Non-State Schools Accreditation Board 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) 2019 31 August 2019 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 2018 – 2019 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 2009, 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 16 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 Queensland demography ........................................................................................................... 13 The schools .......................................................................................................................... 16 The students .......................................................................................................................... 19 Critical issues .......................................................................................................................... 20 Business operations .................................................................................................................... 21 Accreditation .......................................................................................................................... 21 Applications for accreditation ..................................................................................................... 21 Notice of attribute no longer applying ........................................................................................ 22 Initial assessments ..................................................................................................................... 22 Assessments of establishment phase schools and when schools start to operate at new sites .......................................................................................................................... 22 Authorised persons, school assessment ................................................................................... 22 Surrender of accreditation .......................................................................................................... 22 Amendment and cancellation accreditations (show cause notices) .......................................... 23 Compliance notices .................................................................................................................... 23 Complaints handling ................................................................................................................... 23 Eligibility for government funding ............................................................................................... 23 Applications for eligibility for government funding ..................................................................... 24 Times for Board to make certain decisions ................................................................................ 24 Amalgamation of schools by amalgamation notice, and dividing schools by division notice .... 24 Offences .......................................................................................................................... 24 Programs ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Review program — accreditation and, if relevant, eligibility for government funding ................ 25 Annual collection of school survey data ..................................................................................... 25 Enrolment verification of 2019 school survey data .................................................................... 26 Authorised persons, enrolment verification ................................................................................ 26 Governing body update program ............................................................................................... 26 Positive notices .......................................................................................................................... 26 Policies and procedures ............................................................................................................. 27 Codes of conduct, Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 ..................................................................... 27 Board procedure for notice of resolution not considered at a Board meeting ........................... 27 Board policy for reporting to law enforcement agency .............................................................. 27 Board policy on confidentiality, use and disclosure of meeting papers ..................................... 27 Purchasing procedures (Authorised persons – school assessments) ...................................... 27 Reasonable Procedures to Deal with Public Interest Disclosures............................................. 28 Accountabilities ........................................................................................................................... 29 Corrections to previous annual reports ...................................................................................... 29 Board involvement in key initiatives ........................................................................................... 29 Budget of the Board ................................................................................................................... 29 Details of Ministerial directions, Accreditation Act 2017, section 123 — public interest ........... 29 Conferences and seminars .......................................................................................................