Home Schooling Must Be Consistent With Australian Curriculum: New Laws

Published on March 8, 2024

The Queensland government has introduced legislation in parliament mandating that home education is consistent with the Australian government’s curriculum. This comes amid an almost tripling of students who are been homeschooled in the state since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Education Minister Di Farmer introduced the Education (General Provisions) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 on March 6, which includes amendments related to homeschooling. Under the proposed changes, students who are schooled at home are required to follow the government’s syllabus for senior subjects. “The bill sets out that home education programs in Queensland must be consistent with the Australian Curriculum or Queensland syllabus for senior subjects, consistent with approaches in other jurisdictions,” Ms. Farmer said in the Queensland parliament (pdf)....

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