Part IVSpecial educational needs
Chapter IISchools providing for special educational needs
Maintained special school becoming grant-maintained
345Maintained special school becoming grant-maintained special school
1
Regulations may make provision for maintained special schools, or any class or description of such schools, to cease to be maintained by the local education authority and become grant-maintained special schools.
2
Regulations shall require, before a maintained special school becomes a grant-maintained special school in pursuance of the regulations—
a
the submission to the Secretary of State of proposals for the purpose by the governing body of the school, and
b
the approval of such proposals, as originally submitted or as modified by the Secretary of State (whether before or after they are approved).
3
If the proposals are so approved, a governing body of the school shall be incorporated in accordance with Schedule 28 on the date of approval (referred to in this Part as the “incorporation date”).
4
Regulations made for the purposes of this section may apply any provision of—
a
Chapter II (apart from section 198) or Chapter III or V of Part III,
b
section 340, or
c
section 35(7) or (8), section 37(1), (4), (7), (8) or (9), section 167(3) or (6) or section 169(1), (4) or (6),
with or without modification.