Composition of District Education Councils
2000, c.52, s.30
36.2(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall by regulation determine the number of councillors for each District Education Council.
36.2(2)Councillors shall be elected as provided in this Act.
36.2(3)Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), in school districts prescribed by regulation, the Minister shall appoint one additional councillor who is a member of a Mi’kmaq or Wolastoqey First Nation and who resides in the school district.
36.2(3.1)Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Minister shall appoint to each District Education Council in accordance with the regulations, if any, one additional councillor who is a pupil and who resides in the school district.
36.2(4)One councillor shall be elected to a District Education Council for each of the subdistricts referred to in subsection 36.21(1) and each councillor shall discharge the duties of the office of councillor for the school district.
36.2(5)Notwithstanding subsection (4), where two or more subdistricts have been combined into an electoral zone, the councillors to be elected from that electoral zone shall be
(a)
equal in number to the number of subdistricts comprising the electoral zone, and
(b)
elected at large within that electoral zone.
2000, c.52, s.30; 2009, c.33, s.1; 2021, c.10, s.1