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18Production of school education resources in Gaelic
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(1)The Education (Scotland) Act 2016 is modified as follows.
(2)After section 6C (as inserted by section 17(2)) insert—
“6DProduction of school education resources in Gaelic
(1)When the Scottish Ministers produce any information, guidance or documents in the English language for use in school education by teachers or pupils, they must consider whether also to produce that material in the Gaelic language.
(2)The Scottish Ministers must, on request from an education authority, consider whether to produce a translation into the Gaelic language of any material of the type mentioned in subsection (1), including material produced before this section came into force.
(3)In this section, a reference to the Scottish Ministers producing material includes—
(a)that material being produced, commissioned, procured or funded for or by the Scottish Ministers,
(b)that material being updated.
6EReview of adequacy of school education resources
(1)The Scottish Ministers must keep under review the adequacy of education resources in the Gaelic language available for use in school education by teachers and pupils.
(2)The Scottish Ministers must from time to time prepare and publish a report setting out the steps they consider necessary to address any issues identified by the review.”.
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