Relevant legislation

Education and Training Act 2020open_in_new

10 Interpretationopen_in_new

Provides definitions for: adult student, board staff, combined board, election year, immediate care giver, parent.

S 119 Constitution of boards of State schoolsopen_in_new

S 120 Proprietors of State integrated schools may vary number of board members they appointopen_in_new

S 121 Boards may alter their constitutionsopen_in_new

S 122 Composition of boards of special institutionsopen_in_new

1 Parent representativesopen_in_new

2 Staff and student representativesopen_in_new

3 Boards of newly established schoolsopen_in_new

4 Minister may approve alternative constitution in certain casesopen_in_new

5 Consequences of approval of alternative constitutionopen_in_new

6 Actions of boards not affected by informality in membershipopen_in_new

Combining and Splitting Boards

7 Boards may combineopen_in_new

8 Minister may combine boards at establishmentopen_in_new

9 Restrictions on combiningopen_in_new

10 Minister may split combined boardopen_in_new

11 Splitting boards that were combined at establishmentopen_in_new

12 Property held in trustopen_in_new

13 Allocation of employees after combined board splitopen_in_new

14 Transfer of assets of split combined boardopen_in_new

15 Each school must be represented on combined boardopen_in_new

Electing and co-opting board members to boards of State schools, term of office of board members, and eligibility

1 Criteria for selecting co-opted and appointed board membersopen_in_new

2 Limits on co-optation and appointment of board membersopen_in_new

Elections of board members

3 Elections of board membersopen_in_new

4 Staggered elections for parent representativesopen_in_new

5 Election not to be held when school under notice of closureopen_in_new

6 Consultation requirements for staggered elections of parent representativesopen_in_new

7 Provisions relating to board with staggered election cycle where commissioner appointedopen_in_new

Term of office of board members

8 Term of officeopen_in_new

9 Certain persons ineligible to be board membersopen_in_new

10 Financial interests that disqualify persons from being board membersopen_in_new

11 Requirements before appointmentopen_in_new

Casual vacancies

12 When casual vacancies ariseopen_in_new

13 Filling casual vacancies of elected board membersopen_in_new
(Including when student vacancy may not be filled.)

14 Election or appointment of boards of continuing schoolsopen_in_new

15 Alternative constitutions for continuing schoolsopen_in_new

Education (Board Election) Regulations 2022open_in_new

3 Interpretationopen_in_new

5 Schools must follow election timetableopen_in_new

6 Board may choose voting methodopen_in_new

7 Board must appoint returning officeropen_in_new

8 Board must appoint or engage accredited provider for specified electronic electionsopen_in_new

9 Grant of accreditationopen_in_new

10 reconsideration of refusal to grant accreditationsopen_in_new

11 Lapse of accreditationsopen_in_new

12 Withdrawal of accreditationopen_in_new

13 Further requirements relating to elections held electronicallyopen_in_new

14 Rollopen_in_new

15 Supplementary rollopen_in_new

16 People not to participate in 2 electionsopen_in_new

17 Call for nominationsopen_in_new

18 Acceptance of nominationopen_in_new

19 Withdrawal of nominationopen_in_new

20 Statements by nomineesopen_in_new

21 Election not necessary in certain circumstancesopen_in_new

22 Approval of nomination forms and voting open_in_newforms

23 Issue of voting formsopen_in_new

24 Validity of voting formsopen_in_new

25 Custody of voting formsopen_in_new

26 Declaration of resultopen_in_new

27 Scrutineersopen_in_new

28 Maintaining secrecy of electionopen_in_new

Election timetable: parent representative and staff representativeopen_in_new

Election timetable: student representative and staff representative by-electionopen_in_new