Victorian schools to comply with Child Safe Standards
On 1 January 2023 new authority was passed to the Victoria Registration & Qualifications Authory (VRQA) to assess and enforce compliance with the Child Safe Standards (Amendment Act of 2021). This has good and bad implications for schools. On one hand, the VRQA deeply understand the education system and context schools face. While on the other, they now have more power to intervene with spot fines or other penalties where they are not satisfied.
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