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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART II PROCEDURES FOR FORMING OR RE–FORMING GROUPS

    1. 3.Initiating procedure for schools to acquire grant–maintained status as newly formed groups

    2. 4.Initiating procedure for schools to acquire grant–maintained status by joining an existing group

    3. 5.Information

    4. 6.Ballot of parents

    5. 7.Eligibility

    6. 8.Announcement of the results of the first ballots

    7. 9.Second ballot

    8. 10.Voiding ballots

    9. 11.Agreement between some participating schools to propose grant–maintained status as a group

    10. 12.Publication of proposals

    11. 13.Initiating procedure for a grant–maintained school to join a group

    12. 14.Initiating procedure for grant–maintained schools to form groups

    13. 15.Initiating procedure for groups to merge

    14. 16.Approval, withdrawal or rejection of proposals

    15. 17.Incorporation

    16. 18.Exercise of powers before date of implementation of proposals

    17. 19.Expenses in connection with proposals for acquisition of grant–maintained status

    18. 20.Transfer of property – schools which are not grant–maintained

    19. 21.Transfer of staff – schools which are not grant–maintained

    20. 22.Transfer of property and staff: grant–maintained schools

    21. 23.“Pending procedure”

  4. PART III GOVERNMENT OF GROUPS AND PROPOSED GROUPS

    1. 24.Application of Schedule 5 to the 1993 Act (Governing Bodies)

    2. 25.Application of Schedule 6 to the 1993 Act (Articles of Government)

    3. 26.Determination of initial teacher and parent governors

    4. 27.Determination of initial core governors

    5. 28.Notice of selection of core governors not named in proposals

    6. 29.Replacement of proposed initial parent and teacher governors before incorporation

    7. 30.Replacement of initial core governors before incorporation

  5. PART IV PROCEDURE FOR A SCHOOL TO LEAVE A GROUP

    1. 31.Initiating procedure for leaving a group

    2. 32.Procedure for hospital special school to leave a group

    3. 33.Publication of proposals for leaving a group

    4. 34.Approval of proposals for leaving a group

    5. 35.Incorporation of governing body of a school leaving a group

    6. 36.Incorporation of governing body of remaining group

    7. 37.Exercise of powers before proposed date of implementation

    8. 38.Transfer of property

    9. 39.Transfer of staff in respect of a school leaving a group

    10. 40.Transfer of staff to new governing body of group

    11. 41.Determination of initial parent and teacher governors of a school leaving a group

    12. 42.Determination of initial governors in respect of a school leaving a group

    13. 43.Notice to the Secretary of State of subsequent governors

    14. 44.Determination of initial governors on the governing body of the new group

  6. PART V ALTERATION AND DISCONTINUANCE OF GRANT–MAINTAINED SPECIAL SCHOOLS IN GROUPS

    1. 45.Modification of the 1993 Act

  7. SCHEDULES

    1. 1

      Information to be given to persons eligible to vote.

    2. 2

      Publication of proposals and notice.

  8. Explanatory Note