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Part I Provision of Education by Education Authorities
School education and further education
1. Duty of education authorities to secure provision of education.
2. Secretary of State may prescribe standards, etc., for education authorities.
3. Fees not to be charged in public schools, etc: exceptions.
4. Duty of education authorities to provide child guidance service.
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7. Provision of educational facilities to be in accordance with schemes.
11. Provision of books, materials and special clothing free of charge.
Provision, maintenance and equipment of schools and other buildings
17. Provision, maintenance and equipment of schools and other buildings.
18. Improvements as to premises of educational establishments for the safety of pupils.
19. Power of Secretary of State to prescribe standards for premises, etc., of educational establishments.
19A. Secretary of State’s power to control use of dangerous materials or apparatus in educational establishments.
Consultation on, and consent for, changes in certain educational matters
28. Pupils to be educated in accordance with the wishes of their parents.
28B. Information as to placing in schools and other matters.
28C. Reference to appeal committee of refusal of placing request.
28G. Application of sections 28A to 28F and Schedule A1 to young persons.
28H. Reference to appeal committee, and appeal therefrom of decision to exclude pupil.
Provision to assist pupils to take advantage of educational facilities
Children requiring special education
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60. Functions of education authority in relation to children and young persons with certain special educational needs.
61. Examination and assessment of children and young persons.
63. Appeals against decisions about recorded children or young persons.
65. Appeal to sheriff on the placing in a school of a recorded child or young person.
65A. Review by education authority of decision to record and information in Record.
65E. Application of certain provisions of this Act to recorded children and young persons.
65F. Secretary of State may prescribe standards etc. for special schools.
65G. Attendance of certain children and young persons with special educational needs at establishments outwith United Kingdom.
Part III Administration and Finance
73. Power of Secretary of State to make grants to education authorities and others.
73A. Transfer or delegation of functions relating to student support.
73C. Transitional provisions and savings on repeal of Education (Student Loans) Act 1990.
73E. Supply of information in connection with student loans.
75A. Assisted places at grant-aided and independent schools.
75B. Incidental expenses of and provision for pupils holding assisted places.
Appointment, dismissal, retirement and employment of teachers
Pay and conditions of teaching staff employed in providing school education
Part VI Reorganisation of Endowments
107. Educational endowments applicable in part to non-educational purposes.
108A. Courts’ power to give effect to reorganisation scheme on petition of Lord Advocate.
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Part VII Miscellaneous Provisions
SCHEDULES
Application of Certain Provisions of this Act to Recorded Children and Young Persons
2.The person appointed shall notify the bodies and persons appearing...
3.The person appointed may by notice in writing require any...
4.The person appointed to hold the inquiry may administer oaths...
5.The inquiry shall unless the Secretary of State otherwise directs...
6.Any person who refuses or wilfully neglects to attend in...
Revocation of Determinations for the Purposes of the Assisted Places Scheme
Transitional and Savings Provisions
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65)
6.In section 22 (discrimination by bodies in charge of educational...
7.In section 23(2) (other discrimination by education authorities), for the...
8.In section 25 (general duty in public sector of education)—...
9.In section 79 (educational endowments to which Part VI of...
10.In section 81(3)(b) (orders), for the words “128 of the...
11.In section 82(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “education authority”,...
The Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)
12.In section 17 (discrimination by bodies in charge of educational...
13.In section 18(2) (discrimination by education authorities), for the words...
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15.In section 78(1) (interpretation), in the definitions of “education authority”,...
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