Bill 207 — First Session, 19Th Legislature, 28 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 207 An Act To Amend the School Act (No. 3) (Legislature 19, Session 1)

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Alberta — Bills

1979 BILL 207 First Session, 19th Legislature, 28 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 207

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOL ACT (NO. 3) MR. R. SPEAKER First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Printed by the Queen’s Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Title: 1979 (19th, 1st) Bill 207,

An Act to Amend the School Act (No. 3)

Bill 207 Mr. R. Speaker BILL 207 1979

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOL ACT (NO. 3) (Assented to , 1979) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The School Act is amended by this Act. 2.

Section 134(1)(

f) is repealed. 3.

Section 134(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) A board may excuse from attendance in a regular class room any pupil whose special educational needs, in the opinion of an inspector or superintendent, are of such a nature that regular classroom experience is not productive or is detrimental to the pupil.

(3) Within a period of 15 days after a pupil has been excused from attendance in a regular classroom pursuant to subsection (2), the board, with the approval of the parent, shall arrange for the child to receive special education in a special class, special school or other instructional organization or agency approved by the Minister which provides special education, or in any other manner considered suitable by the Minister.

(4) The special education shall, if possible, be provided in the district or division in which the parents of the pupil are resident, and if this is not possible, in the nearest district or division where suitable special education can be given.

(5) Where a pupil receives special education, the costs of the special education shall be borne by the district or division in which the parents of the pupil are resident.

(6) Where a pupil receives special education in a district or division in which his parents are not resident, the district or divi sion in which his parents are resident shall pay to the parents of the pupil their reasonable expenses in respect of the pupil’s travel

Explanatory Notes 1. Amends

chapter 329 Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1970. 2. Removes right of board to excuse attendance on grounds that no suitable program is offered at a school. 3. Amends

section 134 to require provision of suitable program, if necessary in another district.

to and from the place of such special education to the extent that it exceeds the expenses that would have been incurred if the pupil had been educated in the district or division in which his parents are resident.

Section 138(

b) is repealed. 5. This Act comes into force on July 1, 1981. 2

Title: 1979 (19th, 1st) Bill 207,

An Act to Amend the School Act (No. 3) 4. Consequential. 2

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