1902 Education Act
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The 1902 Education Act was a landmark British law that reorganized and expanded state involvement in education by creating local education authorities and integrating voluntary (often church-run) schools into the national system.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balfour Education Act | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
education law ⓘ |
| abbreviation | LEAs ⓘ |
| administrationTransferredFrom | elected school boards ⓘ |
| administrationTransferredTo |
county borough councils
ⓘ
county councils ⓘ |
| affected |
church-run schools
ⓘ
voluntary schools ⓘ |
| affectedLevel |
local government
ⓘ
national education policy ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
integrate voluntary schools into the national system
ⓘ
reorganize state involvement in education ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1902 Education Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Balfour Education Act
|
| appliedTo |
England
ⓘ
Wales ⓘ |
| cameIntoForce | 1903-04-01 ⓘ |
| controversy |
opposition from Nonconformists
ⓘ
school rates protests ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| created | Local Education Authorities ⓘ |
| didNotApplyTo |
Southern Ireland
ⓘ
surface form:
Ireland
Scotland ⓘ |
| empowered | local education authorities to fund secondary education ⓘ |
| followedBy | Education Act 1918 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | foundation of modern state education system in England and Wales ⓘ |
| impact |
centralization of educational administration
ⓘ
integration of denominational schools into public system ⓘ strengthening of local government role in education ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Arthur Balfour ⓘ |
| ledTo | expansion of secondary schooling ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
British Parliament
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
|
| longTitleIncludes | An Act to make further provision with respect to Education in England and Wales ⓘ |
| monarchAtEnactment | Edward VII ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Conservative government of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Conservative–Unionist government
|
| precededBy | Elementary Education Act 1870 ⓘ |
| providedFor | public funding of voluntary schools ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Board of Education ⓘ |
| replaced | School Boards ⓘ |
| required | local taxation to support education ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 1902-12-18 ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | Conservative government ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
elementary education
ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ |
| typeOfReform |
administrative reform
ⓘ
financial reform in education ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1902 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Balfour Education Act