STATE SERVICES COMMISSION
TE KAWA MATAAHO
29 January 2020
James Lochead-Macmillan
[FYI request #12029 email]
Dear Mr Lochead-Macmillan
Official Information Act Request
Our Ref: SSCOIA 2020-0005
I refer to your Official Information Act request dated 14 January 2020 where you asked:
"that despite Kindergarten not being run by the Ministry of education and I can't find
any trace of Kindergarten on your list of State sector employees "
Central
Government Agencies as at 12 December 2019:
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Can I please request all documents held that are associated with the claim
Kindergarten teachers, can be classified as State sector Employees?".
On 15 January 2020 we wrote to you to clarify your request and on 16 January 2020 you
confirmed that the information you were asking for was:
"how are Kindergartens classed as a
State sector Employer given the acts don't
appear to line up.
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Part 10 -
Teacher registration [Repealed]
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Part 1 0: repealed, on 1 July 2015, by section 6 of the Education Amendment
Act 2015 (2015 No 1).
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120 Interpretation [Repealed]
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Section 120: repealed, on 1 July 2015, by section 6 of the Education
Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 1 ).
Could I also ask if you have a
definition of what a
"Free Kindergarten Association"
is?
Also given the different funding to Kindergarten associations, what would be
required to set up a
new Free Kindergarten Association?"
Following clarification, we have transferred the following parts of your request listed below,
to the Ministry of Education as this information is not held by us but is believed to be more
closely connected to the functions of the Ministry of Education.
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Could I also ask if you have a
definition of what a
"Free Kindergarten Association"
is?
•
Also given the different funding to Kindergarten associations, what would be
required to set up a
new Free Kindergarten Association?
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