1In this Act
“Appeal Board” means the Appeal Board on Teacher Certification established under section 31;(Commission d’appel)
“councillor” means a councillor of a District Education Council under this Act;(conseiller)
“education plan” means a detailed plan establishing priorities for the improvement of pupils’ educational performance towards the achievement of prescribed learning goals for the official linguistic community;(plan éducatif)
“guardian” includes a person who has received into the person’s home and has had placed under the person’s care and control another person’s child but does not, for the purpose of subsection 9(1), include a person who, in the opinion of the superintendent concerned, has done so solely for the purpose of allowing that child to attend school in another school district;(tuteur)
“independent pupil” means a pupil who has attained the age of nineteen years or is living independently of the parent of the pupil;(élève autonome)
“Minister” means the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development and includes persons designated by the Minister to act on behalf of the Minister;(Ministre)
“parent” includes guardian;(parent)
“positive learning and working environment” means a safe, productive, orderly and respectable learning and working environment free from bullying, cyberbullying, harassment and other forms of disruptive or non-tolerated behaviour or misconduct, including behaviour or misconduct that occurs outside school hours and off the school grounds to the extent the behaviour or misconduct affects the school environment;(milieu propice à l’apprentissage et au travail)
“public education” means those educational programs and educational services, extending from kindergarten to graduation from high school, provided by the Minister under this Act to persons who are of school age;(instruction publique)
“pupil” means a person who is enrolled in a school established under this Act;(élève)
“resident of the Province” means a person lawfully entitled to be or to remain in Canada, who makes his or her home and is ordinarily present in New Brunswick;(résident de la province)
“school” means a structured learning environment through which public education is provided to a pupil;(école)
“school age” means the age between the date on which a person is required to attend school under subsection 15(1) and the end of the school year in which the person attains the age of twenty-one years;(âge scolaire)
“school buildings” includes any building approved by the Minister as necessary for the operation of a school district;(bâtiment scolaire)
“school district” Repealed: 2000, c.52, s.2
“school personnel” means
(personnel scolaire)
(a)
superintendents, directors of education and other administrative and supervisory personnel,
(c)
building maintenance personnel, including custodians,
(d)
secretaries and clerks,
(f)
persons other than teachers engaged to assist in the delivery of programs and services to pupils, and
(g)
other persons engaged in support areas such as social services, health services, psychology and guidance;
“school property” includes property leased by or otherwise furnished to the Minister and used for school purposes;(biens scolaires)
“school year” means a year beginning on the first day of July and ending on the thirtieth day of June;(année scolaire)
“serious misconduct” means any behaviour exhibited by a person that is viewed by the school or school district officials as extreme and unacceptable in the New Brunswick public education system, including
(inconduite grave)
(c)
hazing or any other form of intimidation,
(d)
possessing, using or providing weapons,
(e)
possessing, using or selling illegal or dangerous substances or objects,
(f)
disseminating hate propaganda material, and
(g)
any other behaviour that would reasonably be considered a serious misconduct;
“special education program” means an education program for an exceptional pupil that is based on the results of continuous assessment and evaluation and which includes a plan containing specific objectives and recommendations for education services that meet the needs of the pupil;(programme d’adaptation scolaire)
“student teacher” means a student engaged in practice teaching while enrolled in a teacher education program at any university designated by the Minister;(enseignant stagiaire)
“teacher” means a person holding a teacher’s certificate issued by the Minister and employed in the delivery of public education as a teacher, a principal, a vice-principal, a superintendent, a director of education or a district supervisor of instruction;(enseignant)
“teacher’s certificate” includes an interim teacher’s certificate, a teacher’s licence and a local teacher’s permit.(certificat d’enseignement)
2000, c.52, s.2; 2004, c.19, s.2; 2010, c.31, s.34; 2012, c.21, s.1