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School Boards: guide to the legislation
Books, materials, etc. | 9. (1) Every education authority shall, in every financial year, make available to the headteacher of every school in their area such funds as they think necessary for the purchase of books and other teaching materials for the school, and for such other purposes as they think fit. (2) The headteacher (a) shall from time to time make proposals to the School Board as to how the funds provided under this section should be spent; and (b) shall not spend funds on any proposal unless it is approved by the Board.
(3) Where for any reason no School Board are for the time being established for a school, the headteacher shall spend the funds provided under this section in such manner as he thinks appropriate. (4) The headteacher and the Board shall have regard, in exercising their respective functions under this section, to (a) any guidance issued in relation to those functions by the education authority; and (b) any policy of the education authority in relation to the curriculum of schools and shall ensure that any relevant duty of the authority under statute or any rule of law is duly complied with.
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Section 9: BOOKS, MATERIALS, ETC. This section provides that the education authority must give to the headteacher of a school a budget for books, other teaching materials and other purposes. This is known as the capitation allowance. It also allows the School Board to approve the headteacher's plans for expenditure. Section 9(1) requires every education authority in every financial year to make available a capitation allowance to the headteacher of every school in their area. The amount of the allowance is for the authority to decide, and must represent the amount the authority thinks is necessary for the purpose. The Board can make representations to the authority about the sum. The authority also has the discretion to decide what items of expenditure the allowance should cover; this allows for the wide range of modern teaching materials in addition to books. Section 9(2) requires the headteacher to make proposals to the School Board as to how the capitation allowance should be spent. It also prohibits the headteacher from spending funds on proposals which do not have the approval of the Board. The initiative for the submission of proposals lies with the headteacher. The headteacher is not obliged to proceed with proposals which are approved, nor is the headteacher prevented from submitting entirely new proposals to the Board if the Board does not approve part of the original proposals. |
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