Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Act 2021

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Number 8 of 2021


EDUCATION (LEAVING CERTIFICATE 2021) (ACCREDITED GRADES) ACT 2021


CONTENTS

1. Definitions

2. System of accredited grades

3. Indemnity for certain persons

4. Prohibition on certain communications

5. Provision of false information

6. Functions conferred on Commission relating to system of accredited grades

7. Regulations in relation to system of accredited grades

8. Designation of persons as tutors

9. Issue of certificate of final results of Leaving Certificate Examination for the year 2020

10. Data protection

11. Laying of regulations and orders

12. Expenses

13. Short title and commencement

SCHEDULE

Languages specified as subjects for purposes of paragraph (c) of definiton of “tutor” in section 1


Acts Referred to

Education Act 1998 (No. 51)

Teaching Council Act 2001 (No. 8)

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Number 8 of 2021


EDUCATION (LEAVING CERTIFICATE 2021) (ACCREDITED GRADES) ACT 2021


An Act to make provision, due to the exigencies of the public health emergency posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19, for a system of accredited grades for the purposes of the Leaving Certificate 2021; for that purpose to provide for the indemnification of certain persons in respect of the provision of estimated marks; to prohibit certain communications with teachers, tutors, principals and other persons who perform any function in relation to the provision of estimated marks; to provide for the withholding of accredited grades where false or misleading information is provided; to confer on the State Examinations Commission certain functions in relation to the system of accredited grades; to provide for the designation of certain persons as tutors; to provide for the issue of certificates in respect of the final results awarded for the Leaving Certificate Examination for the year 2020; and to provide for related matters.

[25th May, 2021]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: