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    "id": 14774,
    "slug": "andhra-pradesh-school-education-management-community-participation-rules-1998",
    "title": "Andhra Pradesh School Education Management (Community Participation) Rules, 1998",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh School Education Management (Community Participation) Rules, 1998",
    "act_number": "Published vide Noitfication Andhra Pradesh Gazette",
    "act_year": 1998,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Andhra Pradesh School Education Management (Community Participation) Rules, 1998",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "sections": [
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) All the words and expression used in these rules and not defined, shall have the same meaning as defined in the Andhra Pradesh School Education (Community Participation) Act, 1998 and Andhra Pradesh Education Act, 1982.\nChapter II\nParent - Teacher Association",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Constitution:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 1
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Registration:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Membership Fee:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Corpus Fund:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Ordinary Meetings:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Recall of Members and Chairman:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "School Committees",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Constitution of the School Management Committees:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "OLD LAW 6",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Disqualification of Members:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Filling up of casual vacancies of School Management Committee:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "OLD LAW 6",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Constitution of the School Education Fund:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Maintenance of Accounts of the School Education Fund:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Causing enquiries regarding utilisation of funds:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Operation/Utilisation of the school education fund:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Preparation of school budget:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "17-21.\nMandal Education Committee",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Constitution of Mandal Education Management Committee:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "OLD LAW 6",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Term and Filling up of casual vacancies of the Mandal Education Management Committee:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "OLD LAW 6",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Functioning of [Mandal Education Management Committee] :",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Constitution and Operation of Mandal Education Fund:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Municipal Education Committees",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 18
        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Constitution and Functions of Municipal Education Management Committee:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Note:  For this purpose the Municipal Commissioner shall place before the Municipal Education Management Committee the names of persons for consideration in each category. However, the final choice to select the members to be co - opted need not be confined to such list.\nNote:\nOLD LAW 6",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Term, and filling up of casual vacancies of Municipal Education Management Committee:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "OLD LAW 6",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Functioning of Municipal Education Committee:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 21
        },
        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Constitution and operation of Municipal. Education Fund:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 22
        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. District Education Committees:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the Election Officer shall invite proposals for the nomination separately under each category and write the names of the candidates proposed under each category on the Black Board and keep it at selected place, so that it will be visible to all the members in the Hall and give them one hour time for selection\n(b) in case of single nomination under any category the Election Officer may declare the candidate as \"uncontested or unanimous\" and declare elected accordingly ;\n(c) wherever there are more than required number of vacancies; Election Officer shall arrange for the Ballot boxes and ballot paper in the Form XI. The Ballot paper shall be signed by the Election Officer and two other official members of the District Education Committee as nominated by the District Collector ;\n(d) Each voter as per his choice, will write the names of 10 contestants ;\n(e) Depending on the number of parent members who have to, cast their votes, the timings for. the elections shall be decided, and announced, to all the members and also displayed on the Notice Board ;\n(f) Elections shall be conducted during the time specified in the presence of 2 Officers nominated by the District Collector ;\n(g) Each voter shall write the names of the ten contestants as in Form XI. Failure to write the names of contestants belonging to a particular category against that specified category in Form XI shall render those votes invalid.\n(h) the results shall be announced and displayed on the Notice Board by the Election Officer immediately thereafter ; and\n(a) Prepare a list of Headmasters of Zilla Parishad, Government and Government Aided High Schools with good academic and administrative record and experience and provide the same to the members ;\n(b) prepare a list of Chairpersons of Mandal Education Committees in the district forco - opting one Mandal Education Committee Chairperson as a Member in the Committee ;\n(c) prepare a list of Chairmen of Panchayat Education Committees for co - opting one Panchayat Education Committee Chairmen as a Member on the Committee ;\n(d) In respect of the representative to be co - opted from the recognised teacher unions, that union which has the largest following in the District, shall be co - opted. In case of conflicting claims the members present shall select one of the recognised unions to be represented by draw of lots on annual rotational basis. The members selected once may be excluded in the selection for the subsequent years, till the last union in the District is represented.\n(e) prepare a list of Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency members to be nominated on the Committee ; and\n(f) Obtain the name of one educationist, social activist or a voluntary organisation to be nominated by the District Collector.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 23
        },
        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Term, Removal, Disqualification and Filling of casual vacancies of the parent members of the District Education Committee:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 24
        },
        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. District Education Board:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) Educational experts in the district ;\n(ii) One representative from each of the Non - Governmental Organisations in the districts with proper record of social, educational service ;\n(iii) Outstanding teachers including the retired teachers and the Headmasters who have been the recipients of National Awards ;\n(iv) One Representative of the recognised teachers' unions ;\n(v) One Representative from each category of Management running schools, including the Minority management schools in the district with at least 5 years standing ; and\n(vi) To place all the above lists before the Chairman and the District Collector for the purpose of nomination under sub - section (1) of Section 15 of the Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 25
        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Powers and Functions of District Education Board:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Look after the needs of the Pre - Primary Education, Primary, Secondary Non Formal Education and Adult Education in the District;\n(b) Decide the priorities among the infrastructure proposals put forth or prepared by the District Education Committee ;\n(c) Plan in advance the training programmes of teachers in the district ;\n(d) review the implementation of the Annual School Calendar given by the Department of Education ;\n(e) Review the performance of the various schools in general and with reference to the VII and X class examination results in particular ;\n(f) review the functioning of Mandal Resource Centres and Teacher Centres, periodically.\n(g) Oversee the implementation of all Plan - Schemes like Audio - Visual Education, Vocational Education, Operation Black Board, [Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan] etc., and suggest measures for their effective implementation.\n(h) review the conduct of all the examinations at the district level ; and\n(i) Plan, advise and extend necessary technical guidance to the District Educational Officers and to the Mandal Education Officers on all the academic matters.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 26
        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Constitution of State Advisory Board of School Education:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 27
        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Powers and Functions of State Advisory Board of School Education:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Power of the Government to give directions:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 29
        },
        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Transitional Provision:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Form I\nForm I\n[ See Rule 3(3) ]\n(Register to be maintained by the Head of the Institutions)\n(Register to be maintained by the Head of the Institutions)\nSl. No.\nName of the parent\nName of the Child\nRelationship\nClass in which the child is studying\nForm II\nForm II\n[ See Rule 3(3) ]\n(Membership slip to be issued by the Head of the Institution to the Parents)\n(Membership slip to be issued by the Head of the Institution to the Parents)\nSignature and seal of the Head of the Institution\nForm III\nForm III\n[ See Rule 4 ]\n(To be submitted by the Head of the Institution _________)\n(To be submitted by the Head of the Institution _________)\nFrom : The Head Master/Head\n\t\t\t\tMistress _____________________School, _____________________\nTo The______________________ (as\n\t\t\t\tspecified in Rule 4) _________________________\n(1)\nTotal No. of Parent Members\n_________\n(2)\nNo. of Parent Members present in the meeting\n_________\n(3)\nNo. of teachers in the school\n_________\n(4)\nName of the Head of Institution\n_________\nSignature with office seal\nForm IV\nForm IV\n[ See Rules 5(2) & 6(2) ]\n(Receipt for donations)\n(Receipt for donations)\nSignature of the head of the Institution with seal\nForm V\nForm V\n[ See Rule 7(5) ]\n(Minutes of the meeting to be recorded by the Head Master)\n(Minutes of the meeting to be recorded by the Head Master)\nMinutes of the Parent Teacher Association meeting held on _________(Date)\nSignature of Head Master\nForm VI\nForm VI\n[ See Rule 8(6) ]\n(To notify the removal of the Chairperson/Parent Member(s) of the School Committee/Panchayat Education Committee/Mandal Education Committee/District Education Committee)\n(To notify the removal of the Chairperson/Parent Member(s) of the School Committee/Panchayat Education Committee/Mandal Education Committee/District Education Committee)\nNotification\nNotification\nOffice of the\nStation : __________________\n(District Officer)\nDate : ____________________\nSignature and seal of the District Officer\nForm VII\nForm VII\n[ See Rule 9(6) ]\nDeclaration of Result of Election under Rule 9(6) of the Rules\nDeclaration of Result of Election under Rule 9(6) of the Rules\nSignature of the Election Officer\nDesignation\nForm VIII\nForm VIII\n[ See Rule 13(6) ]\n(Petty Cash Book of ___________ Committee)\n(Petty Cash Book of ___________ Committee)\nSl. No.\nDate\nOpening Balance\nReceipts\nExpenditure\nClosing Balance\nRemarks\nForm IX\nForm IX\n[ See Rule 13(5) ]\n(Inward Register of Cheques/DD)\n(Inward Register of Cheques/DD)\nSl. No.\nDate of receipt\nFrom whom received\nName of the bank, Cheque/DD No. & Date\nAmount\nOn what account to be credited\nDate of dispatch to the bank\nDate of adjustment\nTreasury Officer's initials\nRemarks\nForm X\nForm X\n[ See Sec. 7(1)(iv) of Andhra Pradesh School Education (Community Participation) Act and Rule 17(6) ]\nCertificate of Life Membership\nCertificate of Life Membership\nMember - Convenor,\nStation : __________________\n________________Committee,\nDate : ____________________\n________________ Mandal,\n________________ District.\nSignature of Member Convenor\nWith Office Seal\n_____________ Committee, _______________ Mandal, _______________ District.\nForm XI\nForm XI\n[ See Rule 32(3)(e) ]\nBallot Paper\nBallot Paper\nSerial No :\nElection for the office of Parent Members of District Education Committee of __________ District\nElection for the office of Parent Members of District Education Committee of _______ District\nSerial No. __________",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "AP243",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Noitfication Andhra Pradesh Gazette, Extraordinary No. 21, Part 1, R.S., dated 10-7-1998. G.O.Ms.No. 214, Education (Prog. 2-2), dated 10-7-1998",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1998",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh School Education Management (Community Participation) Rules, 1998",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}