Source: New Zealand Parliament
The bill would make a number of amendments to the Education and Training Act 2020, including:
- establishing a new governance framework for wānanga
- altering school board eligibility criteria and election processes
- permitting the Ministry of Education to access early childhood education data from Statistics New Zealand
- changing the status of Kura Kaupapa Māori, which have been treated as designated character schools since 2017
- ensuring employers assess Police vets for non-teaching employees and contractors
- requiring university and wānanga annual reports to include information about employee remuneration of $100,000 per annum or more
- changing the term of office provisions for council members of Te Pūkenga.
Make a submission on the bill by 11.59pm on Monday, 1 May 2023.
For more details about the bill:
ENDS
For media enquiries contact:
Education and Workforce Committee Staff
ew@parliament.govt.nz
