Bill 215 — Third Session, 26Th Legislature, 56 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 215 School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act, 2007 (Legislature 26, Session 3)

L26 S3 627

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2007 Bill 215 Third Session, 26th Legislature, 56 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 215 SCHOOL (CANADIAN HISTORY CONTENT) AMENDMENT ACT, 2007 MR. CAO First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Committee of the Whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Third Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Bill 215 Mr. Cao BILL 215 2007 SCHOOL (CANADIAN HISTORY CONTENT) AMENDMENT ACT, 2007 (Assented to , 2007) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA 2000 cS-3 1 The School Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 39 is amended (

a) in subsection (1)(

a) by adding “subject to subsection (5),” before “prescribe”; (

b) by adding the following after subsection (4):

(5) The Minister shall prescribe a required number of hours of instruction in Canadian history for Social Studies courses in grades 10, 11 and 12 which shall not be less than 75 per cent of the total number of hours for each course. 1

Explanatory Notes 1 Amends

chapter S-3 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000. 2

Section 39 presently reads: 39(1) The Minister may do the following: (

a) prescribe courses of study or education programs, including the amount of instruction time; (

b) authorize courses of study, e ducation programs or instructional materials for use in schools; (

c) prescribe the minimum total hours of instruction a board shall make available to a student in a school year; (

d) approve any course, educa tion program or instructional material that may be submitted to the Minister by a board or another operator of a school for use in a school; (

e) subject to the right of a board to provide religious instruction, by order prohibit the use of a course, an education program or instructional material in schools; (

f) by order adopt or appro ve goals and standards applicable to the provision of education in Alberta. Explanatory Notes 1

2 3 This Act comes into force on Proclamation.

Explanatory Notes 2

(2) The Regulations Act does not apply to an order made under subsection (1).

(3) The Minister may make regulations (

a) governing the evaluation and inspection of teachers; (

b) respecting the granting of certificates and diplomas; (

c) respecting the examination and evaluation of individuals by the Minister, including appeals, fees and the payment of remuneration; (

d) for the establishment, operation, administration and management of schools, institutes or facilities for the education and training of persons with special educational needs and prescribing fees or a

schedule of fees to be charged for any matter connected with the school, institute or facility; (

e) providing for correspondence courses and the fees to be charged in connection with them; (

f) governing registration in, the f ees to be charged for registration in and the operation of private correspondence courses and private tutoring institutions that offer correspondence courses or tutoring in the same or substantially the same subjects as those offered in schools.

(4) A regulation made under subsection (3)(d), (

e) or (

f) may be specific or general in its application. 3 Coming into force.

Record of Debate STAGE DATE MEMBER FROM TO TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL Title: 2007 (26th, 3rd) Bill 215, School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act, 2007

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