of contents About this report ............................................................................................................................ 1 Scope ............................................................................................................................ 1 Public availability .......................................................................................................................... 1 Interpreter services ...................................................................................................................... 1 Providing feedback ....................................................................................................................... 1 Contact details ............................................................................................................................ 2 Chairperson’s message ................................................................................................................ 3 Agency role and main functions .................................................................................................. 5 Our vision ............................................................................................................................ 5 Our values ............................................................................................................................ 5 Our legislation ............................................................................................................................ 5 Amendments to legislation ........................................................................................................... 6 Machinery of government changes .............................................................................................. 6 Establishment of Board ................................................................................................................ 7 Functions of the Board ................................................................................................................. 7 Membership and structure ............................................................................................................ 8 Organisational structure ............................................................................................................... 8 The Non-State Schools Accreditation Board Secretariat............................................................. 8 Membership .................................................................................................................................... 9 Member profiles ........................................................................................................................... 10 Remuneration of members of the Board .................................................................................... 12 Operating environment ............................................................................................................... 13 Declared COVID-19 public health emergency, Public Health Act 2005 .................................... 13 Queensland demography ........................................................................................................... 15 The schools .......................................................................................................................... 18 The students .......................................................................................................................... 21 Critical issues .......................................................................................................................... 23 Business operations .................................................................................................................... 24 Accreditation .......................................................................................................................... 24 Applications for accreditation ..................................................................................................... 24 Notice of attribute no longer applying ........................................................................................ 25 Notification of change in circumstances .................................................................................... 25 Initial assessments ..................................................................................................................... 25 Assessments of establishment phase schools and when schools start to operate at new sites .......................................................................................................................... 25 Authorised persons, school assessment ................................................................................... 25 Surrender of accreditation .......................................................................................................... 26 Amendment and cancellation accreditations (show cause notices) .......................................... 26 Compliance notices .................................................................................................................... 26 Compliance concerns ................................................................................................................. 26 Eligibility for government funding ............................................................................................... 26 Applications for eligibility for government funding ..................................................................... 27 Times for Board to make certain decisions ................................................................................ 27 Amalgamation of schools by amalgamation notice, and dividing schools by division notice .... 27 Offences .......................................................................................................................... 27 Programs ...................................................................................................................................... 28 Review program — accreditation and, if relevant, eligibility for government funding ................ 28 Annual collection of school survey data ..................................................................................... 29 Enrolment verification of 2020 school survey data .................................................................... 29 Authorised persons, enrolment verification ................................................................................ 30 Governing body update program ............................................................................................... 30 Positive notices .......................................................................................................................... 30 Policies and procedures ............................................................................................................. 31 Codes of conduct, Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 ..................................................................... 31 Board procedure for notice of resolution not considered at a Board meeting ........................... 31 Board policy for reporting to law enforcement agency .............................................................. 31 Board policy on confidentiality, use and disclosure of meeting papers ..................................... 31 Complaints (Compliance concerns) handling ............................................................................ 31 Purchasing procedures (Authorised persons – school assessments) ...................................... 32 Reasonable Procedures to Deal with Public Interest Disclosures............................................. 32 Accountabilities ........................................................................................................................... 33 Corrections to previous annual reports ...................................................................................... 33 Board involvement in key initiatives ..........................................................................................