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School Boards: guide to the legislation
Adjustment of composition of School Board | 5. (1) Where at any time after a School Board is established (a) the number of pupils in attendance at the school, determined at 31st August preceding a biennial election of parent members of the Board, has altered; or (b) the number of staff (as defined in section 2(13) of the Act) of the school has altered; so as to require a change in the composition of the Board prescribed by regulation 4 above, the education authority shall be obliged to make arrangements to adjust the composition of the Board accordingly.
(2) Such arrangements shall be made in accordance with regulations 6 and 7 below, and shall be completed not later than 3 months after the first biennial election of parent members of the School Board which is held after the obligation to make the arrangements arose. |
Regulation 5: ADJUSTMENT OF BOARD COMPOSITION This regulation requires an education authority to take action to adjust the composition of a Board when there is a change in circumstances. Regulations 6 and 7 provide in detail the adjustment measures to be taken. The circumstances are: - where a change in the number of pupils at the school (determined at 31 August preceding a 2-yearly election of parent members) makes this necessary; or
- where a school becomes, or ceases to be, a single teacher school.
Any adjustment in a Board's composition has be to completed not later than 3 months after the 2-yearly election of parent members. This is to allow for any co-option of additional co-opted members. It is the intention, however, that most adjustments will take place at the time of the 2-yearly election of parent members. |
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