Common use of Parent Governors Clause in Contracts

Parent Governors. 6.2.3.1 Subject to clause 6.2.3.5, the parent members of the Local Governing Body shall be appointed after election by parents of registered pupils at the Academy and he or she must be a parent of a pupil at the Academy at the time when he or she is elected. 6.2.3.2 The Local Governing Body shall make all necessary arrangements for election of the parent members of the Local Governing body, including any question of whether a person is a parent of a registered pupil at the Academy. Any election of persons who are to be the parent members of the Local Governing Body which is contested shall be held by secret ballot. 6.2.3.3 The arrangements made for the election of the parent members of the Local Governing Body shall provide for every person who is entitled to vote in the election to have an opportunity to do so by post or, if he/she prefers, by having his/her ballot paper returned to the Academy by a registered pupil at the Academy. 6.2.3.4 Where a vacancy for a parent member of the Local Governing Body is required to be filled by election, the Local Governing Body shall take such steps as are reasonably practical to secure that every person who is known to them to be a parent of a registered pupil at the Academy is informed of the vacancy and that it is required to be filled by election, informed that he/she is entitled to stand as a candidate, and vote at the election, and given an opportunity to do so. 6.2.3.5 The number of parent members of the Local Governing Body required shall be made up by persons appointed by the Local Governing Body if the number of parents standing for election is less than the number of vacancies. 6.2.3.6 In appointing a person to be a parent member of the Local Governing Body pursuant to clause 6.2.3.5, the Local Governing Body shall appoint a person who is the parent of a registered pupil at the Academy, or where it is not reasonably practical to do so, a person who is the parent of a child of compulsory school age. 6.2.3.7 The first parent and staff members of the Local Governing Body may be those people who filled those positions on the governing body of the predecessor school at its closure provided that they have the requisite skills as determined by the Directors. Parent and staff governors who do have the requisite skills shall serve on the Local Governing Body for the remainder of the terms of office for which they were elected or appointed to the predecessor governing body provided that the minimum membership of the Local Governing Body does not decrease following closure.