6   Principles underlying the provision of State regulated education and care services

The provision of State regulated education and care services should be based on the following principles:

(a)  the paramount consideration in the provision of State regulated education and care services is the best interests of children,

(b)  children should receive services that meet their individual needs (including the needs of children with a disability) and enhance their physical, emotional, cognitive, social and cultural development,

(c)  State regulated education and care services should assist the development and education of the children who attend them,

(d)  State regulated education and care services should be planned and operated in a manner that recognises the diversity of the children who attend them and of the communities that they serve,

(e)  parents have a right to information about the State regulated education and care services which their children attend,

(f)  parents have both a right and a responsibility to be involved in the making of decisions by a State regulated education and care service in so far as those decisions affect their children.

Note. State regulated education and care services must also be operated in accordance with any relevant provisions of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.