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								2018-03-27 Submission on Education (Teaching Council of Aotearoa) Amendment Bill covering letter
							
						
						
						
						
					
					
					
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								2018-03-27 Submission on the Education (Teaching Council of Aotearoa) Amendment Bill
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA is supportive of this legislation, as it puts teachers back on par with other professionals, like lawyers, doctors and nurses, who elect their own representatives to their professional bodies.
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								2018-04-18 PPTA Submission On COOLs
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA submission on proposed repeal of Communities of Online Learning and changes to correspondence education.
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								2018-05-28 Submission to the Tax Working Group on the Future of Tax April 2018
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA's submission to the Tax Working Group about education, the economy and the tax system.
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								2018-06-05 PPTA submission to the Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry
							
						
						
						
							
								What's working well and what isn't mental health-wise scross schools in New Zealand.
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								2018-08-09 PPTA NCEA Review submission
							
						
						
						
							
								The PPTA's submission to the Ministry of Education on "NCEA Review – Big Opportunities", 2018-08-09
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								2018-08-18 PPTA Tomorrow's Schools review submission
							
						
						
						
						
					
					
					
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								2018-10-12 Submission on State Sector Review
							
						
						
						
						
					
					
					
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								2018-10-19 Reform of the Residential Tenancies Act submission
							
						
						
						
							
								2.1.	PPTA supports a reform of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (RTA). An unrestrained and unbalanced housing market has meant that many people who would normally choose to buy houses have…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								2018-10-24 Essential Skills in Demand submission 2018
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA's submission to the MoE's "Essential Skills in Demand" review
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								2018-11-09 Education Amendment Bill No2 submission
							
						
						
						
							
								This submission will concentrate on two aspects of the Education Amendment Bill (No 2) (the Bill), protecting the public interest in Teaching Council decision-making and the repeal of the COOL…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								2018-11-29 Curriculum Progress and Achievement submission
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA was not in favour of the National Standards introduced under the last government, and have been watching with interest and concern to see what would replace them. The Conversation…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Children's Action Plan:  Letter Nov 2014
							
						
						
						
							
								Comment on policy proposals for safety checking regulations to be made under the Vulnerable Children's Act 2014
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Childrens Action Plan-Withdrawal Letter October 2015
							
						
						
						
							
								Outlines the reasons for PPTA's withdrawal from working on this plan.
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Consultation on the draft Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill. Submission May 2017
							
						
						
						
							
								While there are good parts in the Bill, including negotiating with the State Services Commission rather than the Ministry of Education, we have also raised concerns with:
• Areas of the Bill…
					
					• Areas of the Bill…
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								Domestic Violence Victims Protection Bill: Submission April 2017
							
						
						
						
							
								(April 2017) Submission to the Justice and Electoral Committee.
... As the organisation representing secondary teachers, our interest is in the benefits that these policies will have not just for teachers…
					
					... As the organisation representing secondary teachers, our interest is in the benefits that these policies will have not just for teachers…
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								Draft Code of Professional Responsibility and Standards for the Teaching Profession: Submission April 2017
							
						
						
						
							
								(April 2017) Submission to the Education Council on the Draft Code of Professional Responsibility and Standards for the Teaching Profession.... The Standards Working Group talked at length about how these…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education (Update) Amendment Bill: Submission November 2016
							
						
						
						
							
								Our submission focuses on the issues that we have with the proposal for communities of online learning (“COOLs”) and we recommend that this part be removed from the Bill and,…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education Amendment Bill (2012): Submission 
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA  comments on three aspects of the Bill:
1 The surrender and retention of property
2 Charter schools
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					1 The surrender and retention of property
2 Charter schools
3 Multiple timetabling
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								Education Amendment Bill No 2: EDUCANZ Submission May 2014 
							
						
						
						
							
								Outlines PPTA concerns particularly around the role and status of the NZ Teachers' Council
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education Amendment Bill No 2: NZSPC Submission April 2014
							
						
						
						
							
								Submission of the NZ Secondary Principals' Council on the Education Amendment Bill No.2
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education Amendment Bill No.2 (EDUCANZ): Submission May 2014
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA have been arguing for some years now for the NZ Teachers Council to be changed into a statutory authority from its current status as an autonomous crown entity, we…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education and Science Select Committee Inquiry Into Support of Students- with Dyslexia: Submission Sep 2015
							
						
						
						
							
								PPTA Submission to the Inquiry into the identification and support for students with dyslexia, dyspraxia, and autism spectrum disorders in primary and secondary schools
							
						
						
					
					
					
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								Education Council fees increase. Submission May 2017
							
						
						
						
							
								Consultation on possible changes to Education Council fees
The consultation document makes it clear that the bulk of the cost the Council is seeking to recover through registration fees is to…
					
					The consultation document makes it clear that the bulk of the cost the Council is seeking to recover through registration fees is to…
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								Education Legislation Bill: Submission February 2016
							
						
						
						
							
								This omnibus bill contains a number of measures that are largely technical and will have very minor impact on the sector, but there are a number of areas of the…
							
						
						
					
					
					
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