Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2015
Public bill · Government · Presented
Sets common, transparent rules for how recognised schools handle applications, requiring published admission policies, non-discrimination, clear selection criteria, appeals and generally no admission fees. It allows the Education Minister, school patrons, or independent appointees to intervene where schools fail to comply, and enables authorities to designate a school for children—especially those with special educational needs—who cannot secure a place.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to make provision, in the interests of the common good, that a school recognised in accordance with section 10 of the Education Act 1998 shall prepare and publish an admission policy and that such policy shall include a statement that the school shall not discriminate in its admission of a student to the school on specified grounds, and to provide that in certain circumstances the patron or Minister may issue a direction to a board of management in relation to the admission of students to a school and to provide that in certain circumstances the patron or Minister may appoint an independent person to comply with such direction, and to provide that in certain circumstances the National Council for Special Education or the Child and Family Agency may designate a school or centre for education which a child is to attend, and for those and other purposes to amend the Education Act 1998 , the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 and the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, and to provide for related matters
Last updated 12 April 2018
- Minister for Education and Skills Primary
- First StageDáil Lapsed