BASIC EDUCATION LAWS AMENDMENT (BELA) BILL, 2017

1. BASIC EDUCATION LAWS AMENDMENT (BELA) BILL, 2017 Portfolio Committee on Basic Education Meeting of 28 November 2017

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE • Purpose • Background • Discussion: SASA • Proposed Amendments and Rationale • Discussion: EEA – Proposed Amendments and Rationale • Recommendation

3. PURPOSE To present the proposed amendments to the Bill, the rationale behind the amendments, and the implications for schools to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education for discussion. 3

4. BACKGROUND During 2013, the Minister appointed a task team to review the basic education legislation. The task team consisted of DBE legal officials and legal officials of the Western Cape, Gauteng, the Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal. The Bill contains amendments to the SASA and the EEA. 4

5. DISCUSSION - SASA Note : A number of the technical amendments proposed in the Bill will not be referred to in this presentation, although a few technical amendments are mentioned here. 5

6. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 1 6

7. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 2 7

8. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 3 8

9. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 3 (cont.) 9

10. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 3 (cont.) 10

11. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 4 12

12. DISCUSSION WITH SASA cont… Clause 4 (cont.) 13

13. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 4 (cont.) 14

14. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 4 (cont.) 15

15. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 5 16

16. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 6 17

17. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 6 (cont.) 18

18. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 7 20

19. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 7

20. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 8 21

21. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 9 22

22. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 10 23

23. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 10 (cont.) 24

24. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 10 (cont.) 25

25. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 10 (cont.) 26

26. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 10 (cont.)

27. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 11 27

28. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 12 28

29. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 13 29

30. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 13 (cont.) 30

31. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 14 31

32. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 14 (cont.) 32

33. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 15 33

34. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 16 34

35. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 17 35

36. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 18 36

37. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 18 (cont.) 37

38. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 19 38

39. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 20 39

40. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 21 40

41. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 22 41

42. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 22 (cont.) 42

43. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 23 43

44. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 23 (cont.) 44

45. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 24 45

46. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 25 46

47. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 25 (cont.) 47

48. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 26 48

49. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 27 49

50. DISCUSSION – SASA (cont.) Clause 27 (cont.) 50