This document provides information about participatory bodies in education in Spain, including AMPAs (Asociaciones de Madres y Padres de Alumnos or Associations of Mothers and Fathers of Students). It discusses the history of participatory bodies dating back to 1836, and their role in different time periods like the Second Republic and dictatorship. It defines AMPAs and outlines their rights, functions, principles, and services. It also describes school councils and provides a model statute for AMPAs, covering topics like the association name and goals, directive council, general meetings, and members' rights and obligations.

1. Participatory bodies
AMPAS
Andrea Martínez, Lola Ortega
María Lizán, Paola García

2. INTRODUCTION
Constitution
1912
Schools in all the Monarchy. Councils have practice and
families took some important decisions.
Plan of public
instruction.
1836
Responsible: Mayor, alderman, pastor and 3 parents
Moyano’s law
Responsible: Governor, provincial deputy, a counselor, a person
of staistics, a Professor, inspector, a church, 2 or more parents

3. Second
Republic
• Provincial and local councils
• Right of parents to participate in school life
• Church is removed
Dictatorship
• Re-establishing the above
• Politicians, mayors and Church
Democracy
• LOE
• A section to the social and educational role of
the APAS.

4. AMPAS-DEFINITION
Is a partnership, nonprofit, formed
by mothers and fathers of sudents
from a non-University Educational
Center, whose purpose is the
participate and intervene in the
management of the Center, in order
to improve education and achieve a
climate of cohabitation in the same.

5. RIGHTS
• Have a local
• Use the center and
their media
• Nominations of
schools councils
• Participation in the
PEC
• Participate in
assessments
• Designate a
representative
FUNCTIONS
• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Secretary
• Treasure
• Vocals

6. PRINCIPLES OR HALLMARKS OF A
CURRENTLY AMPA
To collaborate in the
realization of
complementary and
extracurricular
activities planning
centre
To defend and
promote the rights of
children and girls
globally and to the
educational fact
To inform and
educate families on
educational issues
related to their sons
and daughters

7. SERVICES AND GUIDELINES TO
INCORPORATE NEW FATHERS AND
MOTHERS TO PARTICIPATORY TASKS
Organization of
supplementary
and extra-
curricular
activities
Information
sessions to
guide parents

8. WHAT DOES SCHOOL COUNCIL MEAN?
Collegiate body of Government with participation of the
different members of the educational community of the
Centre.
It’s the maximum responsibility for the operation of the
school institution.
The Constitution of the School Council is mandatory in all
centres sustained with public funds.

9. OPERATION OF THE SCHOOL COUNCIL
or
The School Council shall
meet, at least once in the
trimester when the
Director of the Centre
call it
When it is asked for at
least one-third of its
members

10. DOCUMENTS OF THE ESSENTIAL
CENTRE FOR THE AMPA
• WHAT DOES PEC MEAN? It is the document that contains the
principles of educational philosophy: objectives, priorities and guidelines. It
must express the identity of the Centre.
• WHO IT PRODUCES? It shall be prepared under the
coordination of the management team with the participation of the
educational community.
• WHAT LIFE HAS IT? You don't have a limited validity
although is convenient a periodic review.

11. STATUTE’S MODEL OF AMPAS
CHAPTER I.NAME,GOALS AND RANGE.
• Article 1 . Stablish the correct way to name the asociation and the laws it
is fixed to.
AMPA is regulated by Organic Law of 2002

12. Article 2. Explains the aims of the Asociation such as :
1. Assist the parents in
everything that
concerns about their
children’s education.
2.Promote the participation
of the parents in the centre’s
management.
3. Colaborate in the
elaboration or modifying
of the Reglamento de
Régimen Interno
4. Develop family
educational programmes for
parents
5. Contribute to the
running of the centre’s
services.

13. Article 5 . Directive Council will be the manager
to perform the contents in the statutes and
correct its mistakes or lacks according with the
legislation.

14. • Article 13. Functions of the Directive Council President :
b)Suggest
the
activities
plan
c) Tidy the
pays.
a) Convene
and end the
sessions,
direct the
deals

15. • Article 14. The Secretary recibes the ingress requests, and
direct the administrative works.
• Arcticle 15. The treasurer directs the contability and manage
the counts of the deposits and the social expenses. Collects the
money.Formulates the anual budget of deposits and

16. •CHAPTER III. GENERAL MEETING.
Article 17. General Meeting is the supreme body of the
Asociation and will meet when Directive Council say it.
It must be convocated :
-one Ordinary session each year in the first three
months of school to pass the General Plan of action
of the Asociation.

17. Article 21. Agreements of the
Ordinary G.M. will be passed by simple majority.
Extraordinay G.M it will be necessary the favour vote of two
of three parts.

18. • Article 18. G.M will meet Extraordinary when
dispositions require it or Directive Council agree to.

19. CHAPTER IV PARTNERS, THEY RIGHTS
AND OBLIGATIONS
•Article 22. Could be members of the Asociation
majority age people whose kids are in the
school and be passed by the D.C.
•Article 23. They will have to require it to the
President,the D.C must know it and G.M will
pass it.

20. Article 25. Member’s rights:
 Participate in the activities and social
acts that Asociation organises
 Practise their right of voice and vote in
G.Ms
 Be noun as member of D.C
 Have an example of the statutes and
knowledge of the agreements adopted
by the directive bodies.

21. Article 26.Member’s obligations:
Pay the entry
and periodic
fees
Perform the
obligations of
each position
that they have
Achieve the
rules.
Arcticle 27. They could be penalaised by the D.C. (cancellation
of their rights in a months or the expulsión)

22. TRUE/FALSE.
1. Wih the Second Repubic women had joined in Education.
2. The School Council is the maximum responsibility for the operation of the school
institution
3. General Meeting of AMPA is not the most important body in the Asociation.
4. The Secretary of AMPA recibes the ingress requests and directs the administrative
works.

23. OPTION QUESTION
1. Church take part in Education with:
a) Plan of Public Instruction
b) Dictatorship
c) Both of them
2. The School Council should meet:
a) At least once a trimester
b) At least twice a trimester
c) Both are false

24. • Could be AMPA members :
• A) All majority age people
• B) Siblings of children that attend to that school
• C)All majority age people whose children attend at that school.