With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Amendment 78, page 3, line 11, at end insert-
'(1A) Before making an application for an Academy order, the governing body shall consult relevant parties on whether to make such an application.
(1B) The Secretary of State shall issue guidance as to how governing bodies should conduct such a consultation with parents, pupils, teaching and non-teaching staff and their representatives, neighbouring schools and the local authority and such other parties as he may think appropriate and such guidance must also specify the information to be made available to consultees in relation to the proposed arrangements for Academy status.'.
Amendment 4, in clause 5, page 4, line 11, leave out 'such' and insert-
(a) the local education authority,
(b) the teachers at the school,
(c) the pupils,
(d) the pupils' parents,
(e) such persons as in their opinion represent the wider community, and
(f) such other'.
Amendment 18, page 4, line 11, at end insert 'including the local authority for that area.'.
Amendment 77, page 4, line 14, leave out 'may take place before or after an Academy order, or' and insert 'must take place before'.
Amendment 9, page 4, line 14, leave out 'an Academy order, or'.
Amendment 86, page 4, line 14, leave out subsection (3).
Amendment 10, page 4, line 15, at end add-
'(4) Consultation on Academy status should not be led by any member of a governing body who may benefit financially as a result of conversion to Academy status or whose salary, terms or conditions may be affected by such conversion.'.
New clause 1- Reversion of Academies to maintained status -
(1) This section applies to any former maintained school which has been converted into an Academy under section 4.
(2) The governing body must make arrangements for the holding of a ballot of parents under this section if at least 10 per cent of the parents of pupils at the Academy request it to do so.
(3) The purpose of a ballot under this section is to determine whether the parents of pupils at the Academy want the Academy to be converted into a maintained school.
(4) If the result of the ballot is in favour of conversion, the Secretary of State must-
(a) revoke the Academy order, and
(b) take such other steps as he considers necessary to convert the Academy into a maintained school.'.
Academies Bill [Lords]
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