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Board of Education Ordinance 1863

7. The Board of Education Ordinance 1863

Analysis. Preamble.

1. Board constituted.

2. Number of Members.

3. Members appointed are removable by Superintendent, &c.

4. Chairman to be appointed.

5. Appointments to be by Warrant, and to be gazetted.

6. Sittings of Board to be fixed by Superintendent.

7. Board may make Rules for conducting their business.

8. Board to decide upon application for aid, &c.

9. Board to regulate salaries of Teachers, &c.

10. Board to appoint Examiners.

11. To administer funds for the purposes of education.

12. To report to the Superintendent.

13. Interpretation.

14. Title.

Whereas it is expedient to institute a Board for the formation and management of schools in the Province of Canterbury:

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the said Province of Canterbury, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, as follows:

1. Board constituted.

There is hereby constituted a Board, under the name of Board of Education, and hereinafter called the Board.

2. Number of Members.

The Board shall consist of not less than three, nor more than five Members.

3. Members appointed are removable by Superintendent, &c.

The number of Members within the limits aforesaid shall be from time to time determined, and the Members appointed and removable by the Superintendent, with the advice of the Executive Council.

4. Chairman to be appointed.

There shall be a Chairman of the Board, who shall be one of the Members thereof, and shall be from time to time appointed, and shall be removable by the Superintendent, with such advice as aforesaid.

5. Appointments to be by Warrant, and to be gazetted.

Every appointment or removal of a Member, or of the Chairman of the Board, shall be made by Warrant, under the hand of the Superintendent; and every such

appoint or removal shall be notified in the Provincial Government Gazette, and shall take effect from the date of such notification.

6. Sittings of Board to be fixed by Superintendent.

The Board shall hold sittings at such times and places as the Superintendent shall, from time to time appoint, by Proclamation in the Provincial Government Gazette.

7. Board may make Rules for conducting their business.

It shall be lawful for the Board from time to time to make and to revoke and alter such Regulations as they may think fit, for the conduct of the business of the Board: Provided that all such Regulations and every such revocation and alteration shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent and Executive Council.

8. Board to decide upon application for aid, &c.

The Board shall entertain and decide upon applications for grants of public

money for establishing or aiding the establishment of new schools, and for aiding existing schools.

9. Board to regulate salaries of Teachers, &c.

The Board shall regulate the salaries and emoluments of Teachers employed in all schools receiving aid from the public funds, and shall determine and alter from time to time, as they think fit, the rate of school fees payable on behalf of

Children receiving instruction in such schools, and shall appoint and remove Masters and Teachers for such schools until Local Committee of such schools be appointed by any Ordinance to be made in that behalf: Provided nevertheless, that it shall be lawful for the Local Committee of any school already in existence, and in receipt of aid from the public funds, to appoint persons to be Masters and Teachers in such school, and to remove any persons now being, or hereafter to be appointed Masters or Teachers: Provided that no appointment or removal shall have any effect unless it shall be sanctioned by the Board, by a writing, under the hand of the Chairman thereof.

10. Board to appoint Examiners.

It shall be lawful for the Board to examine any person who may be desirous of becoming a Teacher or Master in any school as to his knowledge and qualifications, and for that purpose, from time to time, to appoint fit persons to examine Candidates, and it shall be lawful for the Board to make such Regulations respecting the subjects comprised in, and the general conduct of such examinations, as they shall from time to time think fit: Provided that all such Regulations shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent and Executive Council.

11. To administer funds for the purposes of education.

The Board shall administer all funds in the hands of the Provincial Government available for the purposes of education, subject to any appropriation thereof that may be made by the Provincial Council.

12. To report to the Superintendent.

The Board shall, in the month of March in each year, render to the Superintendent a full Report of all things done by them by virtue of this Ordinance during the year preceding such Report.

13. Interpretation.

In this Ordinance the words "Local Committee" shall signify the person or persons resident in the district in which any school is situated having been appointed Managers or Managers, and having the management of such school according to the Regulations under which such school is conducted.

14. Title.

This Ordinance shall be entituled, and may be cited as the " Board of Education

Ordinance, 1863."

Notes.

Passed by the Provincial Council 12th August 1863, assented by Superintendent on behalf of the Governor on 22nd August 1863. Sam Bealey, Charles Bowen, Henry Bacon Quin.