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  Academies Bill - Referendum of Parents If Governor Objects to Application for Academy Status -rejected
  
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  The majority of MPs voted against a proposed measure which would have required a referendum of parents if any member of a school's governing body objected to a decision by the governing body to apply for academy status.
  
  The text of the defeated amendment was:
  
  :page 3, line 11, at end insert-
  
  :(1A) In the case of a member or members of a governing body objecting to an application under subsection (1), there shall be a ballot of the parents of children enrolled at the school, subject to regulations laid down by the Secretary of State.'.
  
  
  *  [1] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/057/11057.1-5.html#j002  Academies Bill as of 14th July 2010]
  
  
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