School management committees
School management committees were set up by the Education (Scotland) Act 1918.[1] Under this Act, the education authority was required to set up a scheme for these committees to manage schools or groups of schools. They were composed of representatives of teachers, parents, and the education authority, and where denominational schools were included, at least one representative of the religious belief of the parents. They could also include members nominated by local bodies including the outgoing school board (which was abolished by the 1918 act).
School management committees were responsible for the general management and supervision of the schools including attendance of pupils and investigating cases of non-attendance but several major responsibilities such as appointing and dismissing teachers and acquiring land was reserved to the education authority. However, education authorities could delegate the management and supervision of continuation classes to the school management committees.
School management committees were replaced by sub-committees of the relevant education committee when local government was reorganised in 1947.[2]
Records of school management committees are held by local authority archives services.
Compilers: SCAN contributors (2000). Editor: Elspeth Reid (2021)
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References
[1] Education (Scotland) Act 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. V c.48) s.2.
[2] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. VI c.43) s.109.