Principals ‘Are Not Police’: Warning on New School Leaders’ Powers

Victorian principals will soon be able to expel students for out-of-school behaviour – is this a good idea?

New rules prompt schools to respond to harmful behaviour after hours. This makes them responsible for students after the bell and beyond.

Victorian principals granted sweeping new expulsion powers

Principals in Victoria are being given extraordinary new powers to expel students who behave badly outside ...

Principals’ new powers in school crackdown

Sweeping new powers will be granted to school principals in one state in an effort to crack down on bad student behaviour.

Victorian Schools to Have the Power to Expel Students Over Online, Off-Site Threats

Victorian school principals will soon have expanded authority to suspend or expel students whose conduct outside school grounds or online poses serious risks to others. The changes close a gap in current disciplinary powers, which are limited to on-campus incidents. The reform aligns Victoria’s policies with those already in place in New South Wales and South Australia, amid growing concern about off-site behaviour, particularly online abuse, sp…

Principals ‘are not police’: Warning on new school leaders’ powers

The state government gives principals powers to punish out-of-school conduct, but the profession is worried.

Victorian principals given greater powers to expel students

From next term, students in Victoria could be suspended or expelled for misbehaviour outside of school or online. The rules currently only apply to behaviour on school grounds.