Vote: Education Amendment Bill — In Committee 
Vote: Education Amendment Bill — In Committee 
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A party vote was called for on the question  
That the amendment be agreed to. 
Ayes 53 
New Zealand Labour 43; Green Party 9; Progressive 1. 
Noes 69 
New Zealand National 58; ACT New Zealand 5; Maori Party 5; United Future 1. 
Amendment not agreed to. 
The question was put that the following amendment in the name of Grant Robertson to Part 1 be agreed to: 
to insert the following new clause: 
16ANew sections 60AA and 60AAB inserted 
The following sections are inserted after section 60: 
“60AAFunctions of board 
“(1) A board must perform the following functions: 
“(a)ensuring the enrolment at the school of all persons who are entitled to be enrolled at the school and apply to be enrolled at it: 
“(b)ensuring that education is provided to each student enrolled at the school: 
“(c)promoting a school environment that supports the highest standards of achievement for all students: 
“(d)actively managing and monitoring the performance of the principal: 
“(e)ensuring that the performance of the school’s other staff is actively managed and monitored: 
“(f)actively managing and reporting on the school’s performance against the aims and objectives set out in the school charter: 
“(g)ensuring that the school including its assets finances and property is managed in a financially responsible manner: 
“(h)ensuring the maintenance of proper standards— 
“(i) of integrity and conduct appropriate to the board’s status as a Crown entity; and 
“(ii)for the safety and wellbeing of all students enrolled at the school: 
“(i)any other function imposed on it by or under this Act or any other enactment. 
“(2)A board may perform the following functions: 
“(a) allowing the school to engage in activities that are incidental and related to or consequential upon the board’s functions other than those functions that are authorised under section 60AAB: 
“(b) any function authorised under section 60AAB: 
“(c) any other function it is authorised to perform by or under this Act or any other enactment. 
“(3)Nothing in this section overrides any provision in this Act or in any other enactment that relates to a particular function of a board. 
“60AABMinister may authorise board functions 
“(1)By notice in the  
Gazette 
 the Minister may authorise all boards or classes of boards to perform any function or class of functions— 
“(a)not otherwise specified in this Act; and 
“(b)with any condition on the performance of the function or class of functions that the Minister considers is necessary or desirable. 
“(2)By written notice to a board the Minister may authorise it to perform any function— 
“(a)that is not otherwise specified in this Act; and 
“(b)with any condition on the performance of the function that the Minister considers is necessary or desirable. 
“(3)Before issuing a notice under subsection (1) or giving notice to a board under subsection (2) the Minister must consider whether or not the proposed function— 
“(a)is associated with educational outcomes that will bring educational benefit to the school or its community or to any other school; and 
“(b)has a community purpose that presents no educational disadvantage to the school; and 
“(c)will use or displace resources allocated by the Crown for educational purposes; and 
“(d)may involve significant fiscal risk for the Government or significant financial risk for the board or boards as the case may be; and 
“(e)may involve a high level of reputational risk for the Crown or the board; and 
“(f)may place unwarranted compliance costs on the board or boards as the case may be. 
“(4)The Minister may from time to time after reconsidering the matters set out in paragraphs (a) to (f) of subsection (3) amend or revoke— 
“(a)by notice in the  
Gazette 
 an authorisation notified under subsection (1); or 
“(b)by written notice to a board an authorisation notified to it under subsection (2). 
“(5)A board’s functions authorised under this section must be performed in accordance with the requirements of this Act and any other relevant enactments.”