THE ACT
3.The Act will require education authorities, proprietors of independent schools, managers of grant-aided schools and boards of management of self-governing schools to prepare accessibility strategies to improve access to education for pupils with disabilities; require those authorities and proprietors or managers to review and implement these strategies; and empower the Scottish Ministers to make regulations in relation to the keeping, transferring and disclosure of pupils’ educational records.
4.The provisions relating to accessibility strategies will complement the provisions inserted in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50) (by sections 11, 12 and 13 of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (c.10)) which state that it is unlawful to discriminate against school pupils and prospective school pupils on grounds of disability. Provisions relating to accessibility strategies will bring in similar requirements in Scotland to those which will apply in England and Wales by virtue of provisions inserted in that Act of 1995 by sections 14 and 15 of that Act of 2001.