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Select Committee on Home Schooling

This committee was established on 28 May 2014 to inquire into and report on home schooling in New South Wales.

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Resolution passed 28 May 2014, Minutes No. 202, Item 6 page 2546.

Resolution establishing committee

Date	Milestone
28 May 2014	Referred
08 Aug 2014	Submissions closed
05 Sep 2014	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
08 Sep 2014	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
07 Oct 2014	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
05 Dec 2014	Final Report
13 Jul 2015	Government Response to Final Report

Date	Venue Details
05/09/2014	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
08/09/2014	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
07/10/2014	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Home schooling	2015-07-13
13/07/2015	Government response - Report No 1 - Select Committee on Home Schooling	13/07/2015
05/12/2014	Report No 1 - Select Committee on Home Schooling	05/12/2014	13/07/2015
05/12/2014	Recommendations Summary - Report No 1 - Select Committee on Home Schooling	05/12/2014

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2014-12-05	05/12/2014	Media Release	Committee Document - Home schooling - Media release: Tabling of report, 'Home Schooling in NSW'
2014-10-22	22/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: Board of Studies Teaching and Educational Standards NSW (BOSTES)
2014-10-22	22/10/2014	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to supplementary Questions on Notice: Board of Studies Teaching and Educational Standards NSW (BOSTES)
2014-10-10	10/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: Hear Our Voices Australia (HOVA)
2014-10-09	09/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: Department of Family and Community Services
2014-10-07	07/10/2014	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to supplementary Questions on Notice: NSW Department of Education and Communities
2014-10-07	07/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Department of Education and Communities - Attachment 1, Distance Education Enrolment Procedures 2014
2014-10-07	07/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Department of Education and Communities
2014-10-06	06/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: Cardinal Newman Catechist Consultants
2014-10-06	06/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: Sydney Home Education Network (SHEN)
2014-10-06	06/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: Ms Karen Chegwidden
2014-10-04	04/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice and additional information: Mr Guy Tebbutt
2014-10-03	03/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice and additional information: Home Education Support and Action Network (HESAN)
2014-10-03	03/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: Home Education Association (HEA)
2014-10-03	03/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: Home Education Support and Action Network (HESAN) Attachment 1, Information Package Change Comparison Chart 1998 - 2013
2014-10-03	03/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: Board of Studies Teaching and Educational Standards NSW (BOSTES)
2014-10-03	03/10/2014	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to supplementary Questions on Notice: Board of Studies Teaching and Educational Standards NSW (BOSTES)
2014-09-27	27/09/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: Ms Tamara Kidd
2014-09-19	19/09/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Teachers Federation
2014-09-18	18/09/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Answers to Questions on Notice: Ms Michele Vieira
2014-09-08	08/09/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Home schooling - Tabled document: Supplementary information from Home Education Association, tendered by Ms Fox
2014-09-08	08/09/2014	Tabled Document	Committee Document - Home schooling - Tabled document: Opening statement, Home Education Association, tendered by Mr Krogh
2014-09-05	05/09/2014	Tabled Document	Committee Document - Home schooling - Tabled documents: Recommendations for the Parliamentary Hearing, Home Education Support and Action Network (HESAN) tendered by Mrs Wu
2014-09-05	05/09/2014	Tabled Document	Committee Document - Home schooling - Tabled document: 'Understanding Home Educated Students Transitions into Mainstream Institutions: The Perspectives of Teachers, Glenda Jackson, Monash University, Melbourne, tendered by Dr Glenda Jackson
2014-09-05	05/09/2014	Tabled Document	Committee Document - Home schooling - Tabled document: 'The What, Whys and Wherefores of Home Education and its Regulation in Australia' by Sonio Allan, University of Adelaide and Glenda Jackson, Monash University, Melbourne, tendered by Dr Glenda Jackson
2014-09-05	05/09/2014	Tabled Document	Committee Document - Home schooling - Tabled document: Opening statement, Department of Education and Communities, tendered by Mr Smyth-King
2014-06-16	16/06/2014	Media Release	Committee Document - Home schooling - Media release: Announcing inquiry

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No. 132 Shopfront Theatre for Young People Co-op Ltd
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No. 134 MissingSchool Inc.
No. 135 Shire Education Group
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No. 138 Homeschooling Registration Reform Alliance of NSW (HRRAN)
No. 139 Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW (BOSTES)
No. 140 Department of Family and Community Services
No. 141 Australian Home Education Advisory Service
No. 142 Ms Glenda Jackson (PhD)
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No. 144 Home Education Support and Action Network (HESAN)
No. 145 Home Education Association (HEA)
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No. 173 Dr Deborah and Mr Tane Brunt
No. 174 Mr Tim and Mrs Georgina Close
No. 175 Mrs Catherine Cavanagh
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No. 177 Mrs Tammy Drennan
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No. 179 Ms Karleen Gribble PhD
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