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  Education and Inspections Bill - Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school - rejected
  
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  The majority No voters rejected a new clause[1] for the [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/181/06181.i-vii.html Education and Inspections Bill].  The new clause would have stated only allowed a [http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/educationoverview/uksystem/structure/schooltypes/community school to become a foundation school] if it was approved by a ballot of parents.
  
  This was probably in response to [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/181/06181.8-14.html#j205f Clause 20] which makes it the right of the governing body of the school to determine whether to make a proposal to convert a community school into a foundation school.
  
  The main aims of the Education and Inspections Bill were to[2]:
  
  * Allow schools to achieve 'foundation' or 'trust' status - this gives governing bodies greater freedom to manage the school.
  * Reaffirm the existing ban on selection by ability and proposes a ban on interviewing.
  * Give local authorities greater scope to intervene more quickly in failing schools.
  * Ensure local authorities provide free school transport for the poorest families.
  * Enable nutritional standards to be applied to all food and drink on school premises.
  * Allow staff to discipline children for bad behaviour even outside of school.
  * Ensure parents are held responsible for excluded pupils.
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  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2006-05-23a.1415.0 John Grogan MP], House of Commons, 23 May 2006
  * [2] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/4787638.stm BBC Summary of the Education and Inspections Bill], 8 March 2006
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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