8.14 State and territory governments should ensure that policies for the Noted This recommendation is a matter for and territory exchange of a student’s information when they move to another governments. school: See recommendation 8.16. provide that the principal (or authorised information sharer) at the student’s previous school is required to share information with the new school in the circumstances described in Recommendation 8.13 and apply to schools in government and non-government systems. 8.15 State and territory governments should ensure that policies about the Noted This recommendation is a matter for state and territory exchange of a student’s information (as in Recommendations 8.13 and governments. 8.14) provide the following safeguards, in addition to any safeguards See recommendation 8.16. attached to our recommended information exchange scheme: information provided to the new school should be proportionate to its need for that information to assist it in meeting the student’s safety and wellbeing needs, and those of other students at the school information should be exchanged between principals, or other authorised information sharers, and disseminated to other staff members on a need-to-know basis. 8.16 The Council of Australian Governments’ Education Council should Noted The Australian Government supports the harmonisation review the Interstate Student Data Transfer Note and Protocol in the of legislative and administrative arrangements in states context of the implementation of our recommended information and territories to support data access and sharing. exchange scheme (Recommendations 8.6 to 8.8). The Data Strategy Group, which reports to the Australian Education Senior Officials Committee under the Education Council and includes representatives from all states and territories and the non-government sector, is
8.14 State and territory governments should ensure that policies for the exchange of a student’s information when they move to another school: provide that the principal (or authorised information sharer) at the student’s previous school is required to share information with the new school in the circumstances described in Recommendation 8.13 and apply to schools in government and non-government systems. Noted This recommendation is a matter for and territory governments. See recommendation 8.16. 8.15 State and territory governments should ensure that policies about the exchange of a student’s information (as in Recommendations 8.13 and 8.14) provide the following safeguards, in addition to any safeguards attached to our recommended information exchange scheme: information provided to the new school should be proportionate to its need for that information to assist it in meeting the student’s safety and wellbeing needs, and those of other students at the school information should be exchanged between principals, or other authorised information sharers, and disseminated to other staff members on a need-to-know basis. Noted This recommendation is a matter for state and territory governments. See recommendation 8.16. 8.16 The Council of Australian Governments’ Education Council should review the Interstate Student Data Transfer Note and Protocol in the context of the implementation of our recommended information exchange scheme (Recommendations 8.6 to 8.8). Noted The Australian Government supports the harmonisation of legislative and administrative arrangements in states and territories to support data access and sharing. The Data Strategy Group, which reports to the Australian Education Senior Officials Committee under the Education Council and includes representatives from all states and territories and the non-government sector, is
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