Pursuant to section 78M of the Education Act 1989, I direct the Secretary for Education to appoint a limited statutory manager to Karamea Area School because of risks to the operation of the school.
The following functions, powers and duties of the board are vested in the limited statutory manager:
? Financial management;
? personnel management; and
? managing relationships between the school and the community.
The limited statutory manager must also:
? provide leadership in preparing the school's strategic plan and annual plan for 2004;
? provide mentoring and support for the board; and
? ensure that student welfare practices and procedures meet best practice standards.
The following condition applies to the exercising of the powers of the board by the limited statutory manager:
? The powers of the limited statutory manager shall be exercised in consultation with the board.
This notice takes effect the day after the date of its publication.
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of September 2003.
TREVOR MALLARD, Minister of Education.