# The Education (New Schools) (England) Regulations 1999, Regulation 15: Temporary teacher governors


(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, a temporary teacher governor shall be co-opted as such by a resolution passed at a meeting of those temporary governors who are not themselves temporary co-opted governors.
(2) In the case of a new school which is or will be a voluntary aided school or a foundation school proposals for the establishment of which were published by promoters, a person shall not be co-opted under paragraph (1) unless he has been nominated for appointment as a temporary teacher governor by the promoters.
(3) Where one or more maintained schools have been, or are to be, discontinued (“the discontinued schools”) and the registered pupils at such school or schools, or a substantial number of those pupils, are expected to transfer to a new school—
(a) the local education authority, where the new school is, or will be, a community, community special, voluntary controlled or foundation special school, or a foundation school proposals for the establishment of which were published by a local education authority; or
(b) the promoters, where the new school is, or will be, a voluntary aided school or a foundation school proposals for the establishment of which were published by promoters,
may provide for the governing body of the discontinued school (or, as the case may be, any of the governing bodies of the discontinued schools) to appoint some or all of the temporary teacher governors of the new school.
(4) No provision referred to in paragraph (3) above shall be made in respect of a voluntary controlled school unless the local education authority has first consulted the promoters.
(5) No person shall be nominated or appointed as a temporary teacher governor unless he is employed to work as a teacher at a school maintained by a local education authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2262/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-new-schools-england-regulations-1999/regulation-15
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