A Bill to enable admission authorities to have regard for local authority boundaries and other defined localities when allocating school places; to provide for the appointment of an independent lay majority on local school admission forums; and for connected purposes.
The Bill would amend the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 to give school admission authorities the option to take account of local authority boundaries and other defined localities. It would also amend the Act to provide that the majority of members of a school admission forum should be lay members.
House of Commons
13 April 2010
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The Bill would let admission authorities choose to take local authority boundaries and other defined localities into account when allocating school places. It would also ensure that local school admission forums have a majority of independent lay members. These changes would be brought in by amending the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
The Bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons. It originated in the Commons, with the first reading on 27 January 2010.
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27 Jan 2010
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 27 January 2010. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2009-10 session of parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
