EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Annual Parents' Meetings) (England) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999. 2 These Regulations apply in relation to maintained schools in England. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations– “ the Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; “annual parents' meeting” means the meeting which a governing body of a maintained school are required to hold by virtue of section 43(1) of the Act; “governors' report” means the report which the governing body of a maintained school are required to prepare by virtue of section 42 of the Act; “the Authority” means the local education authority which maintains the school; and “maintained school” has the meaning given by section 20(7) of the Act. 2 In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number. Proceedings at an annual parents' meeting 3 1 The proceedings at an annual parents' meeting shall be under the control of the governing body. 2 If the required number of parents of registered pupils at the school are present at an annual parents' meeting, resolutions may be passed (by a simple majority of parents present at the meeting) on any matter which may properly be discussed at the meeting. 3 For the purposes of paragraph (2), “the required number”, in relation to a school, means any number equal to or greater than 20 per cent of the number of registered pupils at the school. 4 No person who is not a parent of a registered pupil at the school may vote on any question put to an annual parents' meeting. Consideration of resolutions passed at an annual parents' meeting 4 1 The governing body shall– a consider any resolution which is duly passed at an annual parents' meeting and which they consider is a matter for them; b send to the head teacher of the school a copy of any resolution which is so passed and which they consider is a matter for him; and c send to the Authority a copy of any resolution which is so passed and which they consider is a matter for the Authority. 2 The head teacher of the school shall consider any resolution a copy of which has been sent to him by virtue of paragraph (1)(b) and provide the governing body with a brief comment on it (in writing) for inclusion in their next governors' report. 3 The Authority shall do likewise as is referred to in paragraph (2) in relation to any resolution a copy of which has been sent to them by virtue of paragraph (1)(c). Determination of question whether a person is to be treated as a pupil’s parent 5 Any question whether a person is to be treated, for the purposes of these Regulations, as the parent of a registered pupil at the school shall be determined– a in the case of a community, voluntary controlled or community special school, by the local education authority; b in the case of any other maintained school, by the governing body. Estelle Morris Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 15th July 1999