# The Education (Groups of Grant–maintained Schools) Regulations 1994, Paragraph 2


(1) The information to be given to any person eligible to vote in the ballot shall be such information about the procedures to be followed for a school to leave a group and the consequences for the school of leaving the group as may reasonably be expected to enable him to form a proper judgment as to whether or not the school should leave the group, including, in particular, the information required in paragraph (2) below.
(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) above is–
(a) a general explanation of the provisions of these Regulations relating to–
(i) the procedures for a school to leave a group,
(ii) the constitution and powers of the governing body of an individual grant–maintained school compared with those of the governing body of a group, and
(iii) the conduct and funding of such a school compared with the conduct and funding of schools within a group;
(b) the number of–
(i) initial teacher governors,
(ii) initial first or (as the case may be) foundation governors, and
(iii) in the case of a primary school initial parent governors,
that will be specified in any proposals for the school to become an individual grant– maintained school outside a group if the result of the ballot is favourable;
(c) the name of any person to be specified as a sponsor of the school in each such proposal, and the number of proposed initial sponsor governors to be appointed by him;
(d) the names and addresses of the persons, so far as ascertained, to be included in any such proposals;
(e) an explanation of the requirements applicable under the 1993 Act and these Regulations where–
(i) the determination of an initial governor of an elected category is pending on the date of publication of proposals for a school to leave a group, or
(ii) a proposed initial first, foundation, or sponsor governor has not been selected on the date of publication of any such proposal;
(f) an explanation of–
(i) the circumstances in which a person named as a proposed initial governor in any such proposals may be replaced under these Regulations, and
(ii) the procedures applicable in each case in which a replacement is required; and
(g) the date which will be included in any proposals for the school to leave the group as the proposed date of implementation of the proposals if the result of the ballot is in favour.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1041/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-groups-of-grantmaintained-schools-regulations-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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