School Management Motion, 10/03/10 [S]

Motion lodged before the Scottish Parliament by Elizabeth Smith (Cons) on the management of schools.

The full text of the motion reads:

That the Parliament agrees with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning that "choice and diversity are the hallmarks of a mature and confident society" in the provision of state-funded education and that it is now time to explore alternative models for delivery of school education with a view to empowering head teachers, raising standards and increasing parental choice; welcomes the community trust model for schools put forward by East Lothian Council as worthy of further examination and believes that this and other models to be found elsewhere in Europe should be the subject of detailed consideration and debate, and calls on the Scottish Government to publish an options paper on models of school organisation to facilitate this.

Amendments to this motion were lodged by Des McNulty (Lab) and Michael Russell (SNP).

All current motions before the Scottish Parliament can be found on the Scottish Parliament website

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