Have Your Say On Proposed Education System Reforms

The Education and Workforce Committee is calling for submissions on the Education and Training (System Reform) Amendment Bill.

The bill proposes changes to the Education and Training Act 2020. The bill would make a range of amendments to the Act, including to:

• tighten attendance exemptions
• allow sponsors to hold a single contract for multiple charter schools
• make changes to the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand’s role, including transfer of certain responsibilities to the Secretary for Education
• clarify the roles of the Ministry of Education and the Education Review Office when State schools are identified as being “of serious concern” and transfer certain regulatory functions from the ministry to the Education Review Office
• establish the New Zealand School Property Agency to manage the property of State schools, charter schools, and early childhood education and care centres.

Tell the Education and Workforce Committee what you think

Make a submission on the bill by 11.59pm on Wednesday, 14 January 2026.

For more details about the bill:

• Read the full content of the bill
• Get more details about the bill
• What’s been said in Parliament about the bill?

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