Education (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 8)

PART 1 S SCHOOL EDUCATION

6 Parental involvement S

(1) The Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 2 (strategies for parental involvement)—

(a) after subsection (4) insert—

“(4A) Each education authority must publish—

(a) their strategy for parental involvement prepared under subsection (1), and

(b) any strategy for parental involvement revised by the authority under subsection (3)(b).”, and

(b) subsection (5) is repealed.

(3) After section 2 insert—

“2A Strategy for parental involvement: annual report

(1) Each education authority must prepare and publish each year a report (an “annual report”) on the activities undertaken by the authority during the relevant period in pursuance of the general policies set out in the authority's strategy for parental involvement.

(2) In subsection (1), “relevant period”, in relation to an annual report, means the period of 12 months ending with the day on which the report is published.”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 6 in force at 1.8.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/164, reg. 2, sch.