Have your say on changes to the Disability Standards for Education 2005. The changes will include early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers in the Standards and other minor changes.
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We want to make sure Australia’s disability discrimination laws support children with disability in early childhood education and care and outside school hours care services (ECEC).
The 2020 Review of the Standards recommended changing the Standards to include ECEC services. Changing the Standards will make it clearer and easier for ECEC services to understand and meet their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
The ECEC services identified as most suited to be covered by the Standards are the ECEC services that by law must deliver an education program based on an approved learning framework.
Before these changes are made, the department would like to hear from state and territory education stakeholders, early childhood education stakeholders, disability stakeholders and parents and carers.
How to give your feedback
Your feedback will help us decide on the final version of the changes. The closing date for feedback is 5pm (AEDT) on 28 February 2025.
Please read the supporting documents to help you to provide your feedback:
- the consultation paper, also available in Easy Read
- the draft Amendment Standards
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
You can provide your feedback online. This is the way we prefer to get your feedback.
Submit feedback on the draft Amendment Standards
You can also submit via email or post:
Email: DisabilityStandardsConsultation@education.gov.au
(written feedback or an audio or video recording)
Post:
Disability Standards for Education Consultation
Location C50MA8EDU
Department of Education
GPO Box 9880
CANBERRA ACT 2601
For help on giving your feedback, please email DisabilityStandardsConsultation@education.gov.au
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