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Once a school governing council endorses a decision to close an OSHC service, they must meet specific requirements.
Responsibilities of the school governing council
The school governing council must ensure that:
- families are provided with information about alternative school age care options in the community, where these options are available
- the community is notified
- a is submitted at least 42 days prior to closure
- Complete the notification of surrender of service approval form , which must be submitted to the Education Standards Board.
Responsibilities of the principal
The principal must make sure that:
- the school governing council minutes where the decision to close the service was endorsed, and the education director's endorsement, are emailed to the department's OSHC unit on education.oshc [at] sa.gov.au.
- funds are available to meet all staff entitlements prior to closure of the service
- company 4 remains open until 30 June after group certificates have been completed, or to 31 December if the transfer is after the end of the financial year.
