School Admissions Bill

House of Commons

Session 2009 - 10
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School Admissions Bill

School Admissions Bill
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A
Bill
To
enable admission authorities to have regard for local authority boundaries
and other defined localities when allocating school places; to provide for the
appointment of an independent lay majority on local school admission
forums; and for connected purposes.
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
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Local authority boundaries and defined localities
After section 88 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the 1998
Act”) there is inserted—
“88AA Local authority boundaries and defined localities
Admission arrangements may take account of local authority boundaries and
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other definied localities, if the relevant admission authority so chooses.”.
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Admission forums
In section 85A of the 1998 Act, after subsection (2) there is inserted—
“(2A) A majority of members of the admission forum must be lay members.
(2B) The lay members of the admission forum must not be employed by, or
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have a direct connection with, the authority or any schools in the authority’s
area and must—
(a)
appear to the authority to be representative of persons living in the
authority’s area, and
(b)
live within the authority’s area.”.
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Short title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be cited as the School Admissions Act 2010.

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School Admissions Bill
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(2)
This Act comes into force at the end of the period of 24 months beginning with
the day on which it is passed.