PART 2GAELIC MEDIUM EDUCATION
Assessments: primary education
I1I27Assessment requests
1
A person who is the parent of a child who is under school age and has not commenced attendance at a primary school may request the education authority in whose area the child is resident to assess the need for Gaelic medium primary education (in this Part, “GMPE”).
2
A request under subsection (1) must—
a
relate to only one child (in this Part, the “specified child”), and
b
set out, or be accompanied by, evidence that there is a demand for GMPE from parents of other children who are—
i
resident in the area of the authority to which the request is made, and
ii
in the same year group as the specified child.
3
A request under subsection (1) may set out, or be accompanied by, evidence that there is a demand for GMPE from parents of other children who are—
a
resident in the area of the authority to which the request is made, and
b
in a different year group in relation to the specified child.
4
In this Part, “year group”, in relation to an education authority, means the group of children under school age all of whom, on commencing primary education at a primary school in the area of the authority, will be in the same yearly stage of primary education; and references in this Part to a child being in the same or a different year group as or in relation to other children are to be construed accordingly.
5
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision about requests under subsection (1).
6
Regulations under subsection (5) may in particular include provision for or in connection with—
a
the form of the request and the manner in which it is to be made,
b
information (including evidence in addition to that mentioned in subsection (2)) that is to be set out in, or accompany, the request,
c
evidence as mentioned in subsections (2) and (3).