Group Membership
Group Membership is the most numerous class of membership, and the historical basis of the Society. Group Members are community-based organisations most commonly with a direct connection to a local preschool. The type of organisation known as Preschool Parents Association makes up more than 90% of the Society's membership. A Preschool Parents Association, in the Australian Capital Territory, is an organisation originally founded as a partner with the government for the establishment and material support of a particular preschool. Its members are the parents of the children enrolled in that preschool in any given year. Since 2006 the Territory Government has adopted a changed strategy for the foundation and management of preschools, now administering them as an integral part of a primary school; however the Preschool Parents Associations which previously existed have an independent corporate character and remain operational with their partnership arrangement now being conducted directly with a school instead of with the Department of Education.
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