Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A school council for a State school must elect one of the council's members as chairperson of the council.
(2) The school's principal may not be elected as chairperson of the council.
(3) A school council's chairperson holds office for the term decided by the council (the chairperson's term), unless the person's term of office as a member of the council ends sooner than the chairperson's term.
(4) Subsection (5) applies if—
(a) an association has been formed for the school for which a school council is established; and
(b) the president of the association is the chairperson of the council; and
(c) an alternative association member is attending a meeting of the council in place of the president.
(5) Despite section 88(2), the alternative association member may not preside at the meeting, unless the alternative association member is chosen to preside under section 100(2).