Education (General Provisions) Regulation 2017
sec.35Formation of parents and citizens association— Act , s 118
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sec.35 Formation of parents and citizens association— Act , s 118
The principal of a State instructional institution may call a meeting of eligible persons to consider the formation of a parents and citizens association for the institution. If the eligible persons present at the meeting decide a parents and citizens association should be formed for the institution, the parents and citizens association must be formed by the election, from among the eligible persons, of the following officers— a president; at least 1 vice-president; a secretary; a treasurer; any additional officers, as decided by the eligible persons present at the meeting. The meeting may be held, and eligible persons may take part in the meeting by, using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between persons taking part in the meeting. teleconferencing, videoconferencing A person who takes part in the meeting under subsection (3) is taken to be present at the meeting. In this section— eligible person , in relation to a State instructional institution, means a person who under section 118 of the Act is eligible to be a member of a parents and citizens association formed for the institution. s 35 amd 2022 SL No. 135 s 6 (sec.35-ssec.1) The principal of a State instructional institution may call a meeting of eligible persons to consider the formation of a parents and citizens association for the institution. (sec.35-ssec.2) If the eligible persons present at the meeting decide a parents and citizens association should be formed for the institution, the parents and citizens association must be formed by the election, from among the eligible persons, of the following officers— a president; at least 1 vice-president; a secretary; a treasurer; any additional officers, as decided by the eligible persons present at the meeting. (sec.35-ssec.3) The meeting may be held, and eligible persons may take part in the meeting by, using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between persons taking part in the meeting. teleconferencing, videoconferencing (sec.35-ssec.4) A person who takes part in the meeting under subsection (3) is taken to be present at the meeting. (sec.35-ssec.5) In this section— eligible person , in relation to a State instructional institution, means a person who under section 118 of the Act is eligible to be a member of a parents and citizens association formed for the institution.
- (a) a president;
- (b) at least 1 vice-president;
- (c) a secretary;
- (d) a treasurer;
- (e) any additional officers, as decided by the eligible persons present at the meeting.