Education Bill
AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
IN COMMITTEE
| Page 2, line 38, at end insert— |
| "( ) | No order shall be made under this section unless proper provision has been made for the independent evaluation of the effects of the project, and for the publication of that evaluation." |
| Page 5, line 27, at end insert— |
| "( ) | The Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales may from time to time publish statistics to inform the public of the effects of the application of this Chapter." |
| | The Lord Lucas gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 6 stand part of the Bill. |
| Page 8, line 12, leave out "shall" and insert "may" |
| Page 8, line 39, leave out paragraph (b) |
| | The Lord Lucas gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 13 stand part of the Bill. |
| | The Lord Lucas gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 16 stand part of the Bill. |
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| (1) | The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) is amended as follows. |
| (2) | In section 91 (special arrangements to preserve religious character of foundation or voluntary aided school) after subsection (1) insert— |
| "(1A) | Before proposing any special arrangements, and at intervals of no more than five years where such special arrangements are in force, the governing body shall take note of any relevant guidance issued by any religious authorities which the governing body acknowledges as having influence over the school."" |
| | The Lord Lucas gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 41 stand part of the Bill. |
| Page 30, line 9, at end insert ", and in particular shall provide for the inclusion of persons or representatives from neighbouring local education authority areas" |
| Page 31, line 43, at end insert ", or |
| "(c) | that in considering admissions to a particular school, no admission authority shall be permitted to take into consideration information relating to parental preferences other than the fact that a parent has expressed a preference for that school, and that no local education authority shall supply an admissions authority with information relating to parental preferences other than that which they are entitled to take into consideration" |
| | The Lord Lucas gives notice of his intention to oppose the Question that Clause 47 stand part of the Bill. |
| | THE BARONESS BLATCH
THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON |
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Appeals pursuant to decisions of the adjudicator |
| | In section 25 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) (adjudicators) there shall be inserted— |
| "(5) | The Secretary of State shall make arrangements for a body to hear appeals pursuant to decisions of the adjudicator."" |
| Page 136, line 33, at end insert "and may in particular require the publication of information in a specified format in a specified location on the internet" |
| Page 33, line 19, after "may" insert "in exceptional circumstances" |
| Page 33, line 20, at end insert— |
| "( ) | Where the head teacher of a maintained school excludes any pupil, the head teacher shall without delay take reasonable steps to inform the pupil's parent (or the pupil if aged over 18) of— |
| (a) | the period of exclusion, |
| (b) | the reasons for the exclusion, and |
| (c) | his right to make written or oral representations to the governing body." |
| Page 33, line 27, leave out ", in any prescribed case," |
| Page 33, line 29, after "pupil" insert "or against any decisions made as to the educational provisions made under section 19 of the 1996 Act" |
| Page 33, line 30, at end insert ", and |
| (e) | requiring any child in public care to be represented in the event of any exclusion under subsection (1) or (2), for that representation to be independent of the local education authority and funded through the Community Legal Service in the matter of an appeal under subsection (3)(c), and for representations to be made on behalf of such a child at every suitable opportunity" |
| Page 44, line 22, leave out "local education authority in England" and insert "permitted body" |
| Page 44, line 25, at end insert— |
| "( ) | For the purposes of this section a permitted body is— |
| (a) | a local education authority; |
| (b) | a charitable body approved by the Secretary of State and satisfying prescribed conditions." |
| | THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS WALMSLEY |
| Page 47, line 15, leave out from "and" to end of line 16 and insert "sent to the school organisation committee for the area or areas in which the school or schools in relation to which the proposals are made are situated, and submitted to the relevant authority, which shall, after consulting with such school organisation committee or committees and such other bodies as may be prescribed by regulations made under subsection (8)—" |
| | THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS WALMSLEY |
| Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Acts done in discharge of public function |
| | Where, in consequence of the operation of any provision of the Education Acts (as defined by section 578 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56)), the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21) and of any subordinate legislation made under those Acts, any person other than a local education authority or governing body is or becomes responsible for the establishment or maintenance of any school, the acts done by that person in that regard shall for the purposes of section 31 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) be treated as having been done in the discharge of a public function." |
| Page 53, line 29, leave out "and literacy" |
| Page 53, line 30, leave out paragraphs (c) and (d) |
| Page 53, line 42, leave out paragraph (a) |
| Page 53, line 44, leave out paragraph (c) |
| Page 53, line 44, at end insert ", and |
| Page 54, line 3, at end insert— |
| Page 54, line 6, leave out paragraph (d) |
| Page 54, line 10, leave out paragraph (h) and insert— |
| (i) | a modern foreign language, and |
| | THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS WALMSLEY |
| Page 54, line 30, at end insert— |
| "(f) | at least one of the following— |
| (g) | at least one of the following— |
| | THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS WALMSLEY |
| Page 55, line 5, at end insert "having regard to the need to maintain a balanced and broadly based curriculum" |
| | THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS WALMSLEY |
| Page 67, line 4, at end insert— |
| "( ) | at least one of the following— |
| | information and communications technology; |
| ( ) | at least one of the following— |
| | modern foreign languages; |
| ( ) | at least one of the following— |
| ( ) | at least one of the following— |
| | THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS WALMSLEY |
| Page 67, line 15, at end insert "having regard to the need to maintain a balanced and broadly based curriculum" |
| | THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS WALMSLEY |
| Page 73, line 32, at end insert— |
| "( ) | In discharging its functions under this section the Review Body shall have regard to the need to ensure that— |
| (a) | the conditions of employment of school teachers which relate to their working time are such that they may have a reasonable amount of time during each school day, or by such other allocation of time as may be appropriate, for the purposes of discharging professional duties other than those of teaching pupils; |
| (b) | the conditions of employment of school teachers which relate to their working time are such that they may have an amount of time during each school year for the purposes of their own professional development without unreasonably increasing their overall workload; and |
| (c) | teachers employed on a day to day or other short notice basis may be remunerated in such manner as may be appropriate to encourage them to take opportunities available to them for their own professional development and further training." |
| | THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS WALMSLEY |
| Page 74, line 36, leave out paragraph (c) and insert— |
| "(c) | the contract is one made in pursuance of the duties in relation to education of a local education authority or the governing body of a foundation, voluntary aided or foundation special school, and" |
| | THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS WALMSLEY |
| Page 79, line 34, at end insert "otherwise than a function relating to remuneration" |
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