Disclosure log 2015

Documents relating to:

1. Briefing Note entitled - Management information required to be provided to the Minister as at April 2013
2. The valuation and sale of the former Brisbane School of Distance Education lots
3. The Departmental review of TAFE sites
4. The leasing and/or sale of the Ithaca TAFE site.

Documents disclosing:

1. the number of students currently enrolled at each Queensland State School (including P-10, P-12 and special education facilities run in conjunction with a State School or as a stand-alone facility) who nominated a religion/faith group at the time of enrolment, broken down by faith group/religion;
2. the number of students currently enrolled at each Queensland State School (including P-10, P-12 and special education facilities run in conjunction with a State School or as a stand-alone facility)who did not nominate any faith group/religion at the time of enrolment; and
3. the state-wide breakdown by religion.

1.      Briefing notes relating to mainstream schools that were received by the Office of the Minister and/or the Office of the Director-General between 1 January 2013 and 23 April 2015, concerning:

• Cuts to special education funding and/or services
• The closure of Special Education Programs or Units
• Allegations regarding schools receiving funding to provide special education services despite no longer providing the special education services and
• Recommendations or proposals in relation to the management of students with autism.

2.      Crisis incident notifications received by the Office of the Director-General between 1 January 2013 and 23 April 2015 which contain the words autism or autistic.

Finalised (Application withdrawn and documents released administratively). No publication requirement applies.

Administratively released documents may be requested by writing to:

Manager, Information Release
Legal and Administrative Law Branch
PO Box 15033
City East Qld 4002

Or sending an email to rti@det.qld.gov.au

Documents showing:

1. the number of teachers found not to be in possession of a valid Blue Card;
2. in relation to (a), how many days following that discovery the teacher was allowed to continue to teach students;
3. any audits of blue cards among teachers.

List of staff and their position titles employed at:

• Woodridge SHS in 2001, 2002, 2003 and
• Windaroo Valley SHS in 2004, 2005, 2006.

Documents created between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2014 containing information in relation to any workshops and meetings hosted by a Professor while engaged by the Department of Education and Training to assist with the formation of the Equity and Inclusion strategy in Queensland, including:

• dates and places of workshops
• addressees
• workshops materials and
• invitation and hosting details.

Documents released under 340/5/3591

File A (PDF, 917KB)

File B (PDF, 8.4MB)

File C (PDF, 3.4MB)

The applicant seeks access to:

• information and documents relating to student suspensions and/or exclusions from Queensland State Schools for use or alleged use of a weapon between 1 January 2014 and 30 June 2015 and
• documents created between 1 January 2014 and 30 June 2015 relating to the level of violence in Queensland State Schools.

Documents held in relation to the Department's Religious Instruction Policy that was implemented in 2014, specifically:

1. The policy statement(s) that were circulated to the various stakeholders as part of a consultation process
2. The submissions received from all stakeholders in response to consultation; and
3. Any summary that was prepared of the submissions/feedback received from the various stakeholders.

The following documents held by or originating from State Schools division of the Department created between 1 January 2012 and 24 July 2015:

1. all documents relating to the use of aversion tactics to control the behaviour of students with ASD in Queensland State Schools; and
2. briefing notes (including attachments) and/or investigation reports/summaries relating to substantiated or ongoing cases of discrimination against students with ASD in Queensland State Schools.

The applicant seeks access to the following documents created between 1 January 2014 to 29 July 2015 in relation to any purchase of new 'specialised' equipment and furniture for all Queensland Special Schools:

1. the approval of purchase by the respective Regional Office and
2. briefing notes (including attachments) in relation to any request for the purchase of new specialised equipment and furniture at all Queensland Special schools.

The applicant seeks access to the following documents created between 1 January 2014 to 04 August 2015 concerning the changes to the OneSchool reporting system:

1. Any report revealing any system failure or coding error in the OneSchool system about the reporting of child abuse to the police; and
2. any briefing notes (including attachments) sent to the Director General in relation to any system failure of the OneSchool reporting system.

The following documents created between 01 September 2014 and 31 July 2015:

1. All departmental and ministerial briefing notes concerning the implementation and effectiveness of the reporting system of child abuse, implemented in January 22 and used through the OneSchool system; and
2. Any communication and correspondence between Principals / Regional Staff and Central Office (State Schools and Corporate Services Units) in relation to the implementation and effectiveness of the reporting system of child abuse.

1. Documents created since 1 March 2007 in relation to:

• Any reported incidents or injuries sustained in respect to collisions with posts on basketball courts
• Complaints received regarding the failure to use padding on basketball court posts; and
• Risk assessments conducted in response to such incidents or complaints.
  
  2. Any Policies or Procedures in force at, or created since 1 March 2010, in relation to the:

• Use of padding on basketball court posts in Queensland State Schools; and
• Supervision of students playing on basketball courts during scheduled break times.

The following documents created between 22 January 2015 to 20 August 2015: Any departmental and ministerial briefing notes in relation to the OneSchool student protection reporting system failure; and

Any correspondence, email, internal memos and other written communication held by the department in relation to the OneSchool student protection reporting system failure.

1. Documents relating to a decision to terminate a Pre-Qualified Supplier agreement for the delivery of the User Choice Program; and
2. Documents relating to the decision to conduct an audit of a particular training services provider in relation to the User Choice Program.

No access was given as the applicant did not pay the outstanding processing charges within the access period.

However due to the nature of the information contained within the documents it would not be appropriate for the documents to be released to anyone else even if they were prepared to pay the outstanding charges.

The following documents created between 1 January 2013 and 21 October 2015:
(a) All Ministerial and Director-General briefing notes (including attachments) relating to:

• the Cooler Schools Program; and
• complaints/reports of heat stress and/or heat-related injuries relating to schools without air-conditioning; and

(b) complaints/reports of heat stress and/or heat-related injuries relating to schools without air-conditioning held by Infrastructure Services Branch.

The number of student protection reports made through the OneSchool program broken down by postcode.

The number of student protection reports made through the OneSchool program which did not make it to Queensland Police broken down by postcode.

Date range: 28 January 2015 - 30 July 2015

A report produced from the RESOLVE case management system that captures the following details held in relation to matters received by the Department between 1 January 2014 and 30 September 2015 concerning allegations and/or charges of child sex, child exploitation and/or sexualised conduct involving children, in relation to the conduct of teachers and other school staff. Specifically the:

• Registered date;
• The name, gender and position of the accused/respondent;
• The school and region of the accused;
• Category and particulars (Category of charge/allegations and any sub-categories)
• Allegation(s);
• Incident summary;
• Queensland Police, Crime and Corruption Commission and/or Queensland College of Teachers involvement;
• Current status;
• Findings;
• Outcome; and
• Date the matter was finalised.

The following documents created between 30 October and 14 November 2015 in relation to the hacking of the Department of Education and TAFE systems:

• all departmental and ministerial briefing notes drafted by Corporate Services and State Schools; and
• all correspondence sent from the Office of the Deputy Director-General State Schools to regional directors.

Documents providing:

1. The details of the exact times and dates specific entries were made into the applicant's son's Oneschool profile, along with which employee was within at the times the entries were made;
2. Details of any substantiated complaints concerning the actions of two identified employees and any subsequent discipline action taken; and
3. The qualifications held by two identified employees.