Parents and Citizens
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In Queensland, Australia, State Schools, both Primary and Highschool level, are supported by their Parents and Citizens Associations. These groups provide volunteer support, fund raise for infrastructure and other espenses and assist in the administration of their school.
A large part of many P&Cs activities is the provision of subsidies to school excursions and other supplemental and extracular activities.
P&Cs encourage the general public and local businesses to become involved with the their local school.
Recent years have seen a number of changes to the environment in which P&Cs operate.
- Volunteers now require Blue Cards (criminal record checks).
- Tuckshops and fundraisers are required to sell only healthy foods.
- Education Queensland has devolved many costs onto the school communities that were previously covered by the department. This has lead to some schools requiring a "voluntary" payment from parents to cover consumables.
[edit] See also
- Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), the US version.
