School Councils in Public and Entered Schools. (Unit 2)

This document is about the school councils in public and entered centres. It is an interesting topic because it's important to know the different groups that intervene in education and their functions. It's very curious because school councils in both types of centre are very similar.
This is a group work like the previous post, and I like work in group because we have a good organization. At the end there are some questions about this topic.

The school council is the collegiate governing body of the centre where the various sectors that make up the educational community are represented: students, families, teachers, school staff and council.

Its importance is decisive in making decisions affecting the organization and operation of the centre, and the adoption of the Educative Project, of the coexistence rules, organization and operation of annual general programming and admission of students.

In the school council can propose actions to promote peaceful coexistence and conflict resolution, conservation and renovation of facilities.

The General Direction Of Organization, Educational Quality and vocational training, established the date of the vote to the election and the renovation of the school councils in schools, public and entered schools, centers of artistic learning and Official Language School and centers of education to adults.

The electoral assembly organise the process of the election of the members of school councils in the conditions which make sure the participation of all sectors of the educational community.

The electoral census is exposed at the same day of its approbation, in the  noticeboard by a period of 7 natural days in which can do complaints.

The pupils can be members of the school councils when they start the high school. In schools, pupils of the last cycle must participate in the school council.

Communication of the representatives elected by designation

Associations of parents of students legally constituted notify the Election Board the designation of their representatives in the same time period allowed for the presentation of applications by representatives of different sectors.

Presentation of electoral proposals.

The headmasters of the centers will provide the necessary resources to candidates so they can make known their electoral proposals.

Advertising of applications.

At least one week prior to the holding of elections, the management teams of the centers will provide to the various sectors the names of the final candidates.

 Vote by mail.

In order to achieve greater participation by the educational community, voters belonging to the parents' sector may use the postal vote.

The double envelope system is used to ensure the secrecy of voting and voter identification.

Election day.

Elections will be held even when the number of positions to be filled match the number of applications submitted.

To facilitate the participation of families in the elections, the electoral boards will ensure at least one schedule of 7 hours between 8:30 and 19:30. Said schedule should be known by all voters.

Organization of procedure.

The Electoral Board managing the entire process and the constitution of the various tables.

         Appointment of the person responsible for promoting educational measures to promote equality between men and women.

In the session of constitution of the School Board will be included in the agenda the

choice of the person responsible for promoting educational measures promote real equality between men and women.

Registration and collection of data on the results of the different electoral processes.

 The president of the electoral board will record in Delphos participation results, including the number of valid ballot papers, blank and null, and the number of votes obtained by each candidate in the various sectors.

 According to the Direction of General Organization, the educational quality and the professional formation, it is establishing the date of the ballot for the election and renewal of the school councils from public schools which teach non-university education in Castilla-La Mancha.

To organize correctly this process in the educational centres and to improve the participation of the different sectors of the educational community, it should determine a single date to celebrate the ballot in all the educational centres which it corresponds to realize the election and renewal of their respective school councils.

If the day established for voting was unqualified in some locality, the Election Board will order that the voting be held the business previous or rear day, and will establish and publish the electoral calendar of each centre.

The results of the voting will appear the next day in the Official Diary of Castilla-La Mancha.

The School Council will perform a meeting at the beginning and at the end of the academic year. The attendance is mandatory for all its members. The number of members will be proportional to the number of students.

Some of the functions of the School Council are:

-Propose measures and initiatives favouring the coexistence in the centre.

- Make proposals to the management team on the annual program of the centre and approve the educational project, in relation to the planning and educational organization.

-Participate in the process of students’ admission.

-Knowing the resolution of conflicts and disciplinary sanctions.

-Promote the conservation and renovation of facilities.

-Analyse and evaluate the general performance of the centre, the evolution of the school performance and the result of the evaluation that the Educational Administration realize about the centre.

The election of School Council members will be developed during the first semester of the academic year.

The educational community members could be choose only by the correspondent sector and could be candidates to represent one of the sectors, although they belong to more than one.

 The law establishes that the School Council is constituted in accordance with a procedure that ensures publicity and objectivity of the electoral process as well as the personal, direct and secret vote of the members of the school community.

In order to comply with the provisions of the Organic Law of Participation, Evaluation and Government of schools. That establishes specific rules that must govern the election, renovation and creation of School Councils and the designation of Director of the private schools.

For the general area of application:

●     Constitute the School Council for the first time after the entry into force of this law.

●     Have to partially renew their School Council for the period of two years for which they were elected

About the election period:

The election of the representatives of the various sectors must be accomplished before the November 30 of the respective year.

The representatives who form the school council in entered schools are:

●     The headmaster

●     3 representatives of the holder of the centre

●     Four teacher representatives

●     4 parent’s representatives.

●     2 student’s representatives

●     1 administrative personnel and services representative.

The right to elect and be elected have the students, parents, teachers and administrators

The vote is done in secret.

The centres that provide vocational training may include a representative of the business world, but they can't vote.

A pupil may belong to the school council but he/she can't vote.

Half the school council will be renewed every two years alternately.

They are removed from the school council those persons with four years of mandate.

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