Legal issues bulletins and guidelines
These bulletins and guidelines are for the purpose of assisting officers of the NSW Department of Education and have been written from this perspective. The bulletins are made available publicly on the department's web site in the interests of openness and in keeping with the principles of the Government Information (Public Access) Act. They should therefore be viewed as general information and not be relied upon by non-departmental staff in making decisions about their own personal circumstances.
Bulletins
Most bulletins are available in html format below. The exception is linked to below.
- Bulletin 40 (PDF 176.5KB) Collection, use and disclosure of information about students with a history of violence (staff only: this bulletin is currently being updated)
Legal issues bulletins by bulletin number
Topics include:
- Bulletin 2 - Offensive behaviour on or near departmental premises
- Bulletin 3 - Procedural fairness in the Department of Education
- Bulletin 5 - Student discipline in government schools
- Bulletin 6 - Power to search students
- Bulletin 8 - Claims for loss of or damage to personal property and use of private motor vehicles by staff, parents and students
- Bulletin 9 - Physical intervention and restraint of students
- Bulletin 13 - Interviews of students and staff by police and officers from Department of Communities and Justice in schools
- Bulletin 15 - Fireworks displays in school premises
- Bulletin 18 - Staff giving evidence in courts and tribunals
- Bulletin 19 - Liability and rights of staff in relation to serious incidents which involve potential risk of injury to persons on departmental premises
- Bulletin 20 - Changing the way a student name is used and recorded by schools
- Bulletin 22 - Possession of knives - issues for schools
- Bulletin 23 - Protected confidences - school counsellors and records of victims of sexual assault
- Bulletin 24 - Use of cars at work
- Bulletin 25 - Subpoenas