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NIA BILL 3/08 EDUCATION BILL

NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS TABLED ON
8 OCTOBER 2009 FOR
CONSIDERATION STAGE

Clause 3

The Members listed below give notice of their intention to oppose the question that clause 3 stand part of the Bill.

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 2 , Page 1, Line 12

After ‘large’ insert ‘whilst taking into account the sectors in Northern Ireland’s education system’

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 21

The Members listed below give notice of their intention to oppose the question that clause 21 stand part of the Bill.

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 30 , Page 17, Line 4

As an amendment to the amendment, tabled by Chair, Statutory Committee for Education on 6/10/2009

At end insert -

‘( ) Regulations made under subsection (b) shall make provision for Boards of Governors of any grant-maintained schools, acting jointly, to propose a joint management arrangement for their schools which the Boards shall submit to the ESA.’

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 35 , Page 19, Line 5

At end insert -

‘following consultation with the relevant Board of Governors’

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 35 , Page 19, Line 7

At end insert -

‘following consultation with the relevant Board of Governors’

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 35 , Page 19, Line 9

At end insert -

‘following consultation with the relevant Board of Governors’

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 35 , Page 19, Line 11

At end insert -

‘following consultation with the relevant Board of Governors’

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 35 , Page 19, Line 17

At end insert -

‘following consultation with the relevant Board of Governors’

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 35 , Page 19, Line 19

At end insert -

‘following consultation with the relevant Board of Governors’

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 35 , Page 19, Line 25

At end insert -

‘following consultation with the relevant Board of Governors’

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 35 , Page 19, Line 27

At end insert -

‘following consultation with the relevant Board of Governors’

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 35 , Page 19, Line 32

At end insert -

‘following consultation with the relevant Board of Governors’

Mr Basil McCrea
Mr John McCallister

Clause 54 , Page 30, Line 22

Leave out paragraph (a)

Ms Michelle McIlveen
Mr Jonathan Craig
Mr Alastair Ross

Clause 54 , Page 30, Line 24

Leave out paragraph (c)

Ms Michelle McIlveen
Mr Jonathan Craig
Mr Alastair Ross

Clause 54 , Page 30, Line 29

Leave out ‘Department’ and insert ‘Assembly by a cross-community vote’

Ms Michelle McIlveen
Mr Jonathan Craig
Mr Alastair Ross

Clause 54 , Page 30, Line 29

Leave out ‘Department’ and insert ‘Northern Ireland Executive’

Ms Michelle McIlveen
Mr Jonathan Craig
Mr Alastair Ross

Clause 54 , Page 30, Line 29

Leave out ‘Department’ and insert ‘First Minister and deputy First Minister acting jointly’

Ms Michelle McIlveen
Mr Jonathan Craig
Mr Alastair Ross

Schedule 1 , Page 31, Line 22

After ‘member’ insert -

‘who is not a councillor (within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 9))

Ms Michelle McIlveen
Mr Jonathan Craig
Mr Alastair Ross

Schedule 1 , Page 36, Line 7

At end insert -

‘Representative of the Community in Northern Ireland

23. In this Schedule, and without prejudice to the generality of the words, a membership “representative of the community in Northern Ireland” shall in particular include-

(a) persons with experience of the controlled, maintained, grant-maintained integrated, Irish-medium, and voluntary grammar school sectors, and
(b) persons from the local government districts, where “local government district” has the same meaning as in the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.’

Mr Trevor Lunn
Dr Stephen Farry
Mr David Ford

Clause 2 , Page 1, Line 22

At end insert -

‘(f) to encourage and facilitate the development of Irish speaking schools and education through the medium of Irish.’

Mr Dominic Bradley

Clause 3 , Page 2, Line 29

At end insert -

‘(iii) in the case of an Irish speaking school, the trustees of the school, and this duty may be delegated to the Board of Governors by the trustees;’

Mr Dominic Bradley

Clause 26 , Page 14, Line 12

At end insert -

‘(iii) the requirements of persons being educated through the medium of Irish; and’

Mr Dominic Bradley

New Clause

After clause 30 insert -

‘Duties of Board of Governors to promote and preserve designation

30A. It is the duty of the Board of Governors of a grant-aided school to exercise its functions with a view to promoting and preserving the designation of the school, or of a unit in the school, as designated by the Department.’

Mr Dominic Bradley

Clause 31 , Page 17, Line 33

After ‘school’ insert ‘other than Irish speaking schools,’

Mr Dominic Bradley

Clause 31 , Page 17, Line 34

At end insert -

‘(c) in the case of an Irish speaking school, the trustees of the school.’

Mr Dominic Bradley

Clause 31 , Page 17, Line 34

At end insert -

‘(8) The trustees of an Irish speaking school may delegate to the Board of Governors of the school the power to make a scheme of management for the school containing such provision of a description required or authorised to be made by a scheme of management as the trustees consider appropriate.’

Mr Dominic Bradley

New Clause

After clause 34 insert -

‘ Duty of ESA in relation to appointment of Boards of Governors of Irish speaking schools

34A. It is the duty of ESA, to appoint persons to a Board of Governors of a school designated as an Irish speaking school or to a school in which part of the school is designated as an Irish speaking school, and, in appointing such persons, that ESA is required to choose for appointment persons appearing to ESA to be committed to the continuing provision of Irish-medium education in the school.’

Mr Dominic Bradley

New Clause

After clause 49 insert -

‘Irish speaking schools

49A. - (1 ) For the purposes of the Education Orders, an Irish speaking school is a school or part of a school which is for the time being designated in a scheme under this section.

(2) The Department shall, after consultation with the relevant Irish speaking organisations , make a scheme designating those schools which are to be Irish speaking schools for the purposes of the Education Orders.

(3) The Department -

(a) may make such other amendments to that scheme as appear to it to be necessary or desirable.

(4) For the purposes of the Education Orders a school becomes an Irish speaking school on the date on which it is first included in the scheme under this section.

(5) For the purposes of this section “the relevant Irish speaking organisations” are -

(a) any body funded by the Department of Education under Article 89 of the 1998 Order; and
(b) the sectoral support body for Irish speaking education.’

Mr Dominic Bradley

Schedule 7 , Page 50, Line 15

At end insert -

‘(e) in the case of an Irish speaking school, the trustees of the school.’

Mr Dominic Bradley

Schedule 7 , Page 50, Line 15

At end insert -

‘(7A) before a proposal to establish a new Irish language school is submitted to ESA under paragraph (2), the person making the proposal shall consult the sectoral support body for Irish-medium education.’

Mr Dominic Bradley

Schedule 7 , Page 51, Line 21

At end insert -

‘( ) Where the Department approves under paragraph (10) a proposal under paragraph (2) or (3) in relation to an Irish speaking school, it is the duty of the Department to make such amendments (if any) to the scheme under section 49A of the Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 as appear to the Department to be necessary or expedient in connection with the implementation of that proposal.’

Mr Dominic Bradley