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  School Standards and Framework Bill - Partial Selection of Pupils - rejected
  
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  The majority No voters rejected an amendment[1] to the [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmbills/135/1998135.htm#aofs School Standards and Framework Bill]. The amendment would have, in the words of Don Foster MP, ended "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partially_selective_school_%28England%29 partial selection] [of pupils] where it exists and ensure that there is no opportunity for further extension of partial selection in our schools."[2] However, it was defeated.</p>
  
  The School Standards and Framework Bill's main aims were to[3]:
  
  * Limit infant class sizes to a maximum of 30
  * Abolish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant-maintained_school grant-maintained schools]
  * Allow local communities to vote to abolish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar_school#Contemporary_British_grammar_schools grammar schools]
  * Establish an Admissions Code for schools and set up the [http://www.schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk/index.cfm Office of Schools Adjudicator] to enforce this code
  
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  * [1] [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1998/mar/24/code-of-practice#1998-03-24T20:15:00Z Don Foster MP], House of Commons, 24 March 1998
  * [2] [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1998/mar/24/code-of-practice#column_253 Don Foster MP], House of Commons, 24 March 1998
  * [3] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_Standards_and_Framework_Act_1998 Wikipedia entry], retrieved on 2010-01-30 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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