The annual school council election process is arranged and conducted by the principal according to the Department's school council election guidelines. These guidelines and associated forms are contained within the Principals' Guide to School Council Elections 2009.
There are also a number of key documents available in community languages.
This document provides information that may be used for an article in the school newsletter to inform parents about the role of school councils and the election process.
The Principals' Guide to School Council Elections 2009 is the complete policy document including all the relevant attachments.
The following documents provide information taken from the Principals' Guide and provide instructions and templates to be used in the 2008 school council election process.
Schedule 2 School Council Membership Table
Schedule 3 Notice of Election and Call for Nominations - for the 1st school council election
Schedule 4 - Notice of Election and Call for Nominations
Schedule 5A - Self-Nomination form for Parent Member Category
Schedule 5B - Nomination form for Parent Member Category
Schedule 5C - Self-Nomination form for DEECD Employee Member Category
Schedule 5D - Nomination form for DEECD Employee Member Category
Schedule 6A - Parent Ballot Paper
Schedule 6B - DEECD Employee Ballot Paper
Schedule 6C - Parents and DEECD Ballot Paper
Schedule 7 - School Council Membership Schedule
Schedule 8 - Nomination Form Receipt
Schedule 9 - Change of size or configuration
Other relevant items
School council election processes are also outlined within the following documents:
Note: Clause 5T.2(a) of Order no 52 has been substituted with the following clause – “5T.2(a) a person nominated by the appropriate Regional Director"