SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 127

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 127

127 .         Council, members of etc.

        (1)         The membership of a Council for a school is to be drawn from —

            (a)         the parents of students at the school except where the majority of the students at the school are 18 years of age or more; and

            (b)         other members of the general community; and

            (c)         the staff of the school; and

            (d)         where the school is of a prescribed class, students at the school, but no student under 18 years of age can be a member of an incorporated Council.

        (2)         The principal for the time being of a school is automatically a member of the Council for that school.

        (3)         A person who —

            (a)         is the principal of, or on the staff of, a school which has a Council; and

            (b)         is also a person described in subsection (1)(a) or (b),

                can only be a member of the Council in his or her capacity as the principal or a staff member.

        (4)         Persons referred to in subsection (1)(a) and (b) must form the majority of members of a Council.

        (5)         Subject to this section —

            (a)         the procedure for the establishment of Councils; and

            (b)         the number of members and composition of Councils; and

            (c)         the manner in which persons become members; and

            (d)         the term of office of members; and

            (e)         matters relating to ineligibility for, and cessation or termination of, membership,

                are to be as prescribed by the regulations.

        (6)         The Chairperson of the Council is to be elected by and from its members.