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Setting up a Parent Council
It is the role of the education authority to prepare a scheme to encourage parents and schools to set up Parent Councils. Education authorities should do this in partnership with parents. The decision about what the Parent Council will look like - and indeed whether one is set up - is the decision of each Parent Forum.
One of the most important issues to think about when setting up a Parent Council is that parents will need time to work their way through the process. The more time that is allowed to work through the process slowly, the better the quality of involvement will be.
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