Motions in Force

Motions passed at AGM 2007:

Motion 1: Business Plan
This AGM approves Educate Together's Three Year Business Plan and commits the sector to working together to achieve its aims. Proposed by the Board of Directors; motion passed.

Motion 2: Business Plan.
That the Educate Together Business Plan is amended to allow school communities to develop Educate Together Secondary Schools in areas where there is no choice at the present moment. Proposed by Navan ETNS. Motion passed.

Motion 3: Second level schools.
The AGM calls on Educate Together to further explore the extension of the unique Educate Together ethos to Second Level Education. Proposed by Donabate Portrane ETNS. Motion passed.

Motion 4: Capitation and funding.
We call on Educate Together to campaign for the capitation grant to be increased to come in line with the second level grant. Proposed by Kilkenny School Project. Motion passed.

Motion 5: Capitation and funding.
Educate Together demands that the capitation grant in Primary schools should be at least on a par with that provided to the second level sector. Proposed by Kilkenny School Project. Motion passed.

Motion 6: Capitation and funding.
ET demands that the Government should provide adequate funding for the employment of ancillary staff (secretarial/caretaking/cleaning) to fully cover the requirements of each individual school, as the present grant is seriously inadequate. Proposed by Kilkenny School Project. Motion passed.

Motion 7: Class size.
We call on ET to campaign for class size to be reduced to a ratio of 24-1 for Sept 2007. Proposed by Mullingar ETNS.
The word "ratio" was put to the meeting separately and defeated. The amended motion (without the word "ratio") was carried.

Motion 8: Class size.
That Educate Together strongly requests that the Department of Education & Science honour its commitment to
reducing the maximum class size in primary schools and work actively towards the continued reduction of same. Proposed by Kilkenny School Project. Motion passed.

Motion 9- 11. School size.
It was proposed to vote on Motion 11 first and that motions 9 and 10 would be withdrawn if motion 11 was passed.

Motion 11: The AGM calls on Educate Together to:
As a matter of priority, initiate and bring to conclusion a process, the purpose of which will be to define our unique Ethos as an educational network. Employ this definition as a benchmark in mapping our way forward, including our position on school size. Proposed by Swords ETNS. Motion passed.

Motion 10: School Size
We propose that, to remain in keeping with both the democratic and child centred dimensions of the Educate Together ethos, no Educate Together primary school be larger that double stream.
Proposed by Kilkenny School Project. Motion deferred.

Motion 9: The AGM calls on Educate Together to:
Limit the maximum size of all schools, under its patronage, to sixteen-mainstream classroom schools, until such time as the impact of school size on Ethos delivery is determined. Proposed by Swords ETNS. A proposal to defer the motion was defeated as was a proposal to allow further discussion. Only schools under ET patronage were allowed vote
on this motion. The motion was passed.

Motion 12: The AGM proposes
That ET invite the Students Councils from ET schools to all Educate Together AGM's and Forums as observers. That SU representatives from all ET schools attend a meeting while the adult representatives are at their meeting. The SU representatives could discuss matters affecting pupils. Both bodies would come together to listen to each other's ideas at a later session. Proposed by Griffeen Valley ETNS. The motion was proposed deferred. The deferral was passed.

Motion 13: We call on Educate Together to seek from the Department of Education an increase in language support currently offered to children whose first language is not English from two years to the duration of their time in school. Proposed by Mullingar ETNS. Motion passed.

Motion 14: We call on Educate Together to campaign to increase the number on our boards of management from eight to ten people. Proposed by Mullingar ETNS. The motion was rejected.

Motion 15: We call on Educate Together to campaign that once a school satisfies the enrolment figure for permanent recognition that this recognition is automatically granted. The Department of Education should immediately purchase a site and undertake to build a permanent building within a two-year time frame from the granting of the permanent recognition. Proposed by Mullingar ETNS. Motion passed.

Motions passed at AGM 2006:

Motion 1: PE Curriculum
The AGM calls on Educate Together to highlight to the DES the need for funding to implement the Aquatics programme of the PE curriculum. Currently it is impossible for ET schools to provide the full PE curriculum without funding from parents for swimming lessons, hire of pool and transport; this is against the spirit of free national school education
Proposed by Griffeen Valley ETNS, adopted unanimaously

Motion 2: Constitution of Board of Management
The AGM calls on Educate Together to facilitate discussion with the partners in education on the composition of Boards of Management. The current composition of BOMs do not fully represent all the stakeholders in the school system, particularly those that work as SNAs and other support staff. In order to reflect our ethos, we would ask that representation on BOMs would be as broadly representative as possible
Proposed by Griffeen Valley ETNS; adopted unanimously.

Motion 3: Reporting on Progress on Motions Passed
The AGM calls on Educate Together to report annually at the AGM on progress made with motions passed at the previous year’s AGM.
Proposed by Swords ETNS; adopted unanimously.

Motion 4: Financial Provision for In-Service
The AGM calls on Educate Together to challenge the Dept of Education and Science on the lack of financial provision for teacher training in the Educate Together programme, on grounds of inequality.
Proposed by Swords ETNS, adopted unanimously.

Motion 5: Nominations of Directors
All nominations for election as Director of Educate Together must be made at least 25 days prior to the Annual General Meeting, the names of those nominated and a statement supporting their candidacy must published to the members at least 21 days prior to the Annual General Meeting.
Proposed by the Board of Directors. adopted unanimously.

Motion 6: Memorandum and Articles of Association
This AGM agrees to adopt the proposed changes to the Memorandum and Articles of Association as circulated.
Proposed by the Board of Directors, adopted unanimously.

Motion 7.  Emergency Motion from Castaheaney Educate Together National School.  
“Educate Together is appalled, and totally condemns, the peremptory and dictatorial action by the DES in unilaterally deciding that   "....Castaheany Educate Together School is to take in a 3rd stream of Junior Infants this September....". Further we condemn the fact that this information was not communicated directly to the BOM but rather issued as a Press Release to the media, from where the Chair of the BOM first learned of the announcement.

This AGM instructs Educate Together:

1. to communicate is dissatisfaction with the announcement of 27th April to the DES;
2. to request the DES School Planning Section improve its communication processes, and formally refer all matters pertaining to official decisions about schools in the first instance to that schools BOM, verbally and in writing, prior to any national or local announcements made by Ministers, and indeed before that information is made available to other local schools / action groups.

The AGM also requests that Educate Together, as Patron, clarify for school Boards of Management the official ET position on maximum school size, and the legal authority of the school Board of Management in reaching a decision in relation to school size.”
Proposed by Castaheany Educate Together N.S.; adopted unanimously.

Motions passed at AGM 2005:

Motion 1: Education Welfare Act
“The AGM calls on Educate Together to impress upon the DES the urgency of reviewing the Education Welfare Act, to include all children enrolled in Primary schools.”
Proposed by Swords ETNS

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Motion 2: Teaching Principal
“The AGM calls on Educate Together to highlight the unmanageable, inequitable and unrealistic portfolio of the teaching principal in a newly established and developing school and to negotiate with the Department of Education and Science a staffing schedule that significantly reduces the teaching duties of the principal teacher.”
Proposed by Swords ETNS

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Motion 3: In-Service for Teachers in Educate Together Schools
“The AGM calls on Educate Together to negotiate with the Department of Education and Science teacher in-service, modelled on the PCSP model for the Revised Primary Curriculum, for all teachers in Educate Together schools on the Learn Together programme.”
Proposed by Swords ETNS

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Motion 4: Learn Together In-Service
“The AGM calls on Educate Together to prioritise the facilitation of In-service Training in the Learn Together Programme for all teachers teaching in our sector.”
Proposed by Donabate Portrane ETNS

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Motion 5: Special Education and Resource Teachers and Provision

“The AGM calls on Educate Together to communicate to the DES the urgent need to sanction the promised Special Education and Resource Teachers and to ensure that they are in a position to take up their duties no later than September 1st '05.  Furthermore the AGM calls on Educate Together to highlight in particular the schools that have had little or no Special Education provision since their establishment.”

Proposed by Donabate Portrane ETNS

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Motion 6: Class Size

“The AGM calls on Educate Together to put pressure on the DES to ensure that the pupil teacher ratio is reduced to 20:1 at the earliest date possible and that no class exceeds 25 pupils (and 20 in the case of disadvantaged areas), to take account of the increased number of children with learning support and special needs in our classes and to allow teachers to deliver the revised curriculum with its emphasis on active learning to all our pupils, in line with commitments given in the Programme for Government, and bearing in mind that class size has not been reduced at all for the past three years.”

Proposed by Ranelagh Multi-denominational School, Board of Management
and  by Donabate Portrane ETNS

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Motion 7: Ethical Education Programme

“This AGM welcomes the publication of the Ethical Education Programme “Learn Together” as an example of the contribution Educate Together can make to the provision of good quality education within the sector and more generally.”

Proposed by the Board of Directors

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Motion 8: Board Training

“The AGM calls on Educate Together, in consultation with other Patron bodies, to negotiate appropriate training for all newly appointed Boards of Management of newly established schools and, in particular, the Chairpersons of such Boards.”

Proposed by Swords ETNS

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Motion 9: Temporary Accommodation

 “The AGM calls on Educate Together to negotiate with the DES an acceptable timeframe for the delivery of temporary accommodation taking account of the integrity of the school year and the rights of Board of Management members to a Summer Holiday.”

Proposed by Donabate Portrane ETNS

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Motion 10: Building Insurance

“That Educate Together would seek clarification from the Department of Education and Science with respect to school building insurance and why individual schools are paying the insurance premiums on behalf of the State on buildings owned by the State.”

Proposed by North Dublin National School Project

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Amendment to Motion 12

Please delete "€10.00" and insert "€7.00" to read as follows:

“Recognising the importance of maintaining a strong national voice for Educate Together in negotiating on behalf of member schools, and recognising the value of the professional services extended to members, this AGM sets the annual membership fee at €7.00 per child. This change to come into effect on 1st January 2006. The Audit Committee is empowered to take into account the local circumstances in schools when accepting payment.”

Proposed by North Dublin National School Project

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National Office

Motion 13: National Office

That all Educate Together schools pledge their full support to the National Office for wider Political Lobbying in the Campaign for Core Funding to secure the future of the Educate Together National Office and the multi- denominational primary school sector.

Proposed by North Dublin National School Project

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Motions Passed at AGM 2004:

Composition of Board of Directors

1. This AGM sets the maximum number of elected directors of Educate Together to 10 and empowers the directors elected to co-opt a maximum of two additional directors. The Board is empowered to co-opt other members to fill vacancies that may arise from time-to-time. The term of office of co-opted members is the same as that for elected members. Board of Directors of Educate Together

Proposed: Board of Directors of Educate Together (Catherine Earley)

Seconded: Navan Educate Together

Motion passed unanimously

Term of Office of Director

2. This AGM agrees that the term of office of a director is three years.

Proposed: Board of Directors of Educate Together (Catherine Earley)

Seconded: Galway Educate Together

For: 33 Against: 2 Abstain: 0

Motion passed

 

Quorum of Board of Directors

3. This AGM sets the quorum for Board of Directors Meetings at 60% of the membership of the board.

Board of Directors of Educate Together

Proposed: Board of Directors of Educate Together (Bernadette Ryan)

Seconded: Swords Educate Together

Motion passed unanimously

Election of Directors

4. In selecting Members of the Board of Directors, the members of Educate Together should be mindful of the need to ensure the widest representation of the sector whilst selecting Directors with commitment and ability to govern the organisation. Board of Directors of Educate Together

Proposed: Board of Directors of Educate Together (Bernardette Ryan)

Seconded: Bray School Project

Motion passed unanimously

Nomination of Directors

5. All nominations for election as Director of Educate Together must be made at least 6 weeks prior to the Annual General Meeting, the names of those nominated and a statement supporting their candidacy must published to the members at least 21 days prior to the Annual General Meeting. Board of Directors of Educate Together

Proposed: Board of Directors of Educate Together (Mary Aust)

Seconded: Lucan Educate Together

Motion passed unanimously

National Forum

6. This AGM approves the establishment of a National Forum for the members of Educate Together.

Decisions Concerning Patronage of Schools with Educate Together’s Patronage - Powers of Patronage

7. This AGM agrees that all motions relating to the exercise of Educate Together's powers of patronage should be treated as a special part of the agenda of the General Meeting. In this part of the agenda only members who are bound by such powers shall be eligible to vote^. Board of Directors of Educate Together

Proposed: Board of Directors of Educate Together (Gerard Kelly)

Seconded: North Dublin National School Project

For: 28 Against: 5 Abstain: 2

Motion passed

 

Enrolment Policy

8. This AGM affirms the obligation of Boards of Management of schools subscribing to the Educate Together Charter to ensure that their enrolment policy conforms to section 3.1 of the Charter namely:-

This AGM further notes Section 9 of the Education Act 1998 which obliges Boards of Management of Schools to:-

And section 15 2 d

Proposed: Board of Directors of Educate Together (Gerry McKevitt)

Seconded: Dublin 7

For: 30 Against: 2 Abstain: Motion passed

Policy Motion

Special Needs Provision

9. Educate Together calls on the Department of Education and Science to ensure the provision of enhanced resources for SEN.  In particular we are concerned that the introduction of a weighted system of provision for SEN may lead to unbalanced levels of resources for our schools and we call on the Department of Education and Science to ensure that any system is properly resourced and takes into consideration the enrolment policy and successful integration practice already operational in our schools.

Board of Management of Ranelagh Multi-denominational School

Proposed: Board of Management, Ranelagh Multi-denominational School (Joan Whelan)

Seconded: Navan Educate Together

Motion passed unanimously

Changes to Memo and Articles of Association

10. This AGM approves the changes to the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Educate Together detailed in the formal notice to the Companies Office and Revenue Commissioners and for which approval from those bodies has been received. Board of Directors of Educate Together

Proposed: Board of Directors of Educate Together (Catherine Earley)

Seconded: Dublin 7

For: 34 Against: 0 Abstain: 1

Motion passed

Motions Passed at AGM, 2003:

Funding for Education

1. That Educate Together condemns the recent cutbacks in the schools-building programme and calls for a reversal of the cuts, which are particularly detrimental to new schools, and for an increase in spending within the primary school system. North Bay ETNS

Proposed: North Bay ETNS

Seconded: Galway ETNS

Motion passed Unanimously

2. That Educate Together calls on the Minister for Education & Science

- to ensure that all primary school buildings in the country comply with the national and international health and safety standards.

- to ensure that all buildings meet the needs of the children for a safe, cheerful, creative, spacious and well-equipped learning environment.

- to provide the necessary funding to all schools which require repair, renovation, extensions or new buildings. North Bay ETNS

Proposed: North Bay ETNS

Seconded: Ranelagh MDS

Motion passed Unanimously

3. That this AGM calls on the Minister for Education & Science to immediately set about reducing class size in primary schools in order to ensure that no child is in a class with more than 28 students.

Ranelagh Multi-Denominational School

Proposed: Ranelagh MDS

Seconded: NDNSP

Motion passed Unanimously, as amended

 

Amendment: add the words

"and re-affirms Educate Together’s long term policy that the pupil-teacher ratio should not exceed 20:1." Educate Together Officers

Proposed: Educate Officers

Seconded: NDNSP

Amendment passed unanimously

4. That Educate Together calls on the Minister of Education and Science to ensure that funding for all special needs programmes is at least maintained in real value terms and is significantly increased as soon as possible

 

 

 

Other Educational Issues

5. That the AGM condemns the practice of product alignment with schools as a means of assisting with budgetary demands; that it is not in the interest of schools to boost a company’s image by association with its products in the guise of the company "doing good" for children, school and/or community; that schools should not be in the business of providing captive markets for advertisers through participation in promotional programmes, particularly where purchase of a product or shopping in a particular store, is required. Bray School Project

Proposed: Bray School Project

Seconded: North Bay ETNS

Motion passed

 

6. The AGM demands that Educate Together make strong representation to the relevant Government Departments to ensure that the Education Welfare Act applies to all Primary School children thus including those children from age 4-6 years. Swords Educate Together National School

Proposed: Swords ETNS

Seconded: Donabate/Portrane

Motion passed

 

7. That Educate Together calls on the Minister for Education & Science to allocate funding for in career training for teachers in the Educate Together sector given the unique challenges and opportunities offered to teachers in the sector. RMDS

 

Proposed: Ranelagh MDS

Seconded: Galway ETNS

Motion passed

 

Proposal that motion not be voted on at this AGM

Proposed: Swords ETNS

Seconded: Monkstown ETNS

The meeting agreed to the proposal unanimously. No vote was taken on the Motion.

Sectoral Business

8. Educate Together acknowledges the changes to the roles of Patron and BOM being effected by the Dept of Education & Science and instructs the National Executive to review the operation of those roles within the Educate Together sector. Educate Together Officers

Proposed: Educate Together Officers

Seconded: Galway ETNS

Motion passed Unanimously

 

9. That the AGM instructs the National Executive to inquire into the drafting of new admissions policy guidelines for all schools within the Educate Together sector; to ensure compliance with legislation governing school admission; to ensure the most appropriate means of awarding school places in accordance with the changing nature of Irish society; and to ensure the preservation and promotion of the sector’s ethos of inclusivity. Bray S.P.

Proposed: Bray School Project (Patron)

Seconded: Bray School Project (Board of Management)

Motion passed

 

Motions Passed at AGM 2000:

3. Educate Together should continue to push for a further reduction of class size to a level no greater than 25 pupils per teacher.

(Monkstown Educate Together National School)

Motion proposed by Caro Condon METNS

Motion seconded by Brian Stevens, DSP

Passed unanimously

School Administration

4. Educate Together resolves to implement and extend the training programs for Executives, Boards and Parents in the shortest possible timeframe.

(Monkstown Educate Together National School)

Motion proposed by Caro Condon, METNS

Motion seconded by Brian Stevens, DSP

Passed unanimously

5. This AGM adopts the pilot Guidelines for Boards of Management/Executive Committees as a standing code of good practice, for the sector. Members (including applicant members) are encouraged to compare their own practices with these Guidelines and to assist in further developing the Guidelines for the future.

(Educate Together Officers)

Motion proposed by David Denny, Secretary, Educate Together

Motion seconded by Paddie Murphy, SCSP

For: 23 Against 1 No abstentions

6. Educate Together must urgently represent to the Minister for Education and Science the absolute necessity of allowing Principals administration time from the very inception of a school. Moreover the point in the development of a school at which a walking principal is achieved must be substantially sooner than at present.

(Monkstown Educate Together National School)

Motion proposed by Mary Stuart, METNS

Motion seconded by Sally Sheils, NDNSP

Passed unanimously

7. The National Executive of Educate Together must remind the Department of Education and Science that Boards of Management, upon whom evermore responsibility is being devolved, are volunteers (limited in number by the rules of constitution of Boards) in the current economic and political climate which makes being able to volunteer a luxury and relatively unusual.
(Monkstown Educate Together National School)
Amendment
Delete all words after ‘volunteers’ and insert "and that the Department therefore provide funding appropriate training and support services for Board members."
Bray School Project & Educate Together Officers
Motion proposed by Caro Condon, METNS
Motion seconded by Brian Stevens, DSP
Amendment proposed by David Denny, RMDS
Seconded by Sean Murphy, LETNS
Amendment passed unanimously
Motion as amended passed unanimously
8. Educate Together calls on the Minister for Education and Science to immediately provide schools with adequate funding to employ appropriate support staff including classroom/ teacher assistants, secretarial staff and cleaners/ caretakers.
Composites the following two motions:
We welcome changes by the Minister for Education and Science, which allows some smaller schools to avail of ancillary and support workers and note that for many schools in our sector such work has been passed out with the assistance of workers under local FAS/CE Schemes. We resolve to put to the Minister for Education and Science that this assistance has proved invaluable to most schools, that schools have given valuable experience to such workers, but that under the current Scheme there is little or no allowance or attraction for such workers to remain once trained and experienced. We further resolve to open negotiations for classroom/teacher’s assistants, administrative clerks and cleaner/caretakers to be employed on a part-time basis, directly by the Minister, or directly by a local community/State agency funded by the Minister for Education and Science for this purpose.
(Griffith Barracks National School)
That Educate Together insist on the provision of appropriate Secretarial and Janitorial help at a substantially earlier point in the development of schools
(Monkstown Educate Together National School)
Motion proposed by Alan Walker, Griffith Barracks N.S.
Motion seconded by Caro Condon, METNS
Passed unanimously
Premises
9. Educate Together calls on the Minister to end the system of provisional recognition of new Educate Together schools and to implement in full the procedures for school recognition detailed in the Report of the Commission for School Accommodation.
(Educate Together Officers)
Motion proposed by David Denny, Secretary, Educate Together
Motion seconded by Alan Walker, Griffith Barracks N.S.
Passed unanimously
10. Educate Together calls on the Department of Education and Science to urgently clarify the process by which sites will be purchased for national schools. We also call on the Department to consider how this process be expedited and how problems will be handled
(Monkstown Educate Together National School)
Motion proposed by Brian Stevens, DSP
Motion seconded by DSP
Passed unanimously
11. Educate Together will take every opportunity to negotiate for and highlight the need for fully funded new schools being built and owned by the Department of Education and Science to accommodate the wishes of the local community. Educate Together will also campaign for improved facilities within new schools to include:
a. Larger classrooms to facilitate maximum implementation of the revised curriculum and accommodating the needs of children with special needs.
b. Full computer facilities including networking of all classrooms to a central server, sufficient computer terminals in classrooms and electrical sockets.
c. General purpose/PE hall sufficiently sized to be able to hold a meeting of all pupils and parents.
d. Separate classroom for learning support.
e. Parents’ Room.
f. Staff Room.
g. Library/medical Room
h. Secretary’s Office
i. Principal’s Office, which is sufficiently large to accommodate a section for meeting parents
j. Sizeable provision for storage in and out of the classrooms
k. Considerable increase in playground space
l. Catering facilities
(North Dublin National School Project)
Motion proposed by Sally Sheils, NDNSP
Motion seconded by Brian Horgan, SCSP
Passed unanimously
Ethos
12. This AGM insists that all Educate Together schools should have parity with denominational schools with regard to Religious Education In Service Days
(Kilkenny School Project)
Motion proposed by Catherine O’Dowd, KSP
Motion seconded by Eamonn Murray, NDNSP
For: 23 Against: 1 No abstentions
13. Educate Together must develop a model inclusive access policy that is in line with the ethos of the Educate Together sector.
(North Dublin National School Project)
Motion proposed by Eamonn Murray, NDNSP
Motion seconded by Caro Condon
For: 22 Against: 2 No abstentions
14. Educate Together calls on the Minister for Education and Science to formulate a policy on the integration of migrant/refugee children into the Irish education system taking account of the models offered by Educate Together and in a manner which respects the cultural diversity which they bring to our society. This policy must ensure that the educational and linguistic needs of non-national pupils are met by the provision of proper resources within schools and with appropriate home school supports.

(Educate Together Officers)

Motion proposed by David Denny, Secretary, Educate Together

Motion seconded by Sean O Caonfhaola, Ennis ETNS

For: 22 Against: 0 Absentions: 2

In the Classroom

15. Recognising that children with certain disabilities and differences, benefit best from mixing with the broadest range of their peers, Educate Together embraces the rights of special needs students to a choice of integration into mainstream schools. We call on the Minister for Education & Science to provide appropriate and timely support for each of these students.

Composites the following two motions:

16. Educate Together National Executive must lobby the Minister for Education and Science for the immediate provision of a trained classroom assistant for all infant classes. A proper system of classroom assistance should eventually be extended to all classes.

Monkstown Educate Together National School

Motion proposed by Mary Stuart, METNS

Motion seconded by Vincent O’Reilly, NKNSP

Passed unanimously

17. Recognising the considerably increased primary school curriculum, Educate Together resolves to open negotiations with the Minister for Education and Science to sanction an increase in the legal compulsory minimum days of opening for primary schools by ten days.

(Griffith Barracks National School Patron)

Proposers (Griffith Barracks) agreed to remit motion to National Executive

The meeting agreed to remit the issue to the National Executive

For: 21 Against: 3 No abstentions

18. Educate Together calls on the Minister for Education and Science to establish a supply panel for teachers to ensure all teacher absences are covered by qualified staff.

Composites the following two motions:

Educate Together resolves to pursue adequate cover for all classes in primary schools for teachers’ leave days. Griffith Barracks National School

Educate Together will undertake a campaign demanding that a supply panel of replacement teachers to be set up for all primary schools to ensure that all absences are covered by qualified teachers and that this panel be used to consistently release teaching principals for administration duties.

(North Dublin National School Project)

Motion proposed by Sally Sheils, NDNSP

Motion seconded by Tom Canning, Griffith Barracks

Passed unanimously

Motions Passed at AGM, 17th April 1999:

1. This AGM affirms the contribution of the teachers within our sector and mandates the National Executive to bring forward proposals to guarantee the teaching professionals within our sector a voice at the deliberations of the National Executive and general meetings of Educate Together.

(Educate Together Officers) Motion passed - 4 abstentions

2. This AGM changes the fourth provision in the charter from "with due regard however..." to "whilst positively affirming the professional role of the teachers"

(Educate Together Officers) Motion passed - unanimous

3. Educate Together calls on the Minister for Education & Science to provide primary schools with adequate resources for the ongoing development and management of Information Technology systems.

(Ranelagh Multidenominational School) Motion passed - 2 abstentions

4. Educate Together calls on the Minister for Education and Science to develop with the Partners in Education an appropriate curriculum for Information Technology in primary schools.

(Ranelagh Multidenominational School) Motion passed - 2 against, 1 abstention

5. Educate Together is mandated to have as its policy objective that class size should be reduced to a maximum of twenty pupils and that this should be publicly expressed at any appropriate opportunity.

(North Dublin National School Project) Motion passed - 2 abstentions

6. Educate Together affirms the benefits of social and cultural diversity and urges respect for the rights of minorities. Officers are authorised to speak publicly in furtherance of these rights should the occasion arise, particularly in relation to education.

(Edu