Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- York School Board; 1889-1903
Other form(s) of name
- Board of Education
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The first School Board was not established in York unil 1889, nearly twenty years after enabling legislation permitted it. At the time its responisbilities ceased it had planned or built six new board schools and improved 15 Church of England Schools.
New function. Function transferred to York Education Committee (part of the council) in 1903.
Places
Legal status
Enabled by Education Act 1870. Replaced due to Education Act 1902.
Functions, occupations and activities
Enabled by the 1870 Education Act, it was independant of the council and had oversight for ensuring adaquate provision of education for school age children by improving existing voluntary schools and building new Board Schools. In 1903 responsibility was transferred to the council, which became the Local Education Authority (LEA).
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Internal structures/genealogy
General context
The first School Board was not established in York unil 1889, nearly twenty years after enabling legislation permitted it. At the time its responisbilities ceased it had planned or built six new board schools and improved 15 Church of England Schools.
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Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa
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Sources
JBM How York Governs Itself.