Parent Representatives - College and High School
Verified 04 July 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Your child is in middle school or high school and you want to know what are the functions of representatives of parents of students in his school? Candidature, election, role, term of office: here is the information to know about representatives of parents of pupils in secondary education.
The rules differ depending on where your child is going to school.
General
In high school, there are 5 representatives of parents of students in each board of directors. At the college, there are 6 or 7, depending on the size of the institution.
You must be a student's parent to be elected as full or alternate representative.
But if you are already a member of the board of directors of the establishment, you cannot be elected representative. For example, the CPE: titleContent who is at the same time a parent of a pupil enrolled in the same school cannot be elected representative.
Warning
if parental authority has been taken away from you, you cannot be a candidate.
If you want to run for office, you can be part of a parent-student association, but it's not mandatory.
To be a candidate, you must submit a list of applications. Each list must contain at least 2 names of candidates and not more than twice the number of seats to be filled. The list must be signed by each of the candidates.
The lists of candidates must be given to the head of school 10 free days before the vote.
What is the election calendar?
Elections are usually held in early October. Check with your child's school for the exact date.
Who can vote?
You must be a parent of a pupil to vote. However, if parental authority has been taken away from you, you cannot vote.
Each voter has one vote, regardless of the number of children enrolled in the school.
Please note
if you are a parent of a student, you can vote regardless of your nationality.
How to vote?
You can vote from one of 3 ways following:
- On site, by going to the settled polling station in the school
- By sending your vote by mail under closed cover or by having it deposited by your child in the school
- By electronic means on the Internet.
However, the principal or head of school may decide to organize the vote either by correspondence or by electronic means. To do this, the school board or the board of directors must be consulted.
What is the voting method?
Representatives of parents of pupils are elected by a list ballot.
The list of applications does not specify whether you are the incumbent or alternate.
The order of the candidates on the list determines the allocation of seats.
The list shall bear the name either of the federation presenting the list, or of the association of parents of pupils presenting it, or, in other cases, of 1er candidate.
This is a proportional list vote with the strongest remaining. This method of the strongest remaining consists in allocating the seats not allocated to the most remaining votes.
The electoral quotient is calculated, i.e. the number of votes cast divided by the number of seats to be filled. To get a seat, the list must get as many votes as the electoral quotient. If there is one vacancy left, the list that has the largest vacancy will get it.
For example, there are 3 vacancies, 4 lists of candidates and 207 votes cast. The electoral quotient is therefore: 207/3 = 69. So it takes 69 votes to get a seat.
The last seat will be allocated to the list with the strongest remaining number, that is, list D with 30 votes. She thus gets 1 seat.
In the event of a tie, the vacancy shall be allocated to the list which obtained the largest number of votes.
In the event of a tie in the number of votes, the remaining vacancy shall be allocated to the oldest candidate.
FYI
if seats are not filled due to a lack of candidates, the school principal shall drawing of lots parents of eligible student volunteers. The draw must be organized within 5 working days after the results.
Your role as a representative of parents is to facilitate relationships between the parents of pupils and the staff of the school (teachers and supervisors).
You can intervene with the heads of institutions to raise a particular problem, to ensure a mediation at the request of one or more of the parents concerned.
The premises of the establishment can be made available to you, temporarily or permanently. It may be used in particular for the organization of meetings, during and outside school time.
You participate in the class tips and the board of directors (6 or 7 representatives in middle schools, 5 in high schools).
You also participate in the disciplinary council (3 representatives in middle schools and 2 in high schools).
In high schools, you attend the council of delegates for high school life (CVL) (2 representatives).
FYI
If you are a representative of parents, you can also be elected to sit on a departmental, regional, academic or national council. On this occasion, you can benefit from days off to carry out your mission.
You are elected to represent parents of students for the duration of theschool year.
Your term ends on the day of the 1stre post-election council meeting.
Mayotte
In high school, there are 5 representatives of parents of students in each board of directors. At the college, there are 6 or 7, depending on the size of the institution.
You must be a student's parent to be elected as full or alternate representative.
But if you are already a member of the board of directors of the establishment, you cannot be elected representative. For example, the CPE: titleContent who is at the same time a parent of a pupil enrolled in the same school cannot be elected representative.
Warning
if parental authority has been taken away from you, you cannot be a candidate.
If you want to run for office, you can be part of a parent-student association, but it's not mandatory.
To be a candidate, you must submit a list of applications. Each list must contain at least 2 names of candidates and not more than twice the number of seats to be filled. The list must be signed by each of the candidates.
The lists of candidates must be given to the head of school 10 free days before the vote.
What is the election calendar?
Elections are usually held at the end of September. Check with your child's school for the exact date.
Who can vote?
You must be parent of a pupil to vote. However, if parental authority has been taken away from you, you cannot vote.
Each voter has one vote, regardless of the number of children enrolled in the school.
Please note
if you are a parent of a student, you can vote regardless of your nationality.
How to vote?
You can vote from one of 3 ways following:
- On site, by going to the settled polling station in the school
- By sending your vote by mail under closed cover or by having it deposited by your child in the school
- By electronic means on the Internet.
However, the principal or head of school may decide to organize the vote either by correspondence or by electronic means. To do this, the school board or the board of directors must be consulted.
What is the voting method?
Representatives of parents of pupils are elected by a list ballot.
The list of applications does not specify whether you are the incumbent or alternate.
The order of the candidates on the list determines the allocation of seats.
The list shall bear the name either of the federation presenting the list, or of the association of parents of pupils presenting it, or, in other cases, of 1er candidate.
This is a proportional list vote with the strongest remaining. This method of the strongest remaining consists in allocating the seats not allocated to the most remaining votes.
Calculate the electoral quotient, i.e. the number of votes cast divided by the number of seats to be filled. To get a seat, the list must get as many votes as the electoral quotient. If there is one vacancy left, the list that has the largest vacancy will get it.
For example, there are 3 vacancies, 4 lists of candidates and 207 votes cast. The electoral quotient is therefore: 207/3 = 69. So it takes 69 votes to get a seat.
The last seat will be allocated to the list with the strongest remaining number, that is, list D with 30 votes. She thus gets 1 seat.
In the event of a tie, the vacancy shall be allocated to the list which obtained the largest number of votes.
In the event of a tie in the number of votes, the remaining vacancy shall be allocated to the oldest candidate.
FYI
if seats are not filled due to a lack of candidates, the school principal shall draw lots among the parents of eligible student volunteers. The draw must be organized within 5 working days after the results.
Your role as a representative of parents is to facilitate relationships between the parents of pupils and the staff of the school (teachers and supervisors).
You can intervene with the heads of institutions to raise a particular problem, to ensure a mediation at the request of one or more of the parents concerned.
The premises of the establishment can be made available to you, temporarily or permanently. It may be used in particular for the organization of meetings, during and outside school time.
You participate in the class tips and the board of directors (6 or 7 representatives in middle schools, 5 in high schools).
You also participate in the disciplinary council (3 representatives in middle schools and 2 in high schools).
In high schools, you attend the council of delegates for high school life (CVL) (2 representatives).
FYI
If you are a representative of parents, you can also be elected to sit on a departmental, regional, academic or national council. On this occasion, you can benefit from days off to carry out your mission.
You are elected to represent parents of students for the duration of theschool year.
Your term ends on the day of the 1stre post-election council meeting.
Reunion
In high school, there are 5 representatives of parents of students in each board of directors. At the college, there are 6 or 7, depending on the size of the institution.
You must be a student's parent to be elected as full or alternate representative.
But if you are already a member of the board of directors of the establishment, you cannot be elected representative. For example, the CPE: titleContent who is at the same time a parent of a pupil enrolled in the same school cannot be elected representative.
Warning
if parental authority has been taken away from you, you cannot be a candidate.
If you want to run for office, you can be part of a parent-student association, but it's not mandatory.
To be a candidate, you must submit a list of applications. Each list must contain at least 2 names of candidates and not more than twice the number of seats to be filled. The list must be signed by each of the candidates.
The lists of candidates must be given to the head of school 10 free days before the vote.
What is the election calendar?
Elections are usually held at the end of September. Check with your child's school for the exact date.
Who can vote?
You must be parent of a pupil to vote. However, if parental authority has been taken away from you, you cannot vote.
Each voter has one vote, regardless of the number of children enrolled in the school.
Please note
if you are a parent of a student, you can vote regardless of your nationality.
How to vote?
You can vote from one of 3 ways following:
- On site, by going to the settled polling station in the school
- By sending your vote by mail under closed cover or by having it deposited by your child in the school
- By electronic means on the Internet.
However, the principal or head of school may decide to organize the vote either by correspondence or by electronic means. To do this, the school board or the board of directors must be consulted.
What is the voting method?
Representatives of parents of pupils are elected by a list ballot.
The list of applications does not specify whether you are the incumbent or alternate.
The order of the candidates on the list determines the allocation of seats.
The list shall bear the name either of the federation presenting the list, or of the association of parents of pupils presenting it, or, in other cases, of 1er candidate.
This is a proportional list vote with the strongest remaining. This method of the strongest remaining consists in allocating the seats not allocated to the most remaining votes.
Calculate the electoral quotient, i.e. the number of votes cast divided by the number of seats to be filled. To get a seat, the list must get as many votes as the electoral quotient. If there is one vacancy left, the list that has the largest vacancy will get it.
For example, there are 3 vacancies, 4 lists of candidates and 207 votes cast. The electoral quotient is therefore: 207/3 = 69. So it takes 69 votes to get a seat.
The last seat will be allocated to the list with the strongest remaining number, that is, list D with 30 votes. She thus gets 1 seat.
In the event of a tie, the vacancy shall be allocated to the list which obtained the largest number of votes.
In the event of a tie in the number of votes, the remaining vacancy shall be allocated to the oldest candidate.
FYI
if seats are not filled due to a lack of candidates, the school principal shall draw lots among the parents of eligible student volunteers. The draw must be organized within 5 working days after the results.
Your role as a representative of parents is to facilitate relationships between the parents of pupils and the staff of the school (teachers and supervisors).
You can intervene with the heads of institutions to raise a particular problem, to ensure a mediation at the request of one or more of the parents concerned.
The premises of the establishment can be made available to you, temporarily or permanently. It may be used in particular for the organization of meetings, during and outside school time.
You participate in the class tips and the board of directors (6 or 7 representatives in middle schools, 5 in high schools).
You also participate in the disciplinary council (3 representatives in middle schools and 2 in high schools).
In high schools, you attend the council of delegates for high school life (CVL) (2 representatives).
FYI
If you are a representative of parents, you can also be elected to sit on a departmental, regional, academic or national council. On this occasion, you can benefit from days off to carry out your mission.
You are elected to represent parents of students for the duration of theschool year.
Your term ends on the day of the 1stre post-election council meeting.
Information for parents of pupils
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education