Will the NSW Government end discrimination against children with disability in private schools?

Today, while chairing a Budget Estimates hearing, Abigail questioned the Minister for Education on private schools' exemption from the Anti-Discrimination Act and its negative impact on students with disability.

The CHAIR (Abigail Boyd): As you know, private schools have an exemption from the Anti-Discrimination Act. I wrote to you in July about one of the people who contacted me—their negative experience of disability discrimination in a private school, where their child with disability was not provided with adequate support. As I mentioned in my letter, that's just one example of the multiple people I get
coming to me with these experiences. I haven't heard back from you in relation to that particular letter. But do you have any intention to stop this discrimination in private schools against children with disability?

Ms PRUE CAR (Minister for Education): Let me take that particular issue that you've raised about the correspondence on notice and get back to you about that. I will get back to you about that. That's not good enough. I believe, if I'm wrong— I've only been briefed in a short form, as I said, about the parliamentary inquiry, but this may be part of what the recommendations are. Is that correct—about the anti-discrimination?

We are obviously, as I've said before, considering the recommendations of that. That will come as part of that. And I will get back to you about your letter.

 

27 August 2024

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