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  Education Bill - Exemption of Innovative Projects - rejected
  
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  <p>The majority Not-Content voters rejected an amendment to the <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2002/ukpga_20020032_en_1">Education Bill</a>. The amendment would have allowed governing bodies to exempt innovative projects from education legislation. However, the Secretary of State could designate education legislation that they felt governing bodies should not be allowed to exempt themselves from.</p>
  
  <p>The amendment reads as follows:</p>
  
  <blockquote><p>    Before Clause 1, insert the following new clause-</p>
  
  <p>"EXEMPTION OF INNOVATIVE PROJECTS</p>
  
  <p>(1) This section has effect notwithstanding anything in Chapter 1 of this Act.</p>
  
  <p>(2) A maintained school governing body may resolve to implement an innovative project which, in the opinion of the governing body, contributes to the raising of educational standards achieved by registered pupils at the school, subject to-</p>
  
  <p>(a) consultation with the parents or guardians of children at the school,</p>
  
  <p>(b) consultation with surrounding schools that would be affected by any project proposed under the first paragraph of this subsection, and</p>
  
  <p>(c) informing the local education authority.</p>
  
  <p>(3) Subject to subsection (4), the governing body may resolve to exempt any innovative project from any requirement imposed by education legislation on the governing body.</p>
  
  <p>(4) The Secretary of State shall by order designate any requirement imposed by education legislation on a school governing body as not subject to exemption, relaxation or modification by a governing body, even in the case of an innovative project.</p>
  
  <p>(5) Any project carried out under subsection (2) shall be evaluated, recorded and reported to parents."<a href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></p></blockquote> 
  
  <i><ul><li><p id="footnote-1">[1] <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?gid=2002-06-17a.492.2">Baroness Blatch,</a> House of Lords, 17 June 2002</i></ul></li></p>
  
  
  
  
  
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