(1) There shall be constituted a 3[Municipal Education Management Committee] for each Municipality or Municipal Corporation.
(2) Every 3[Municipal Education Management Committee] shall consist of the following members, namely:-
(i) the Chairperson of the Municipality or Mayor of the Municipal Corporation, as the case may be, shall be the Chairperson of the Committee;
(ii) the Municipal Commissioner, shall be the Member Convenor;
(iii) one Councilor to be co-opted by the committee in such manner as may be prescribed:
(iv) 2[eight Chairpersons of School Management Committee under 1 . The words “Municipal Education Management Committee” substituted by the Act No. 4 of 2007, section 12.
2. The sub-section substituted by the Act No. 4 of 2007, section 9.
10 the control of Municipality/Municipal Corporation to be nominated in the prescribed manner of whom four shall be women and one each shall be from Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Minorities;
Provided that out of the eight Chairpersons, four shall be from High School Management Committees and four shall be from Primary School Management Committees].
(v) two teachers (the senior most headmaster of the primary schools and the senior most headmaster of high schools) in the Municipality or Municipal Corporation;
(vi) one distinguished educationist or philanthropist or nominee of a non-Governmental organisation to be nominated by the District Collector; and
(vii) one representative from the recognised teacher unions to be co-opted as may be prescribed.
(3) All decisions of the 1[Municipal Education Management Committee] shall be taken by a majority of the members of the Committee present and voting.
(4) The term of office of the 1[Municipal Education Management Committee] shall be two years. A parent-member shall, however, cease to be a member when he has no enrolled child in the Municipality/Municipal Corporation School or when recalled by the Parent Teacher Association concerned in the manner prescribed:
2[Provided that the Government, may extend the term of office of the Committee for a period not exceeding one year at a time.]
(5) The 1[Municipal Education Management Committee] shall be responsible for the overall development of Primary and Secondary Education in the Municipality or Municipal Corporation as the case may be and for the purpose, it shall provide the necessary infrastructure to the schools under its control and monitor their functioning.
(6) The committee shall have the following powers and functions, namely:
(i) to undertake annual evaluation of the performance of the schools, facilitate and provide for academic supervision and inspection of schools to be undertaken by appropriate and competent authorities to be specified by the Education 1 . The words “Municipal Education Management Committee” substituted by the Act No. 4 of 2007, section 12.
2. The new proviso inserted by the Act No. 31 of 2000, section 7.
11 Department, organise sports, cultural and other related activities, prepare annual budget for the Municipal Education Committee and assist in the maintenance of proper accounts; and
(ii) to promote sports and cultural activities among the students in Municipality or Municipal Corporation Schools.
12. Municipal Education Fund - (1) There shall be constituted a Municipal Education Fund for every Municipality or Municipal Corporation which shall be utilised by the [Municipal Education Management Committee]1 for the performance of its functions.
(2) The Fund shall consist of the funds allocated for education in the Municipality/Municipal Corporation budget, grants-in-aid from the State Government and public donations and tax revenue as may be available to the Municipal Council or Corporation as the case may be under sections 37, 38 and 39 of the Andhra Pradesh Education Act, 1982(Act 1 of 1982):
Provided that the salary grant shall be operated in the manner as may be prescribed.
(3) The Fund shall be operated in such manner as may be prescribed.