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No. 67 of 1997

Education (No. 2) Bill 1997

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Education (No. 2) Bill 1997 would set out the main rights and responsibilities of schools, students, parents, teachers and the State, with a focus on equal access, high-quality education and support for children with special educational needs. It would establish rules for recognising and funding schools, create boards of management and parents’ associations, define the roles of principals, teachers and inspectors, and provide appeal procedures for certain school decisions. It would also establish a National Council for Curriculum and Assessment to advise on what is taught and how students are assessed, while strengthening the regulation of State examinations and tackling cheating.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to make provision in the interests of the common good for the education of every child in the State, including any child with special educational needs, and to provide generally for primary, post-primary, adult and continuing education and vocational education and training; to ensure that the education system is accountable to students, their parents and the State for the education provided, respects the diversity of values, beliefs and traditions in Irish society and is conducted in a spirit of partnership between schools, patrons, students, parents, teachers and other school staff and the State; to provide for the recognition and funding of schools and their management through boards of management; to provide for an Inspectorate of schools, to provide for the role and responsibilities of Principals and teachers; to establish the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and to make provision for it, and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018

Sponsor
  • Minister for Education and Science Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
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  • Second Stage
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  • Committee Stage
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  • Report Stage
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  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
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  • Report Stage
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  • Fifth Stage
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  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: From the Seanad.
    Dáil
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Report and Final Stages.
    Seanad
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage.
    Seanad
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    Seanad
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Second Stage.
    Seanad
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Report Stage (Resumed).
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  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage.
    Dáil
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Report Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Report Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Report Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Report Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Report Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Report Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Report Stage.
    Dáil
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage (Resumed).
    SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage.
    SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Second Stage (Resumed).
    Dáil
  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Referral to Select Committee.
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  • Education (No. 2), Bill, 1997: Second Stage (Resumed).
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  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Second Stage (Resumed).
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  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Second Stage (Resumed).
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  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Second Stage (Resumed).
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  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Second Stage (Resumed).
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  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Order for Second Stage.
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  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Second Stage.
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  • Education (No. 2) Bill, 1997: Second Stage (Resumed).
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