# The School Governance (Transition from an Interim Executive Board) (England) Regulations 2010, Regulation 5: Shadow parent governor

Extent: E+W

(1) In these Regulations “shadow parent governor” means a person who is appointed as such by the local authority to be a member of the shadow governing body and who is—
(a) a parent of a registered pupil at the school, or where such an appointment is not practicable,
(i) a parent of a former registered pupil at the school, or
(ii) a parent of a child of compulsory school age or under, or
(b) where the school is a community special school or a foundation special school a parent of a registered pupil at the school, or where such an appointment is not practicable,
(i) a parent of a former registered pupil at the school;
(ii) a parent of a child of compulsory school age or under with special educational needs;
(iii) a parent with experience of educating a child with special educational needs.
(2) A local authority may only appoint as a shadow parent governor a person who has, in the opinion of the local authority, the skills required to contribute to the effective governance and success of the school.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1918/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-transition-from-an-interim-executive-board-england-regulations-2010/regulation-5
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.