TheTimes.jpg Governing bodies' powers cut Katharine Child, The Times, Johannesburg, 19 October, 2015 The power of school governing bodies to dictate which and how many pupils are admitted to schools has been curtailed again. The Supreme Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the Gauteng education department had the final say over a pupil's admission to school. In 2012, the Gauteng department published regulations stating that it had the final say over admissions. The regulations allowed parents to apply for a place for their child in a school located where they worked. People previously had to live in a feeder zone if they wanted their children to attend the nearby school. The Federation of School Governing Bodies took the department to court, and won, after arguing the Schools Act gave admission powers to them. But the Supreme Court overturned that decision. It ruled that previous court judgments "have found that schools must be managed in the interest of the broader community". The court said "public schools are public assets where the broader public interest must be realised". From: http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2015/10/19/Governing-bodies-powers-cut -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
