Legal requirements for school rules and

Legal requirements for school rules and disciplinary sanctions The new educational dispensation has created some uncertainty regarding the application and formulation of school rules, lawful disciplinary measures and procedural requirements for discipline in schools. This contribution is aimed at providing a legal framework for lawful school rules, as well as for the interpretation and application of school rules. The legal framework is assessed from a reformational frame of reference, which includes taking a stand regarding the state and its functions. The discussion focuses on phenomena such as education, discipline and order. The requirements for lawful disciplin-ary measures are also addressed. The conclusion is that the drastic changes to the system afford Christian governing bodies and edu-cators the opportunity to promote true discipleship within the parameters of the law. Opsomming Regsvereistes vir skoolreëls en dissiplinêre maatreëls Die nuwe onderwysbedeling het ’n mate van onsekerheid meegebring aangaande die toepassing en formulering van skoolreëls, regmatige dissiplinêre maatreëls en die prosedurele vereistes vir die handhawing van dissipline in skole. Hierdie bydrae is gerig op die verskaffing van ’n regsraamwerk vir regsgeldige skoolreëls, asook vir die uitleg en toepassing van skoolreëls. Die regsraamwerk word geëvalueer vanuit ’n reformatoriese verwysingsraamwerk, wat inhou dat standpunt ook ingeneem word aangaande die staat en staatsfunksies. Die be-spreking fokus op verskynsels soos onderwys, dissipline en ordelikheid. In die proses word die vereistes vir regsgeldige dissi-plinêre maatreëls aan die orde gestel. Die gevolgtrekking is dat die Legal requirements for school rules and disciplinary sanctions 482 Koers 68(4) 2003:481-498 drastiese wysigings tot die stelsel Christelike beheerliggame en opvoeders die geleentheid bied om binne die parameters van die reg ware dissipelskap te bevorder. 1