Overview of consultation and introduction of Bill into Parliament

The Education and Children’s Services (Inclusive Education) Amendment Bill 2025 was released on YourSAy for a four-week consultation period from 20 May – 13 June 2025. In addition, the Minister for Education, the Hon Blair Boyer, wrote to 51 stakeholders inviting their feedback and offering an opportunity to meet with officers of the Department for Education.

JFA Purple Orange was engaged to facilitate three focus group meetings to seek feedback on the reforms directly from children and young people with lived experience of disability as well as parents of children with disability.

Over the course of the consultation, 32 written responses were received from stakeholders, 71 respondents participated in the YourSAy survey and a total of 16 meetings were held with stakeholders. The measures in the Bill were well supported, with stakeholders particularly welcoming the increase in transparency and accountability that the new reporting provisions will bring and the cross-sector approach.

The Bill was introduced into Parliament on 3 September 2025 and passed the House of Assembly on 18 September 2005.

You can find the Bill here and track its progress in Parliament here.