Local education authorities

Fortunately, for school children, in spite of the inactivity of the federal government, local education authorities in many U.S. states and Canadian provinces have decided to adopt a very simplistic but effective fire test, namely the National Safety Council Standard School bus seat upholstery fire block test, which was approved by the National Conference on School Transportation as part of the National Standards for School Buses and National Standards for School Bus Operations.76 The test involves putting a few sheets of newspaper in a paper bag, placing the bag on a school bus seat and igniting it with a match. If the seat is made of adequate materials, most of it will not bum and if the materials are unsafe, the seat padding and cover will be completely destroyed. Unfortunately, this test has not been adopted by all the local education authorities and it is being applied in different ways. The ASTM subcommittee E05.17, on fire safety and transportation, is working on the development of a paper bag seat test method based on the National Safety Council Standard. 

Whiteley, L. D. (1925). The Poor Student and the University A Report on the Scholarship System with Particular Reference to Awards Made by Local Educational Authorities. London, pp. 23—25. 

Schools, and in turn teachers, must work in accordance with regular and approved practice regarding the upkeep and maintenance of facilities. At the time of the accident, this included guidance and recommendations provided by BAATPE (1990), Amateur Athletics Association (AAA), English Schools Athletics Association (ESAA) and the local education authority in which the school is located. At the time of the accident BAALPE recommended a safety code for teachers of athletics... 

Other support materials are available from Local Education Authorities (these organisations often run INSET courses concerned with safety in primary science), the Consortium of Local Education Authorities for the Provision of School Science (CLEAPSS) Service and the Scottish Schools Equipment Research Centre (SSERC). 

Creating networks in local education authorities and sharing good practice ideas... 

I am also grateful to the following for permission to reproduce copyright materials Tony Bird of the Education and Community Learning section, Northampton County Council, and Dudley Local Education Authority. Also to Geoff Edmondson for providing case reports. 

There is no acknowledgement in the Code that parents are obliged to police their [Local Education Authority], in order to ensure that their child receives the provision which their needs caU for, nor that most parents will need considerable support to be able to fulfil this role (p. 22). 

They point out that special education legislation does not, in itself, place a burden on parents, but Local Education Authorities breaking the law, and the absence of an enforcement agency, does ... 

Permission to conduct the study in local authority secondary schools was requested and obtained from the Directors of Education of four local education authorities one division of the Inner London Education Authority (area A) and three outer London boroughs (areas B, C and D). In areas A and B, the schools were selected by the research team on the basis of their geographical location an attempt was made to sample schools from as many different parts of these areas as possible. 

Part 7 of the Exclusions Guidance LEA Responsibility to E rovide Full-Time Education and Re-integrate Permanently Excluded Pupils (DfES, 2004) is a useful document for schools as it outlines the role of the local education authority (LEA), pupil referral units and other provision for permanently excluded pupils. The DfES will publish guidance on the role of remove rooms and the inspection of LSUs in 2006. There is helpful information on reintegration, planning, panels, steps towards successful placements, transition issues and work with colleges of further education (FE). 

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