Section 27Part 11 — DISCIPLINE AND PROHIBITION OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Student discipline
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Every school shall have a written Behaviour Policy, based on national policy, that includes the disciplinary penalties to be applied and the procedures for the enforcement of the penalties.
It is deemed to be a condition of a grant of Government funding to an assisted school that there shall be for that school a written Behaviour Policy.
The Behaviour Policy for a school shall apply to the conduct of a student —
at school; and
while a student is engaged in activities away from school premises, arranged as school activities;
and each school may decide that it shall apply at other times and in other places when the school considers it appropriate in the interests of the education of the student or the protection of the reputation of the school.
In the preparation and revision of a Behaviour Policy for a school, regard shall be had to —
the wishes of parents of students in attendance at the school; and
guidance which may from time to time be given by the Minister on matters relating to student discipline and behaviour.
The Cabinet may make regulations regarding the form of the disciplinary penalties to be applied and the procedures for the enforcement of the penalties.