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School Boards: guide to the legislation

Composition of School Boards

4. (1) In relation to a school which has staff (as defined in section 2(13) of the Act) the numbers of parent, staff and co-opted members of the School Board shall be those specified, by reference to the number of pupils in attendance at the school, in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) For the purposes of the said Schedule, the number of pupils in attendance at the school shall be determined -

(a) in relation to the establishment of a School Board upon the first elections held under the Act, for a school in existence at the date of commencement of section 1 of the Act, at 31st August 1989;

(b) in relation to the establishment of a School Board upon the first elections held for that Board, for a school (including a combined school) which comes into existence after the commencement of section 1 of the Act -

(i) where pupils first attend the school on or before 1st August 1989, at 31st August 1989;

(ii) in any other case at a date 30 days after the date when pupils first attend the school;

(c) in relation to the establishment of a School Board in any other circumstances, at the 31st August preceding such establishment;

(d) for the purpose of determining whether the composition of a School Board should be altered, at the 31st August preceding each biennial election of parent members of the Board.

(3) In relation to a school which has no staff (as defined in section 2(13) of the Act) the number of parent members of the School Board shall be 3 and the number of co-opted members of that Board shall be 2.

SCHEDULE

Regulation 4

Where the number of pupils in attendance at the school is

The number of parent members shall be

The number of staff members shall be

The number of co-opted membersshall be

1-500 pupils

4

1

2

501-1000 pupils

5

2

2

1001-1500 pupils

6

2

3

over 1500 pupils

7

3

3

Regulation 4 and Schedule: COMPOSITION OF BOARDS

This regulation and the Schedule to the regulations prescribe the numbers of parents, staff and co-opted members which Boards must have. The number of members is generally related to the number of pupils in attendance at the school on a given date. Separate provision is made for single teacher schools.

Paragraph 1 and the Schedule provide the composition of Boards for schools which are not single teacher schools.

Paragraph 3 provides for the composition of a Board for a single teacher school to be 3 parent members and 2 co-opted members.

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