NESA has published clarified ACE Rules on the NSW Curriculum website. Stay up to date with the clarified ACE Rules by visiting this website.
The clarified rules come into effect from 14 October 2024. Schools must not implement the clarified rules before this date. Schools must use the current ACE Rules on Loading... until 14 October 2024.
To learn more about how NESA has clarified the ACE Rules, refer to the information sheets.
External provider
NESA is authorised under sections 20A(2), 94 and 95 of the Education Act 1990 (NSW) to exercise functions in connection with the school curriculum and the RoSA and the HSC:
- determining whether students have satisfactorily participated in and satisfactorily completed courses of study, developed or endorsed by the NESA Board
- entering students into courses of study
- making decisions in relation to student eligibility to undertake courses of study approved by the Minister.
About external providers
- An external provider is a separate entity to the school and delivers an entire course to student(s).
- These courses may be delivered on school premises or elsewhere.
- External providers include:
- NSW government schools, including:
- the NSW School of Languages
- Department of Education's Secondary College of Languages, and
- distance education centres
- NSW registered and accredited non-government schools
- TAFE NSW, including TAFE Digital
- registered training organisations (RTOs)
- universities, and
- other external providers with appropriate qualifications and expertise.
- NSW government schools, including:
- Schools have primary responsibility for the delivery of curriculum for their students.
- However, NESA allows principals to approve the delivery of specified courses by external providers to students enrolled at the school.
- Students must seek approval from their principal to study courses with an external provider.
Glossary
This will be defined and published at a later date.