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School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988

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9Books, materials, etc

(1)Every education authority shall, in every financial year, make available to the headteacher of every school in their area such funds as they think necessary for the purchase of books and other teaching materials for the school, and for such other purposes as they think fit.

(2)The headteacher—

(a)shall from time to time make proposals to the School Board as to how the funds provided under this section should be spent; and

(b)shall not spend funds on any proposal unless it is approved by the Board.

(3)Where for any reason no School Board are for the time being established for a school, the headteacher shall spend the funds provided under this section in such manner as he thinks appropriate.

(4)The headteacher and the Board shall have regard, in exercising their respective functions under this section, to—

(a)any guidance issued in relation to those functions by the education authority; and

(b)any policy of the education authority in relation to the curriculum of schools,

and shall ensure that any relevant duty of the authority under statute or any rule of law is duly complied with.

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