Regulation 26 Establishment of committees
Where the governing body of a school resolve under regulation 25 to delegate any function to a committee, that committee shall be established in accordance with this regulation.
Subject to paragraphs (3) to (7), the constitution, membership and proceedings of any such committee shall be determined by the governing body.
The membership of any such committee may include persons who are not members of the governing body: Provided that any members of such a committee who are not members of the governing body shall not be entitled to vote in any proceedings of the committee.
The chair at any meeting of a committee shall be taken by the chairman thereof except that when he is absent those present shall elect from among their number a person to take the chair at the meeting during such absence.
A committee to which any functions are delegated under regulation 25(3) shall include not less than three members of the governing body and, where a committee is established to take any initial or preliminary decision as to the dismissal of any member of staff (referred to below in this paragraph as a “first committee”), no member of that committee shall take part in the proceedings of any committee established to consider any appeal against that decision (referred to below in this paragraph as an “appeal committee”); and
the membership of an appeal committee shall include no fewer members of the governing body than that of the first committee the decision of which is subject to appeal; Provided that where fewer than six governors are qualified for membership of any committee established in accordance with this paragraph, or it is otherwise not reasonably practicable for the requirement that the membership of any such committee should include three members of the governing body to be satisfied, the membership of any first committee and of any appeal committee shall include such numbers of members of the governing body as the governing body may determine subject, however, to sub-paragraph (b).
A committee to which any functions are delegated under regulation 25(4) shall include not less than three members of the governing body, none of whom shall be the head teacher.
Regulations 6, 7, 9(5), 11(2), 14, 19(2) to (5) (other than the requirement for notice of meetings to be signed by the clerk), 22, 24 and the Schedule hereto shall apply to membership of any committee and to the proceedings thereof as they apply to membership of the governing body and to proceedings thereof.
A head teacher of a school, whether or not he is a governor thereof, shall be entitled to attend any meeting of any committee of the governing body thereof subject, however, to regulation 14(2) as applied by paragraph (7).