Posts by Patrick Doumani

The Federation of P&C Associations of NSW is planning to revise the Prescribed Constitution which is used by all P&C Associations incorporated under the Parents and Citizens Associations Incorporation Act 1976 No 50.  The Prescribed Constitution was recently updated with…

Schools will return to fulltime face-to-face learning from Monday 25 May. To prepare for this, we encourage all families to read the NSW Department of Education’s guidance. It covers information including health and safety, attendance, reporting and assessment. Click here…

If your P&C Association is under a Fair Trading Constitution, there have been important changes to the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Your P&C Association can now hold a meeting at multiple venues using technology (such…

In what will be a relief to many school communities, the Department of Education has confirmed that school canteens can begin operating again starting on 11 May. Uniform shops may also start returning to normal operations from that date. School…

In order to receive JobKeeper payments for April, you must enrol for JobKeeper by the end of April. You must send the JobKeeper employee nomination notice to all your nominated employees to complete and return to you by the end…

Virtual meetings have never been possible for P&C Associations, as the Constitutions for P&C Associations have no enabler for virtual meetings. This means that the only way P&C Associations can make decisions is at face-to-face meetings at which a quorum…