!!!Landesschulrat

School Board, Provincial (Ger.-Landesschulrat), established by law in 
1868 as the state school authority in the provinces, at present it 
consists of the president of the Landesschulrat, the committee of the 
Landesschulrat and the office of the president of the Landesschulrat. 
- The Landeshauptmann is president of the Landesschulrat. In 
Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tirol, 
Vorarlberg and Vienna s/he is represented by a president with 
executive authority in all matters which the Landeshauptmann does not 
reserve for him/herself. The Committee is composed of the following 
members: as voting members (whose number depends on the relative 
strength of the political parties in the Landtag) the president of the 
Landesschulrat as chairman and members appointed by the provinces, 
among them parents of school children and teachers´ 
representatives; as members in an advisory capacity: members of 
legally recognised churches and religious communities, the head of the 
office of the Landesschulrat, provincial school-inspectors, the 
provincial school physician and representatives of interest groups 
with compulsory membership (e.g. the Chambers). The Committee 
deliberates and takes decisions on regulations and general orders of 
the Landesschulrat, proposals for appointments, the appointment of 
officials and experts´ opinions on bills and draft regulations.


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