Provincial Notice No. 119 of 2017

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Title	South African Schools Act (84/1996) » Notice relating to election of members of Governing Bodies for Public Ordinary Schools (excluding Schools for Learners with Special Education Needs)
Gazette	Provincial Gazettes (Kwazulu Natal), No. 1895 of 09 November, 2017, 23 page(s), 282Kb

PROVINSIALE KOERANT,  9 NOVEMBER 2017                     No. 1895    95

PROVINCIAL NOTICE 119 OF 2017
          
                                SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS ACT, 1996 (ACT NO. 84 OF 1996)
                           NOTICE RELATING TO ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF GOVERNING BODIES
                                            FOR PUBLIC ORDINARY SCHOOLS
                        (EXCLUDING SCHOOLS FOR LEARNERS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS)

I,  Mthandeni  Erick  Dlungwana,  Member  of  the  Executive  Council  responsible  for  Education  in  the
               Province of KwaZulu-Natal have, in terms of Section 28 of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No.
               84 of 1996), as amended, determined matters relating to school governing bodies as contained in this
               schedule.
                                                       SCHEDULE
               Definitions

1.    In this notice any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have
                     that meaning unless the context indicates otherwise -

"Act" means the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996) as amended;

“Assistant  School  Electoral  Officer”  means  a  person  employed  by  the  Department  or  the
                     governing body who is appointed by the  School Electoral Officer to assist during elections but who
                     must not be the principal of the school where elections are being held nor be appointed as an
                     electoral officer in any other school;

"closed meeting" means a meeting open only to -

(a)  parents for the election of parents;
                     (b)  educators for the election of educators;
                     (c)  members of staff  for the election of members of staff; and
                     (d)  learners from the representative council of learners;

“combined school” means a public school which enrolls learners from foundation phase to senior
                    phase  or  senior  phase  to  further  education  and  training  phase  or  foundation  phase  to  further
                    education and training phase.

"co-opted members" means  -

(a)  members co-opted without voting powers to assist the governing body in discharging its functions;
                     (b)  the owner of the private property on which a public school is situated and  who does not have voting
                         powers;
                     (c)  members without voting powers coopted for expertise regarding special needs in an ordinary public
                         school which provides education to learners with special education needs; and
                     (d)   members with voting powers co-opted pending the by-election, to replace exiting parent members
                         who have not completed their term of office;

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Provincial Notice No. 119 of 2017

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