The Scottish Government

Section 1

Ministerial and education authority duties to promote parental involvement in school education

Section 5

Parents of pupils at a school formally become the Parent Forum. Education authority to promote establishment of new Parent Councils

Section6 (1)-(6)

Scheme for establishment of a Parent Council - requires an education authority to notify Parent Forum of intention to prepare a scheme for the establishment of a Parent Council. Depending on wishes of parents, a scheme is then prepared, including a constitution for the Parent Council.

Section7

Restrictions as to the composition of a Parent Council - requires that members to be from the Parent Forum, unless the Council's constitution allows co-option of other members; and, where appropriate, a denominational representative.

Section12

Duties of education authority to parents generally - requires an education authority to respond to reasonable requests for advice and information from parents in relation to their child's education.

Section16 (1)-(7) & (13)-(14)

Allows Parent Forums in two or more schools to agree to establish a Combined Parent Council

Section 19

Guidance - Scottish Ministers' powers to issue guidance to which education authorities (and in time, the new Parent Councils) must have regard

Section 20

Interpretation - expressions used in the Act and in the 1980 Act have the same meaning, except that "pupil" includes a child who is under school age only if that child is in attendance at a primary school (whether or not in a nursery class in such a school).

Section 21

Transitional provisions etc. - allows Ministers to make orders of a transitional, transitory or saving nature as they consider necessary.

Section 22

Orders and regulations - are made by way of statutory instrument.

[Section 24

Short title and commencement, was commenced on Royal Assent on 14 June 2006]

Section 23

(To the extent necessary to repeal sections 87A & B of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and section 50 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003)

Section 2

New education authority duty to prepare a "strategy for parental involvement" in consultation with Parent Councils and others

Section 3

Ambitions and objectives for a school - school development plans to take account of the strategy for parental involvement and to include objectives for the school which include parental involvement, and ambitions.

Section 4

Review of school performance - authorities, when reviewing the quality of education schools provide, to include the extent of parental involvement.

Section 6(7)-(10)

Allows new Parent Councils to come into being

Section 8

Functions and powers of a Parent Council, etc.

Section9

Attendance of headteacher at Parent Council meetings

Section10

Financial powers of a Parent Council

Section11

Duties of education authority to a Parent Council etc.

Section13

Headteacher's report to a Parent Council, Combined Parent Council or Parent Forum

Section 14

Procedures for appointment of headteacher or deputy and participation of a Parent Council

Section 15

Complaints procedure

Section 16 (8)-(12) & (15-16)

Allows Combined Parent Council to come into being

Section17

Allows members of a Parent Forum in a school involved in a Combined Parent Council to withdraw and establish a Parent Council for their own school

Section 18

Abolition of School Boards

Section 23

Repeal of references in other Acts to School Boards and to the School Board (Scotland) Act 1988.