Regulations
57(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a)
for the organization, government and discipline of schools;
(b)
respecting school vacations and authorizing the Minister to vary such vacations for any school district for any school year;
(c)
respecting the closing of schools or parts of schools during part of the school year;
(d)
for the classification of schools;
(e)
for establishing curricula and the holding of examinations;
(f)
respecting the terms and conditions under which textbooks are distributed and the responsibility for the care and custody of textbooks;
(g)
for the arrangement and order of school property;
(g.1)
respecting the flying of flags;
(h)
prescribing persons or categories of persons for the purpose of subsection 8(3);
(i)
respecting the manner in which and the terms and conditions under which the Minister may provide free school privileges under subsection 8(3);
(j)
prescribing persons or categories of persons for the purpose of subsection 8(4);
(k)
respecting the manner in which and the terms and conditions under which the Minister may provide school privileges under subsection 8(4);
(k.1)
prescribing the method of calculating the amount of a tuition fee for the purposes of subsection 8.1(3);
(k.2)
prescribing the maximum amount of an administration fee for the purposes of paragraph 8.1(4)(a);
(k.3)
prescribing the amount of an orientation fee for the purposes of paragraph 8.1(4)(b);
(k.4)
prescribing the amount of other fees for the purposes of paragraph 8.1(4)(c);
(l)
respecting the admission and placement of pupils in classes, grades, programs, services and schools;
(m)
respecting appeals, including the procedure for appeals, for the purpose of subsection 11(3);
(n)
for the establishment, organization, government, instruction, examination and inspection of alternative education services;
(o)
respecting the accommodation and equipment of premises used for alternative education services;
(o.1)
prescribing tests for the purposes of section 11.1;
(p)
respecting the identification of pupils requiring a personalized learning plan referred to in section 12;
(q)
respecting the health and treatment of pupils requiring a personalized learning plan referred to in section 12;
(r)
respecting school attendance, including the manner in which and the terms and conditions under which a child may be exempted from attending school under subsection 16(2);
(r.1)
respecting the suspension of school privileges;
(s)
respecting appeals, including the procedure for appeals, for the purpose of subsection 24(4);
(t)
limiting the liability of parents under section 25;
(u)
in accordance with the
Public Health Act, for the health, cleanliness and physical well-being of pupils;
(v)
respecting the deportment and appearance of pupils;
(v.1)
respecting the format of and the information to be contained in a school improvement plan or an annual school performance report;
(w)
respecting responsibilities of teachers, principals and other school personnel;
(w.1)
respecting required qualifications for school personnel;
(w.2)
respecting performance evaluations of superintendents and other school personnel;
(w.3)
respecting investigations of allegations of serious professional misconduct of school personnel;
(x)
respecting the training and certification of teachers and the classification of other school personnel;
(y)
respecting the issuance, conversion, suspension, revocation and reinstatement of teachers’ certificates;
(z)
respecting applications for the purpose of subsection 30(9);
(aa)
respecting the composition of, appointments to and the powers and duties of the Appeal Board;
(bb)
respecting appeals, including the procedure for appeals, for the purpose of section 31;
(cc)
respecting reviews, including the procedure for reviews, for the purpose of section 31;
(dd)
respecting the making of decisions by the Appeal Board;
(dd.1)
prescribing information for the purposes of paragraph 31.01(2)(d);
(dd.2)
prescribing an appeal period for the purposes of subsection 31.01(3);
(dd.3)
prescribing information for the purposes of paragraph 31.02(2)(e);
(dd.4)
prescribing information for the purposes of paragraph 31.6(2)(e);
(ee)
respecting the election of members of a Parent School Support Committee including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the eligibility requirements of candidates and voters, the nomination procedures, the holding of elections, the use of school buildings and other school resources for such elections and the filing and determination of complaints in relation to such elections;
(ee.1)
prescribing the number of councillors for each District Education Council;
(ee.2)
respecting the process for the nomination of candidates for the office of councillor;
(ee.3)
respecting the use of school resources for District Education Council elections;
(ee.4)
respecting District Education Council election campaigns, including spending limits;
(ee.5)
prescribing schools districts for the purpose of subsection 36.2(3);
(ee.6)
prescribing the process by which the Minister appoints a councillor for the purpose of subsection 36.2(3.1);
(ff)
respecting the terms of office of members of a Parent School Support Committee and the maximum number of terms that members may serve;
(gg)
respecting the acceptance of office and the taking and subscribing to an oath of office by members of a Parent School Support Committee or a District Education Council;
(hh)
respecting vacancies on a Parent School Support Committee;
(hh.1)
respecting, for the purposes of subsections 36.51(1) and 36.7(7), the nomination of candidates by a District Education Council, and the appointment of councillors by the Minister, to fill vacant positions on a District Education Council;
(ii)
respecting the circumstances under which a position on a Parent School Support Committee is considered to be vacant;
(jj)
respecting the resignation of members of a Parent School Support Committee;
(kk)
respecting the reimbursement of expenses of members of a Parent School Support Committee;
(ll)
Repealed: 2000, c.52, s.62
(mm)
respecting the selection of a chair and vice-chair from among the members of a Parent School Support Committee or a District Education Council;
(nn)
respecting the duties and powers of the chair and vice-chair of a Parent School Support Committee or a District Education Council;
(oo)
respecting meetings of a Parent School Support Committee or a District Education Council, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, respecting the fixing of a day for the first meeting, the procedures to be followed in the fixing of dates for meetings, the number and frequency of meetings, the procedure to be followed at meetings, the quorum for meetings, the holding of special meetings, the holding of open and
in camera meetings, the votes taken at meetings and the minutes of meetings;
(pp)
respecting conflicts of interest pertaining to members of a Parent School Support Committee or a District Education Council, including the circumstances that constitute a conflict of interest, the disclosure of a conflict of interest and the manner in which a conflict of interest is to be dealt with;
(qq)
respecting the appointment of persons to a Parent School Support Committee as community members;
(rr)
Repealed: 2000, c.52, s.62
(ss)
prescribing circumstances for the purposes of paragraphs 32(9)(
a), 32(9)(
b) and 32(10)(
a);
(ss.1)
prescribing the contents of a code of conduct for the purposes of subsection 36.9(7);
(tt)
Repealed: 2000, c.52, s.62
(uu)
respecting the establishment and operation of a support staff for the purposes of subsection 38.2(1);
(uu.1)
respecting the selection of a representative for the purposes of subsection 38.2(2);
(vv)
respecting the rights, privileges, powers and obligations of a person designated by the Minister to act on behalf of the Minister;
(ww)
respecting the establishment and conduct of educational advisory boards, educational advisory committees and educational advisory bodies under subsection 42(2), the eligibility requirements of members, the terms of office of members and the duties and responsibilities of such boards, committees and bodies;
(xx)
Repealed: 2000, c.52, s.62
(yy)
prescribing purposes and terms and conditions relating to the use of school property under section 46;
(yy.1)
prescribing the purposes for which, and the terms and conditions under which, a District Education Council may retain and expend any fee charged for the use of school property under section 46;
(yy.2)
prescribing, for the purposes of subparagraph 50.2(3)(
b)(i), the sources from which a District Education Council may earn and retain additional sums of money;
(yy.3)
prescribing the purposes for which, and the terms and conditions under which, a District Education Council may retain and expend additional sums of money referred to in paragraph 50.2(3)(
b);
(yy.4)
prescribing the purposes for which, and the terms and conditions under which, a District Education Council may retain and expend a budgetary surplus which the District Education Council has realized in its operations and prescribing the maximum budgetary surplus that may be retained by a District Education Council;
(zz)
prescribing the manner in which, and the terms and conditions under which, the Minister may provide a driver education program;
(aaa)
prescribing the sources from which and the terms and conditions under which the Minister may earn and retain sums of money;
(aaa.1)
respecting access to and the contents, maintenance, retention and disposal of pupil records;
(bbb)
respecting appeals, including the procedure for appeals, for the purpose of subsection 54(5);
(ccc)
subject to the
Motor Vehicle Act, respecting the conveyance of pupils including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(i)
driver qualifications, training, conduct and safety,
(ii)
the condition of and standards for motor vehicles operated for the conveyance of pupils, and
(iii)
insurance requirements for motor vehicles operated for the conveyance of pupils;
(ddd)
respecting the lodging of pupils;
(eee)
respecting fees for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(fff)
making it an offence for a person to violate any provision of a regulation made under this Act, and prescribing penalties not exceeding one hundred dollars for such violations;
(ggg)
defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act for the purposes of this Act, the regulations or both;
(hhh)
generally for the better administration of this Act.
57(2)Subject to subsection 4(1), the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, may make regulations
(a)
dividing the Province into school districts;
(b)
creating new school districts;
(c)
abolishing or altering boundaries of school districts;
(d)
amalgamating school districts.
57(3)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, may make regulations dividing each school district into subdistricts.
57(4)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister after consultation with the District Education Council concerned, may make regulations
(a)
altering the number of subdistricts within a school district;
(b)
altering the boundaries of one or more subdistricts within a school district.
57(5)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister after consultation with the District Education Council concerned, no later than the thirty-first day of October in the year before the year in which a District Education Council election is to be held, may make regulations
(a)
eliminating an existing electoral zone;
(b)
combining two or more subdistricts into an electoral zone.
57(6)Notwithstanding subsection (5), the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, may make regulations combining two or more subdistricts into an electoral zone for the purpose of the District Education Council elections to be held in May 2001.
2000, c.52, s.62; 2004, c.19, s.7; 2009, c.33, s.3; 2012, c.7, s.2; 2014, c.37, s.5; 2017, c.42, s.81; 2021, c.10, s.1