Education Authorities

Education authorities in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of education authorities.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• education authorities in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• education authorities in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Education Authorities

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Education Authorities : The authorities responsible for the statutory system of education introduced by the Education Act 1944, i.e. the Secretary of State for Education and Skills and local education authorities. In England and Wales the latter are county councils or unitary councils and, within *Greater London, the London borough councils. The Education Reform Act 1988 introduced measures under which schools could, with the approval of the Secretary of State, opt out of local education authority control to become grant-maintained schools, and many have done so. A new framework for schools has been introduced by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.