Roles and Responsibilities of School Councils or Boards

The functions of councils or boards are prescribed by the School Education Act 1999 and the School Education Regulations 2000 as follows:

Take part in

• establishing and reviewing from time to time, the school’s objectives, priorities and general policy directions
• planning financial arrangements necessary to fund those objectives, priorities and directions
• evaluating the school’s performance in achieving those objectives, priorities and directions
• formulating codes of conduct for students at the school
• take part in the selection of, but not the appointment of, the school principal or any other member of the teaching staff if prior approval is given by the relevant Director of Education.