newsletterThe associate minister of education is seeking urgent advice about the eligibility of Philip Arps to run for the board of trustees at a Christchurch school. At the moment, the rules are the same as any board of a crown entity as outlined in the Crown Entities Act. The Principals Federation told RNZ it was worried by the number of people standing for school boards who were opposed to Covid prevention measures. For two years, the media in the US has been documenting the plans of right-wing conspiracy groups to run for places on school boards and in local elections. Tinetti doesn’t want to “rush” a code of conduct for school boards that was part of legislation enacted in August 2020.

Source: Stuff August 30, 2022 01:25 UTC