Fines for Services Using Unregistered Teachers; Teachers With Only Early Childhood Training Cannot Work in Schools
Education Legislation (Registration of Early Childhood Teachers) Amendment Bill
Private Member's BillAssembly
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Education and care services must only employ registered teachers to meet early childhood teaching requirements. Services that break this rule can be fined up to 200 penalty units.
Education and care services must not let a teacher work if their registration is suspended by the Queensland College of Teachers or QCAT. Services that break this rule can be fined up to 200 penalty units.
People who are not registered teachers cannot teach to meet early childhood requirements or supervise other teachers and students at an education and care service. People who do this can be fined up to 100 penalty units.
The Queensland College of Teachers must restrict some teachers to only working at education and care services. This happens if the teacher meets early childhood requirements but not general teaching requirements.
Teachers with a restriction to only work at education and care services are not considered approved teachers for working at schools.
Service providers, officers, and teachers cannot be prosecuted for these new teaching and registration rules until 30 June 2028.