Decision details

The Governance Lead Officer submitted a paper setting out the statutory requirement to have co-opted representation on the Scrutiny Committee when dealing with Education matters. It was noted that appointees would have voting rights on those Educational matters. The current Cheshire County Council procedures for parent governor representatives, eligibility and guidance on voting rights etc. were attached at Appendix 1. The paper also outlined a typical timetable for an election of parent governors’ representatives to take place.

The requirements and duties of local authorities in England to provide Church representatives with voting rights on Scrutiny Committees dealing with education and the scope of direction would also fall on Cheshire East Council. 

RESOLVED - to recommend the Governance and Constitution Committee:-

1         That two parent governor representatives should be appointed to the Scrutiny Committee for the purposes of dealing with education matters; one being drawn from the primary education sector, and the other being drawn from the secondary education sector.

2         That officers be authorised to make arrangements for the appointment of the parent governor representatives by election (if contested) by way of secret ballot.

3         That the period of office of the parent governor representatives should be 2 years with effect from 1^st April 2009.

4         That one nominated representative of the Church of England Diocese and one nominated representative of the Roman Catholic Diocese should be co-opted to the Scrutiny Committee for the purposes of dealing with education matters.