✨ Education Regulations
Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4287
(b.) The grade of a school, however, shall not be reduced unless such attendance, or the mean of the attendance for the two years or for the three years immediately preceding the said 1st January, is as low as is indicated in Table A hereto.
Table A.
Showing Decreased Yearly Average Attendance necessary for Reductions in the Grades of Schools.
| (1) Grade to which School is to be reduced. | If Yearly Average Attendance has fallen | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (2) For Three Years to | (3) For Two Years to | (4) For One Year to | |
| O | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| I | 15 | 12 | 9 |
| II | 25 | 20 | 15 |
| III | 35 | 30 | 25 |
| IV | 80 | 70 | 60 |
| V | 120 | 110 | 100 |
| VI | 200 | 185 | 170 |
| VII | 300 | 285 | 270 |
| VIII | 450 | 435 | 420 |
| IX | 600 | 585 | 570 |
- (a.) On the 1st January in each year the number of teachers and pupil-teachers in any school or in any department thereof shall be determined by the yearly average attendance for the year immediately preceding.
(b.) Notwithstanding subclause (a) hereof, if at the beginning of any subsequent quarter it appears that the attendance in such school or department has increased so that the mean of the quarterly average attendance for the three quarters, or for the two quarters, or the attendance for the quarter immediately preceding is as high as that shown in column (2), or column (3), or column (4), as the case may be, of Table B hereto, the number of teachers and pupil-teachers shall be the same as that prescribed for a school having the average attendance shown in column (5) of that table: Provided that, except in so far as the staffing of any school may be modified by the regulations referred to in subsection (2) of section 5 of the Education Amendment Act, 1908, any school (other than a school having an average attendance of 36 to 80) the staff of which is in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule to the principal Act may, if the Board so determines, be deemed to be staffed in accordance with the Second Schedule to the said Amendment Act.
(c.) Notwithstanding subclause (a) hereof, if it appears that the average attendance in such school or department has decreased so that—
(i.) The mean of the average attendance for the three quarters immediately preceding, and
(ii.) The mean of the average attendance for the two quarters immediately preceding, and
(iii.) The average attendance for the quarter immediately preceding
have fallen as low as indicated in columns (2), (3), and (4), respectively, of Table C hereto, then the staff shall be reduced to that prescribed for a school having the average attendance shown in column (5) of that table: Provided that in the case of any one of the events (i), (ii), (iii), the Board may, at its discretion, reduce the staff accordingly.
(d.) Notwithstanding subclauses (b) and (c) hereof, a school shall, on the 1st January next ensuing, be staffed in accordance with subclause (a) hereof.
(e.) Nothing in this clause shall be deemed to affect the grade in which a school is placed, or (except as prescribed herein) to affect the salary of any teacher whose appointment has not been made by virtue thereof.
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