# The Education (School Government) (England) Regulations 1999, Paragraph 4: Failure to attend meetings


(1) This paragraph shall apply in the case of any governor of a school who is not an ex officio governor.
(2) Such a governor who, without the consent of the governing body concerned, has failed to attend the meetings thereof for a continuous period of six months beginning with the date of a meeting, shall, on the expiry of that period, be disqualified for continuing to hold office as a governor of that school.
(3) Where a governor has sent an apology to the clerk to the governing body before a meeting which he does not propose to attend, the minutes of the meeting shall record the governing body’s consent or otherwise to his absence and a copy of the minutes shall be sent to the governor concerned at his normal place of residence.
(4) In relation to a governor who has continued in office on transition to the new schools framework, the period before 1st September 1999 shall be taken account of in considering whether the governor has failed to attend meetings of the governing body for a continuous period of six months for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2).
(5) A foundation governor, LEA governor, representative governor, partnership governor or co-opted governor who has been disqualified as a governor of a school under sub-paragraph (2) shall not be qualified for nomination or appointment as a governor of the same category at that school during the twelve months immediately following his disqualification under sub-paragraph (2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2163/schedule/5/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-government-england-regulations-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-4
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