The inclusion and exclusion of students with disability related problem behaviour in mainstream Australian schools

This chapter considers the scope of the legal obligation of mainstream Australian schools to enrol and to support students with disability related problem behaviour. It examines if and when students whose behaviour affects the health and safety or learning environment of others in the school community may be refused enrolment, or excluded. It also examines the issue of whether schools can insist that students with disability comply with school behaviour codes. Cases interpreting and applying the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) and the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (Cth) are discussed