sec.81Functions

sec.81 Functions

A school council for a State school has the following functions— monitoring the school’s strategic direction; approving— plans and policies of the school of a strategic nature; or other documents affecting strategic matters, including the annual estimate of revenue and expenditure for the school; monitoring the implementation of the plans, policies and other documents mentioned in paragraph (b) ; advising the school’s principal about strategic matters. The council must perform its functions in a way that achieves the best learning outcomes for the school’s students. Despite subsections (1) and (2) , a school council may not— interfere with the management by the school’s principal of the day-to-day operations of the school and its curriculum; or make operational decisions about the use of teaching or learning resources at the school; or make decisions about the individual teaching style used, or to be used, at the school; or make a decision that is contrary to law or a written policy of the department. (sec.81-ssec.1) A school council for a State school has the following functions— monitoring the school’s strategic direction; approving— plans and policies of the school of a strategic nature; or other documents affecting strategic matters, including the annual estimate of revenue and expenditure for the school; monitoring the implementation of the plans, policies and other documents mentioned in paragraph (b) ; advising the school’s principal about strategic matters. (sec.81-ssec.2) The council must perform its functions in a way that achieves the best learning outcomes for the school’s students. (sec.81-ssec.3) Despite subsections (1) and (2) , a school council may not— interfere with the management by the school’s principal of the day-to-day operations of the school and its curriculum; or make operational decisions about the use of teaching or learning resources at the school; or make decisions about the individual teaching style used, or to be used, at the school; or make a decision that is contrary to law or a written policy of the department.

• (a) monitoring the school’s strategic direction;
• (b) approving— (i) plans and policies of the school of a strategic nature; or (ii) other documents affecting strategic matters, including the annual estimate of revenue and expenditure for the school;
• (i) plans and policies of the school of a strategic nature; or
• (ii) other documents affecting strategic matters, including the annual estimate of revenue and expenditure for the school;
• (c) monitoring the implementation of the plans, policies and other documents mentioned in paragraph (b) ;
• (d) advising the school’s principal about strategic matters.
• (i) plans and policies of the school of a strategic nature; or