Collegiate Governing Bodies: School Council composition, operation and competences.

On this post is explained a little more about the School Council. 
It's an interesting topic because isn't easy to organize the whole process of election of the School Council. There are necessary some dates to realize this event and it's necessary to count the votes, and it's very important that the dates selected are agree with all components. 
This post shows the different components of the School Council also. 

I think that this is an easy topic, because it's shorter that the others and the different parts are explained and identified, so is easier to divide the work and is better to summarize the content.

     COMPOSITION OF SCHOOL COUNCIL

The composition of the school council in general for schools kindergarten and primary schools, according to the units that form every centre, when the centre have more units they will have a bigger school council, as I shown in this table, all school council are form by a headmaster.

The election of school council members is done at the first term of the academic year, and it will be renewed every two years alternatively:

·         At the first half: it changes the representatives of parents and teachers.

·         And in the second half: they will change the remaining teachers and parents and representatives of the administration and services.

 We have to say that the Council members can only be elected by their own sector and they only can be presented to candidates of a sector.

Representatives who before the renovation did not comply the requirements will produce a vacancy that will be filled with the candidates according to the votes obtained. If there are no candidates that place would remain unfilled until the next renewal.

In each centre, there will an electoral board formed by the headmaster, who will be the president, a teacher and a parent of a pupil.

                                                                                       The competences of the lectoral board are: 

passing and advertising the electoral census, summing up the electoral calendar according to the established in the 9 article of this rule, ordering the electoral process, accepting and proclaiming the different candidacies, promoting the creation of the different polling places, resolving the reclamations presented against the decisions of the polling places and proclaiming the chosen candidates and sending the certificate to the competent administrative authority. 

Election of the represents of the teachers.

The represents of the teachers in the school council will be chosen by the staff meeting.

There will be electors all the members of the staff meeting.

There will be a staff meeting to chose the teachers and the polling places, formed by the headmaster and two teachers.

The quorum will be the half plus one of the components of the staff meeting.

Will be chosen the teachers who have more votes.

Election of  the represents of the parents.

Can be chosen the parents of all pupils who study in the school.

This position will be elected by its correspondent centre when there is more than one elector. All the administration and services staff could be elector and eligible. If there is only one elector, the position will be for him.  The election will be by direct and secret suffrage.

Counting of the votes and elaboration of proceedings.

When the voting ends, it will proceed to recount the votes publicly. Then all the components of the voting have to sign a proceeding in which appear the names of the elected and the number of votes of each. This proceeding will be sent to the Election Board of the centre. If there were a tie, the elected would be elected by suffrage.

Elect and reclamations.

The proclamation of the elects will be done by the Election Board of the centre after counting the votes and receiving the proceedings.  The Provincial Director will create a commission to study and evaluate the possible reclamations.

Constitution of the School Council.

The ten days after the election the Principal will convene the session of the constitution of the new School Council. If one of the sectors doesn’t elect their School Council for imputable causes, the Provincial Director will adopt the necessary steps to its constitution.

Operating System of the School Council.

The meetings of the School Council will be celebrated in the day and hour that permit the assistance of all its members. In Ordinary meetings the Principal will send the convocation to the members of the School Council, at least one week before the day of the meeting, with the topics to be discussed. It may be performed extraordinary meetings 48 hours before the day of the meeting. 

The School Council will meet at least one time in a semester, requested by the Principal. The agreements will be adopted by simple majority, except:

-The election of the Principal, the budget approval and its execution. It will be adopted by overall majority.

-The approbation of the educational project and its modifications. It will be adopted by majority of two-thirds.

-According to cancel the nomination of the Principal. It will adopted by majority of two-thirds.

School Council Commissions.

-The School Council can constitute other commissions to specific topics according to the Internal Regime Regulation.

-The coexistence commission will inform the School Council about the coexistence rules and will collaborate with it. 

 ●       Competencies of the School Council.

-Establish guidelines for the development of the educational project, approve and evaluate it and establish procedures for its review.

- To elect the headmaster of the center.

-Propose the revocation of the appointment of the headmaster.

-Decide on the admission of students.

-Approve the rules of the internal system.

-Resolve conflicts that seriously damage the coexistence in the center.

-To approve the proposed budget of the center and to implement it.

-Promote the renovation of school facilities and equipment, and monitoring their conservation.

-Approve and evaluate the general programming of the center, respecting, in any case, the educational aspects that concern the cloister.

-Approve and evaluate the general programming of complementary school activities.

-Establish guidelines for collaboration of the center for cultural, educational and welfare purposes, with other schools, institutions and agencies.

-Analyze and evaluate the general operation of the center, especially the efficient management of resources and the application of the rules of coexistence, and prepare a report about it.

-Analyze and evaluate the evolution of the general school performance of the center.

-Analyze and evaluate the results of the assessment made by  the  Educational Administration or  any report about its progress.

-Report annual memories about the activities and the general action of the center.

-Knowing the relationship of the center with the institutions around it.

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