Acts and Regulations

2001-48 - Governance Structure

Section 28
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Special meetings
28(1)A special meeting of a District Education Council
(a) may be called at any time by the chair of the District Education Council, or
(b) shall be called by the secretary of the District Education Council upon receipt of a written request signed by not less than three members of the District Education Council.
28(2)Where a special meeting is called under subsection (1), the secretary shall
(a) send by registered or certified mail to each member of the District Education Council not later than six days before the date fixed for the special meeting,
(b) send by e-mail, the receipt of which can be confirmed, to each member of the District Education Council not later than two days before the date fixed for the special meeting, or
(c) deliver personally to each member of the District Education Council or to a responsible person at the residence or place of business of each member of the District Education Council not later than two days before the date fixed for the special meeting,
a notice of special meeting setting out the date, time and place of the meeting and the business to be transacted at the meeting.
28(3)At a special meeting, the District Education Council shall consider
(a) only the business set out in the notice calling the meeting unless all the members of the District Education Council are present and otherwise determine by unanimous consent, and
(b) the business before it in the order in which the items appear on the notice of special meeting unless all the members of the District Education Council are present and otherwise determine by unanimous consent.
28(4)A special meeting may be held without complying with subsections (2) and (3) if every member of the District Education Council agrees in writing to waive the requirements of those subsections, and where a member of the District Education Council is out of the school district during the entire period between the time when the special meeting is called and the commencement of the meeting the member shall be deemed to have agreed to waive the requirements of subsections (2) and (3).