Part II New framework for maintained schools
Chapter I Introductory
New arrangements for organisation of schools
I124 School organisation committees.
1
Each local education authority in England shall establish a school organisation committee for their area.
2
A school organisation committee shall be constituted in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State.
3
Those regulations must be so framed as to secure that every school organisation committee includes at least one person within each of the following categories—
a
a member of the local education authority;
b
a person nominated by the Diocesan Board of Education for any diocese of the Church of England any part of which is comprised in the authority’s area; and
c
a person nominated by the bishop of any Roman Catholic Church diocese any part of which is comprised in the authority’s area.
4
In this Act any reference to “the school organisation committee” in relation to—
a
a local education authority in England,
b
a school maintained or proposed to be maintained by such a local education authority, or
c
any proposals relating to such a school,
is a reference to the school organisation committee established for the local education authority’s area.
5
Schedule 4 has effect in relation to school organisation committees.