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Session 2007-08
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Index to Education And Skills Bill
INTRODUCTION
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND
Part 1: Duty to participate in education or training: England
Part 2: Support for participation in education or training: Young adults with learning difficulties and young people in England
Part 3: Adult skills
Part 4: Regulation and inspection of independent educational provision in England
Part 5: Miscellaneous and general
TERRITORIAL EXTENT
TERRITORIAL APPLICATION: WALES
Table 1: Clauses which affect the existing powers of the Welsh Ministers, confer new powers on them, or otherwise affect Wales
COMMENTARY ON CLAUSES
Local education authority
Part 1: Duty to participate in education or training: England
Clauses 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9: Interpretation
Chapter 2: Local Education Authorities and Educational Institutions etc
Clause 11: Duty to promote good attendance
Clause 12: Duty to make arrangements to identify persons not fulfilling duty imposed by section 2
Clauses 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17: Information
Clause 18: Guidance
Chapter 3: Employers
Clauses 21, 22, and 23: Commencement of employment
Clauses 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30: Employer to enable participation in education or training
Clauses 31, 32 and 33: Supplementary
Chapter 4: Parenting contracts and parenting orders
Chapter 5: Attendance Notices
Clauses 45, 46, 47 and 48: Failure to comply with attendance notice
Chapter 6: Miscellaneous
Part 2: Support for participation in education or training: young adults with learning difficulties and young people in England
Clause 65: Assessments relating to learning difficulties
Clause 66: Careers education
Clause 67: Apprenticeships
Clause 68: Provision of transport etc for persons of sixth form age: duty to consider journey times
Clause 69: Co-operation as regards provision of 14-19 education and training
Part 3: Adult Skills
Learning aims for persons over 19: payment of tuition fees
Schedule 1A: Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Clauses 71, 72, 73, 74 and 75: Assessments of effectiveness of education or training
Part 4: Regulation and inspection of independent educational provision in England
Clause 78: Standards
Clauses 79, 80 and 81: Requirement of registration
Clauses 82, 83 and 84: Registration Procedure
Clauses 85, 86, 87, 88 and 89: Approval of material changes to registered details
Clauses 90 and 91: Independent inspectorates
Clauses 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 and 98: Inspections and reports
Clauses 99, 100, 101, 102 and 103: Failure to meet standards
Clause 104: Unsuitable persons
Clauses 105, 106 and 107: Emergencies
Clause 108: Provision of information by proprietors
Clauses 109, 110, 111, 112: Appeals
Clauses 113, 114, 115, 116: Prohibition on participation in management of independent educational institutions
Clauses 117 and 118: Providers of independent education or training for 16 to 18 year olds
Clauses 119, 120, 121, 122 and 123: Supplementary
Chapter 2: Schools providing for Special Educational Needs
Clause 125: Function of approving schools transferred to Chief Inspector
Clause 126: Right of sixth form pupils to opt out of religious worship
Clause 129: Abolition of requirement of approval for independent schools: England
Clause 130: Approval of independent schools: consequential amendments
Clause 131: Approval of independent schools: transitional provision
Part 5: Miscellaneous and general
Chapter 2: Miscellaneous
Clauses 135, 136, 137, 138 and 139: External qualifications
Clause 140: Inspections of teacher training in England: removal of duty to notify
Clause 141: Constitution of schools forums
Chapter 3: General
Clause 143: Functions exercisable by Welsh Ministers
Clause 144: General interpretation
Clause 146: Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc
FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF THE BILL
EFFECTS OF THE BILL ON PUBLIC SERVICE MANPOWER
SUMMARY OF THE REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Chapter 1 of Part 1: Duty to participate in education or training
Chapter 2 of Part 1: Local education authorities and educational institutions etc
Chapter 3 of Part 1: Employers
Chapter 4 of Part 1: Parenting contracts and parenting orders
Assessments of effectiveness of education and training
Part 4: Regulation and inspection of independent educational provision in England
Part 5: Miscellaneous and general
COMMENCEMENT
© Parliamentary copyright 2007
Prepared: 29 November 2007