The NSW Legislative Council (Upper House) of the NSW Parliament is conducting an Inquiry into the Provision of Education to Students with a Disability or Special Needs.

• insufficient funding support for students with special needs in all school settings.
• a lack of special education placements.
• failing to fund smaller class sizes (mainstream, support units and special schools) to address the special education needs of students.
• inadequate professional learning opportunities and curriculum support.
• inadequate support in areas such as STLA, school counsellor allocations, physiotherapy, and occupational and speech therapy.

To aid the inquiry process the Committee may decide to make public some of the submissions it receives. Submissions are usually published by the Committee and placed on the Committee's website. If you wish all or part of your submission to be kept confidential, or you want names and identifying details suppressed, please indicate this in your submission. The Committee will be advised of your request, and will usually agree to it. If you wish to discuss this please contact the Committee secretariat on 9230 3509.

The closing date for submissions is Friday 19 February.

Submissions can be sent via email (gpscno2@parliament.nsw.gov.au), online, post or fax.

Lodge your submission here

• Terms of Reference [pdf]
• How to make a submission [pdf]
• Lodge your submission here
• Submission form [doc]
  This Word document can be used as a template to make a submission. After completing your submission, save the document to your computer and upload the form on the Inquiry page using the browse button.