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The provision of education to students with a disability or special needs

The General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 has now completed its Inquiry into the provision of education to students with a disability or special needs attending primary or secondary schools. The terms of reference can be found at the bottom of this web page. This inquiry was self-referred. The Committee's report was tabled on Friday 16 July 2010. The report can be downloaded from this website.

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This inquiry was self-referred on 25 November 2009.

Terms of Reference

100319 Terms of Reference

Date	Milestone
25 Nov 2009	Self-referred
26 Feb 2010	Submissions closed
22 Mar 2010	Hearing - Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
23 Mar 2010	Hearing - Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
10 May 2010	Hearing - Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
16 Jul 2010	Final Report
07 Feb 2011	Government Response to Final Report

Date	Venue Details
22/03/2010	Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
23/03/2010	Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
10/05/2010	Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report No 34 - General Purpose Standing Committee No 2 - The provision of education to students with a disability or special needs (PDF)	07/02/2011
	Report No 34 - General Purpose Standing Committee No 2 - The provision of education to students with a disability or special needs (PDF)	16/07/2010	07/02/2011

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2010-07-19	19/07/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Media release: Report tabled
2010-06-03	03/06/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Parents Council
2010-06-03	03/06/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Family Advocacy
2010-06-02	02/06/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Correspondence from Catholic Education Commission
2010-06-02	02/06/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Correspondence from Association of Independent Schools NSW
2010-05-27	27/05/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Speech Pathology Australia
2010-05-27	27/05/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Disability Discrimination Legal Centre
2010-05-26	26/05/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Northcott Disability Services
2010-05-25	25/05/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Additional Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Department of Education and Training
2010-05-24	24/05/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Autism Spectrum Australia
2010-05-19	19/05/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Down Syndrome NSW
2010-05-14	14/05/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Michael Arthur Kelly, University of Newcastle
2010-05-11	11/05/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Association of Independent Schools NSW
2010-05-10	10/05/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Public Schools Principals Forum
2010-04-28	28/04/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Department of Education and Training
2010-04-20	20/04/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Schools for Specific Purposes
2010-04-07	07/04/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Catholic Education Commission
2010-04-06	06/04/2010	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Sarah Redfern Public School
2009-12-03	03/12/2009	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Media Release: Announcing the Inquiry

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No. 1 Rob Ward
No. 4 Mr Shane Smith
No. 5 Ms Maya Verma
No. 6 Ms Lisa May
No. 7 Ms Margaret Musico
No. 8 Don Reid
No. 9 Suzanne Thew
No. 10 Disability Enterprises "Greystanes"
No. 12 Mr Frank Cridland
No. 13 Ms Kim Moran
No. 15 Sharyn Ferguson
No. 16 Dr Michael Steer
No. 18 Ms Carolyn Smith
No. 19 Albion Park Rail Public School P&C Association
No. 20 Ms Marcelle Powell
No. 21 Arthritis NSW
No. 22 Mr Doug Saxon
No. 23 Ms Lynn Marini
No. 24 Mr Dominic Witcom
No. 25 Ms Sarah Seddon
No. 26 NSW Ombudsman
No. 27 University of Newcastle
No. 28 Mr Harry Terry
No. 30 Mrs Leann Hatfield
No. 31 Glenn Horton
No. 33 Ruth Samuels
No. 34 Socialist Women for Justice
No. 35 Mr Chris and Mrs Vicki Doughty
No. 37 Michelle Ralston
No. 38 Mr Trevor John Urquhart
No. 39 Ms Vicki Happ
No. 40 Greg Adamson
No. 41 Mr Jeremy Bright
No. 42 Mr Jim Bond
No. 43 National Independent Special Schools Association
No. 45 Autism Spectrum Australia
No. 46 Anne Smith
No. 47 Covenant Christian School
No. 48 Dorothy Cass
No. 49 Ms Trudy Schultz
No. 51 Department of Education, Training and the Arts, Queensland Government
No. 52 Ms Rebecca Wheeler
No. 53 Anna Messariti
No. 55 Mrs Racquel Peapell
No. 59 Mr Scott Fullerton
No. 62 Julie Ashby
No. 64 Belair Public School
No. 65 Mrs Eileen Lyons
No. 67 Mr Chris Symes
No. 68 Mrs Isabella Hawthorne
No. 70 Ms Samantha Talbot
No. 71 Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine Inc.
No. 72 Mr Wayne Reeve
No. 73 Dianne Haynes
No. 74 Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
No. 75 Mr Peter Hood
No. 78 Figtree High School
No. 79 Ms Susan Woollams
No. 80 Julie Allen
No. 81 Mrs Susan Barton
No. 87 Ms Augusta Monro
No. 88 Lif O'Connor
No. 89 Ms Heather West
No. 90 Maree-Anne Browne
No. 91 Renate Hauch
No. 92 Penny Willis
No. 94 Carol Weatherdon
No. 95 Macquarie University Special Education Centre
No. 99 Sandra Brown
No. 100 Ms Kate Richardson
No. 102 Guy Power
No. 107 Ms Caroline Dooley
No. 108 Strive
No. 114 Mrs Helen Swinton
No. 116 Mrs Michelle McKechnie
No. 117 Ms Kim Holt
No. 124 Mrs Katrina and Mr Adam Ginsburg
No. 125 Confidential
No. 126 Attendant Care Industry Association of NSW Inc
No. 127 Family Advocacy
No. 128 Hannans Road Public School
No. 134 Mr Brett Bowyer and Ms Susan Pullen
No. 135 Penrith Public School
No. 140 Primary Principals Association, Mussellbrook
No. 142 Currans Hill Public School
No. 148 Mr Bruce Donaldson
No. 149 Macquarie University Special Education Centre School
No. 153 Access Innovation Media
No. 157 The Learning Difficulties Coalition of NSW Inc.
No. 159 Mr Ray Cox
No. 177 Public Service Association NSW
No. 194 Condobolin Concerned Parents of Students with Special Needs
No. 195 Dr Karen and Mr Craig Crawley
No. 196 Deaf Australia NSW
No. 199 Best Buddies Australia
No. 202 Mrs Angela Begas
No. 205 NSW Parents Council
No. 206 Association of Catholic Special School Services
No. 209 Early Education(EarlyEd) Inc
No. 212 Catholic Education Office, Sydney
No. 215 Museum of Contemporary Art
No. 216 Disability Advocacy NSW Inc.
No. 219 Media Access Australia
No. 221 Neurofibromatosis Association of Australia Inc.
No. 222 The Deaf Society of NSW
No. 225 Ms Jacqui Wemyss
No. 226 Mrs Michelle Franklin
No. 230 Ms Corinna Lueg
No. 234 The Families in Partnership Cooperative
No. 237 Ms Suzanne Snook
No. 245 Include Pty Ltd
No. 246 Ms Ann Fenton
No. 252 Ms Susan Newman-Lever and Mr Nigel Lever
No. 255 Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association NSW Inc
No. 256 Mr Rae Desmond Jones and Ms Helen Hughes
No. 258 ANGLICARE Diocese of Sydney
No. 259 Confidential
No. 260 Ms Suzanne Everett
No. 261 Northcott
No. 263 Mrs Justine Acar
No. 266 The Association for Children with a Disability NSW (ACD NSW)
No. 268 Ms Annette Gleeson
No. 269 Charles Sturt University
No. 270 Ms Naomi Clarke
No. 271 ICPA-NSW
No. 274 Muscular Dystrophy Association NSW
No. 275 Community and Ambulatory Paediatrics Directorate
No. 276 Ms Laurel O'Toole
No. 278 Fragile X Association of Australia
No. 280 The Children's Hospital at Westmead
No. 281 Country Women's Association of NSW
No. 283 Makaton Support Group
No. 284 Mrs Karyn Ingram
No. 286 Professional Association for Learning Support (PALS)
No. 289 Down Syndrome NSW
No. 291 Children and Families Research Centre, Macquarie University
No. 292 GMCT: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Directorate (BIRD) and NSW Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program (BIRP)
No. 294 Mrs Brooke Butt
No. 297 Ms Julie Carr
No. 300 Ronald McDonald House Charities
No. 301 NSW Chapter of the Australian Association of Special Education
No. 303 Learning Difficulties Australia
No. 308 TAFE NSW South Western Sydney Institute - Social Inclusion Unit
No. 310 Warringah Council
No. 313 Mrs Kristen and Mr Andrew Hayes
No. 316 The Spastic Centre of NSW
No. 318 Ms Natalie Hood
No. 319 Speech Pathology Australia
No. 320 CHI.L.D. Association/LET'S TALK Outreach Services
No. 321 Ms Margaret Murnane
No. 323 Autism & Asperger’s Support Group, Central West
No. 338 Dubbo District Parent Support Group for the Hearing Impaired Inc and Dubbo Itinerant Support Teachers
No. 345 People with Disability Australia
No. 352 Mr Mark Ellis
No. 370 Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
No. 379 Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia
No. 382 Orange and District Early Education Program
No. 383 NSW SSP Principals' Network
No. 384 Disability Advocacy Network
No. 387 Macarthur Disability Network (auspiced by Macarthur Disability Services)
No. 388 Physical Disability Council of NSW
No. 392 Northern Territory Government, Department of Education and Training
No. 394 Carers NSW
No. 395 Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch
No. 397 Ms Loretta and Mr Robert Heffernan
No. 405 Autism Advisory and Support Service
No. 409 Department of Education and Children's Services, South Australian Government
No. 410 Ms Tina Swan
No. 423 Association of Doctors in Development Disability
No. 431 Epilepsy Action Australia
No. 432 The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Paediatrics & Child Health Division
No. 441 Ms Belinda Bridle
No. 443 Ms Helen Brown
No. 453 Ms Kerrie and Mr Steven Withers
No. 499 Ms Tracey Burton
No. 500 Ms Kellie Hampton
No. 511 Mr Michael Rowsell
No. 517 Ms Ashlee Walsh
No. 527 Dr Mick O’Keeffe
No. 529 Specific Learning Difficulties Association of NSW
No. 544 New South Wales Council For Intellectual Disability
No. 549 National Disability Services NSW
No. 552 Blind Citizens Australia
No. 555 Vision Australia
No. 556 Mrs Naomi Clarke
No. 557 Early Childhood Intervention Australia (NSW Chapter) Inc.
No. 565 Ms Wendy Wilkinson
No. 567 Ms Kaylene Bate
No. 578 Mr Tom Oxman
No. 602 Ms Kay Hughes
No. 632 New South Wales Teachers Federation
No. 635 Sutherland Shire Learning Difficulties Support Group
No. 638 Council of Catholic School Parents NSW
No. 647 Primary Principals for Campbelltown/Macarthur
No. 654 Disability Council of NSW
No. 662 Ms Bronwyn McKee
No. 668 Federation of Parents and Citizens' Associations of NSW
No. 669 NSW Primary Principals Association
No. 670 Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales
No. 671 Catholic Education Commission NSW
No. 672 NSW Secondary Principals' Council
No. 675 Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
No. 685 Ms Kate Thomas
No. 688 Colyton High School Trade School P&C Association
No. 691 Ms Faye Galbraith
No. 692 NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Centre Inc
No. 693 Ms Flocken Grob
No. 702 Learning Links
No. 715 Confidential
No. 716 HeartKids Australia
No. 717 Department of Education, Government of Western Australia
No. 720 Australian Guidance and Counselling Association (AGCA) NSW Chapter
No. 721 Ms Marcelle Buxton
No. 722 Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association
No. 723 Confidential
No. 724 Save Our Schools
No. 725 Ms Merilyn Carney

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