QLD Home Education Registration

Detects Queensland home education registration records for a named child - home education registration or provisional registration applications and reports, and exemptions from compulsory schooling - when the phrase sits with populated child/parent identifiers and registration fields.

Type

regex

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

Medium: enforce tiers need a populated child or parent identifier; 85 also needs a registration field and Home Education Unit evidence. Departmental guidance and homeschooling forums carry the phrases without a child record and stay at 65.

Jurisdictions

au

Regulations

Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld), Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Qld)

Frameworks

ISO 27001, ISO 27701

Data categories

pii, children, education, government

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

6

Platform compatibility

Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Degraded, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

(?i)\b(?:home\s+education\s+(?:registration|application|report)|registration\s+for\s+home\s+education|home\s*schooling\s+application|exemption\s+from\s+(?:compulsory\s+)?schooling|RHE-1)\b

Should match

• Application for home education registration Child name: Riley Ashworth Date of birth: 14/05/2016 Parent: Jordan Ashworth Registration type: Full registration Program start date: 27/01/2027 Previous school: Harbourview State School Summary of the educational program attached for the Home Education Unit. — Populated home education application with child, registration fields and HEU evidence (85)
• Home education report received Student name: Casey Rourke Year level: 5 — Home education report with labelled child fields only (75)
• Registration for home education - change of home educator Student number: HE-20714 Parent: Quinn Delacorte Home educator: Quinn Delacorte Registration number: HE-R-40921 Report due date: 30/11/2027 The Home Education Unit has received the updated learning plan. — Registration change with student number, registration number, report due date and HEU evidence (85)

Should not match

• Education funding announcement — Non-match 1
• Home renovation tips — Non-match 2
• Policy guidance: this procedure explains how home education registration applications are collected, stored and shared, who may access them and how long they are kept. Staff should read the privacy section before completing any form. It contains no details about any individual. — Policy/guidance text naming the topic without any populated record (65 discovery at most)
• Home education registration application Child name: ____________________ Date of birth: ____________________ Parent: ____________________ Registration type: ____________________ Signature: ____________ Date: __/__/____ — Blank form with unpopulated labelled fields (placeholder guard keeps it below 75)
• News: more Queensland families applied for home education registration this year, and the Home Education Unit reminded parents that an exemption from compulsory schooling is a separate process. — News/training prose about the topic without a populated record (65 discovery at most)

Known false positives

• Generic education or home references. Mitigation: Require home education specific terms like HEU or home educator.

References

• Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Qld)
• Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)