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In a school maintained but not provided by the Local Education
Authority the Managers, in respect of the use by them
of school furniture out of school hours and the Local Education
Authority in respect of the use by them of any room in
the school out of school hours are to be liable for any damage
by reason of that use (other than damage arising from fair
wear and tear). Assistant and pupil teachers may be appointed
without reference to religious creed and denomination, and
in the event of there being more candidates for the post of
pupil teacher than vacancies, the appointment is to be made
by the Local Education Authority. Religious instruction given
is to be in accordance with the provisions of the trust deed
and be under the control of the Managers. The Managers are
to have all powers of management and (subject to the provisions
of this section) the exclusive power of appointing and
dismissing teachers.
Provision
of new
Schools.
Section 8.—Where it is proposed to provide a new public
elementary school public notice is to be given, and the
Managers of any existing school or the Local Education
Authority, or any ten ratepayers in the area for which it is
proposed to provide the school, may within three months
appeal to the Board of Education on the ground that the
proposed school is not required or that another school is better
suited to meet the wants of the district than the school proposed
to be provided. Enlargements of a school may be
treated by the Board of Education as the provision of a new
school, and transfers of a school to or from the Local Education
Authority are to be treated as the provision of a new
school.
Necessity
of Schools.
Section 9.—The Board of Education is to settle whether a
school is necessary or not and in so determining is to have
regard to the interest of secular instruction, the wishes of
parents and the economy of the rates. A school shall not be
considered unnecessary in which the number of scholars in
average attendance is not less than 30.
Aid Grants.
Section 10.—In lieu of the grants under the Voluntary
Schools Act, 1897, and the Elementary Education Acts, 1870
and 1897 there is to be paid out of monies provided by
Parliament a sum equal to 4/- per scholar and an additional
1½d. per scholar for every complete 2d. per scholar by which
the amount which would be produced by a penny rate falls
short of 10/- per scholar. If in any year the total amount of
parliamentary grants payable to the Local Education Authority
would make the amount payable out of other sources by
that authority on account of their expenses under this part of