Termination of Membership of Boards of Management

Last updated: 16th February 2023

Any member of the Board of Management who is absent from all meetings of the Board during the period of one year, except for reasons approved by the Board, or who is incapacitated from acting, or who communicates in writing to the Secretary of the Board a wish to resign shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Board.

Section 4(16) of the Education Act 1998 provides that:

Subject to this section and to the consent of the Minister, the patron may —
(a)   for good and valid reasons stated in writing to a member of a board of management remove that member from that office,
or
(b)   if satisfied that the functions of a board are not being effectively discharged, dissolve that board.

Whenever the patron dissolves a Board, the patron may, subject to the approval of the Minister, appoint any person or body of persons as the patron thinks fit to perform the functions of the Board.

Otherwise any member of the Board may be removed from office by her/his nominating body or by the electorate in the case of the Parents' nominees and the Teachers' nominees.

[Deed of Trust, First Schedule-Instrument of Management, Section 6].