Investigation of breaches of school-based assessment rules If any part or all of a student’s work cannot be authenticated then the matter must be dealt with as a ‘breach of school-based assessment rules’. On receipt of an allegation, the Senior School Leader may conduct the following: • A Preliminary Investigation to determine if there is any substance to the allegation requiring further, more rigorous investigation. Detailed records of the preliminary investigation will be kept and may be used in any later decision-making. The school may decide it is appropriate to appoint an external person to carry out the investigation and report back to the Senior School Leader and Principal. The student will be advised that an investigation is to take place. • An Investigation to determine whether there is any substance to an allegation that a student has breached VCAA examination rules or VCAA authentication rules for school-based assessment. If so, the evidence should be put to a decision-maker for determination. • An Interview where the student has the opportunity to respond to any allegation against them. If there is sufficient evidence to justify the allegation: • a Meeting or Hearing should be convened so that the evidence can be considered and the student given an opportunity to be heard. The Principal/decision-maker will reserve their judgment until they have heard from the student at the meeting or hearing.
Penalties for a breach of school-based assessment rules could include: • a verbal or written warning • detention or suspension
• refusal to consider the student’s work but an opportunity for the student to resubmit the work if there is sufficient time before the due date for submission of results according to the VCAA schedule • refusal to accept the part of the student’s work found to have been completed in contravention of VCAA rules and a subsequent determination of the appropriate result for the relevant outcome forming part of the VCE unit • refusal to accept any part of the work, awarding an N for the outcome(s).
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