School board in primary school (kindergarten and elementary)
Verified 28 September 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)
Your child is in kindergarten or elementary school and you want to be informed about the role of the school board in its establishment? The school council is the assembly that takes the important decisions of the organization of the establishment. Composition, operation, decisions: here is the information you need to know about the school board.
The school board establishes and votes the rules and regulations of the school.
It participates in the elaboration and adopts the school project.
It gives its opinion on matters concerning the life of the school, in particular on the following subjects:
- Pedagogical and educational actions
- Use of the resources allocated to the school
- Conditions for the integration of disabled children
- Activities extracurricular
- School catering
- School Hygiene
- Protection and safety of children in schools and extracurricular activities
- Respect for and implementation of the values and principles of the Republic.
It gives its consent for the organization of complementary educational, sporting or cultural activities.
It defines the calendar of meetings between teachers and parents of students.
At the end of the school year, the school principal sends the members of the school council a report. This assessment concerns in particular the implementation of the school project, and the follow-up given to the opinions formulated by the school council.
The school board may transmit a project for the organization of the school week to the Dasen: titleContentafter consulting the inspector of national education.
If the project of organization of school time proposed by the school council is different from that of the mayor, the inspector of national education sets up a consultation that should allow to bring the two projects closer together.
In the end, it is Dasen that chooses the organization of the school time of the schools concerned.
Members with voting rights
The school board is composed of the following members:
- Director of the school, who chairs the board
- All teachers assigned to the school
- Mayor
- Municipal Councilor or President of the intercommunality
- Elected representatives of parents of pupils (as many representatives as the school has classes)
- Departmental Delegate for Education responsible for visiting schools.
All of these members shall have the right to vote.
FYI
the school board may be held even if no parent representative could be elected or appointed (e.g. there were no candidates).
Additional Members
The district inspector of national education and substitutes for parents' representatives may attend the school board.
Some people may also attend the Council if they are interested in topics on the agenda.
These include:
- Persons in charge of sports and cultural activities
- Persons involved in prevention and psychological assistance
- School Medical Team
- Social workers
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These additional members have no right to vote.
The members of the school board shall be elected or appointed for a school year.
The Council shall meet at least 1 time per quartere, and obligatorily within one month of the election of representatives of parents of pupils.
The agenda shall be sent to the members of the Council at least 8 days before the meetings of the Council.
After the council, the principal of the school shall draw up a report which shall be posted in a place accessible to parents of pupils.
On the same subject
Role of parents of pupils in school
Organization and functioning of the school board (Article D411-1 to D411-6)
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education