Policy instruments updates

The policy instrument updates list provides information on recent changes to the Policy and Procedure Register. This includes upcoming procedures, decommissioned policy instruments, new policy instruments and significantly reviewed policy instruments.

 

New policy instruments

​Policy instrument title ​Implementation date
​ICT asset management policy ​​18/12/2019
​ICT asset management procedure ​18/12/2019
​Continuing education accelerated advancement (qualifications) entitlement​ ​13/11/2019
​Customer complaints management - Internal review procedure ​15/10/2019
State special school enrolment (additional requirements) procedure ​20/09/2019
​Teacher housing policy ​30/08/2019
​Centralised register for regulated home-based care services - User access and management procedure ​22/08/2019
​Budget development and management policy ​26/07/2019
​Budget development and management procedure ​26/07/2019
​Safety and wellbeing of students residing at a state school operated residential boarding facility procedure ​15/07/2019
​Financial internal controls policy ​01/07/2019
​Representative school sport financial arrangements policy ​25/06/2019
​Fleet management procedure ​15/05/2019
​Replacement of school-based staff absences procedure ​27/03/2019
​Managing students' health support needs at school procedure ​​22/03/2019
​​Supporting students with asthma and/or at risk of anaphylaxis at school procedure ​​22/03/2019
​Early childhood education and care complaints management policy ​13/03/2019
​Regulating for quality: The regulation of approved early childhood education and care services policy ​13/03/2019
​Flexible work arrangements procedure ​​06/03/2019
​​CCTV use in schools procedure ​01/03/2019
 

Upcoming policy instruments

The upcoming policy instruments list contains policy instruments for information purposes only to enable affected stakeholders to plan and prepare for implementation. These new or substantially reviewed policy instruments​ are scheduled for implementation in the coming months.
​The implementation date is clearly identified for each policy instrument on this list.
In the interim, it is important for staff and stakeholders to continue to refer to the current version published on the Policy and Procedure Register.

Policy instrument title​ ​Implementation date ​Version number Replacing ​
​Textbook and Resource Allowance​ (TRA) procedure ​02/01/2020 ​5.1 ​4.3
​Student R​esource Scheme (SRS) procedure ​02/01/2020 ​4.2 ​3.5
 

Significantly reviewed policy instruments

The following policy instruments have recently undergone a review process and a revised version has been published.

​Policy instrument title ​Implementation date ​Version number
​Appropriate and ethical use of public resources policy ​20/12/2019 ​2.1
​Purchasing and procurement procedure ​02/12/2019 ​9.0
​Assistance animals and support animals at school procedure  ​25/10/2019 ​6.0
​Criminal history check procedure ​23/10/2019 ​5.0
​Customer complaints management policy ​15/10/2019 ​2.0
​Customer complaints management framework ​15/10/2019 N/A​
​Customer complaints management procedure​ ​15/10/2019 2.0​
​Transfer at level procedure ​11/10/2019 ​2.2
​Information sharing under the Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld) procedure ​16/09/2019 ​8.0
​​Animals in Queensland state schools procedure​ ​16/07/2019 ​5.1
​Employee separation procedure ​10/07/2019 ​2.1
​Debt management procedure ​08/07/2019 ​4.0
​Loans sought by Parents and Citizens' Associations procedure ​01/07/2019 ​4.0
​School recovery processes for school-purchased labour procedure 01/07/2019 ​4.1
​​Obtaining and managing student and individual consent procedure ​​​19/06/2019 ​6.3
​Enterprise Risk Management Framework ​03/06/2019 ​N/A
​Enterprise risk management policy ​03/06/2019 ​2.1
​Enterprise risk management procedure ​03/06/2019 ​7.1
​School-based apprenticeships and traineeships procedure ​27/05/2019 ​5.1
​Unattach from position procedure ​27/05/2019 ​4.1
​Relinquish from position procedure ​27/05/2019 ​3.1
​​Domestic travel procedure ​15/05/2019 ​2.0
​Managing risks in school curriculum activities procedure ​09/05/2019 ​6.0
​Appropriate and ethical use of public resources policy ​24/04/2019 ​2.0
​Catering and hospitality procedure ​24/04/2019 ​2.0
​Student banking procedure ​16/04/2019 ​3.0
​Employee leave procedure ​05/03/2019 ​3.0

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Decommissioned policy instruments​

​Policy instrument title ​Decommissioned date ​Replaced by
​Teacher placements in industry procedure ​23/04/2019 ​Nil
​Relief replacement of school based non-teaching staff factsheet ​28/03/2019 ​Replacement of school-based staff absences procedure
​Approvals under the Education and Care Services Act 2013 procedure ​13/03/2019 ​Regulating for quality: The regulation of approved early childhood education and care services
​Approvals under the Education and Care Services National Law procedure ​13/03/2019 ​Regulating for quality: The regulation of approved early childhood education and care services

​Assessment and rating under the Education and Care Services National Law procedure

 ​13/03/2019 ​Regulating for quality: The regulation of approved early childhood education and care services and Early childhood education and care complaints management
Complaints management and compliance under the Education and Care Services Act 2013 procedure ​13/03/2019 ​Regulating for quality: The regulation of approved early childhood education and care services and Early childhood education and care complaints management
​Complaints management and monitoring compliance under the Education and Care Services National Law procedure ​13/03/2019 ​Regulating for quality: The regulation of approved early childhood education and care services
​Internal reviews under the Education and Care Services National Law procedure ​13/03/2019 ​Regulating for quality: The regulation of approved early childhood education and care services
​Reviews under the Education and Care Services Act 2013 procedure ​13/03/2019 ​​Regulating for quality: The regulation of approved early childhood education and care services
​Relieving at Level and Higher Duties ​25/02/2019 ​Relieving at level and higher duties fact sheet
​Management and Supervision of School Based Itinerant Staff ​18/02/2019 ​Itinerant employees (state schools) FAQs
​​School cleaners emergency call out procedure ​13/02/2019 ​Emergency call out entitlements procedure
​Work-Life Balance procedure ​01/02/2019 ​Flexible work arrangements policy
 
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