HL Deb 21 July 1998 vol 592 c729

47 After Clause 38, insert the following new clause—

ELECTION OF PARENT AND TEACHER GOVERNORS FOR A GROUP

(". The instrument of government for a group—

  1. (a) may provide for the local education authority to have power to determine, in relation to every election of parent or teacher governors, the school or schools within the group—
    1. (i) the parents of registered pupils at which are entitled to stand and vote at the election, or
    2. (ii) the teachers at which are entitled to stand and vote at the election,
    as the case may be; and
  2. (b) where it so provides, shall require the authority to ensure that the position after any such election will be that there is no school within the group which will not have had an opportunity to participate in accordance with paragraph (a) in the election of at least one of the parent or (as the case may be) teacher governors of the group.").

The Commons disagreed to this amendment for the following reason—

47A Because each of the schools concerned should have its own dedicated governing body to oversee standards at the school.