Redeemer Reformed Christian College Act, 1998 Skarica, Toni — Private Bill PR17 (36th Parliament, 2nd Session)

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Bill PR17, Redeemer Reformed Christian College Act, 1998

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Bill Pr17 1998

An Act respecting Redeemer Reformed Christian College

Preamble

The board of governors of Redeemer Reformed Christian College has applied

for special legislation to revise the College's degree- granting powers, to

amend the composition of its board of governors and its academic council and

to rename the academic council the senate. The applicant represents that it

was incorporated as a degree-granting institution by The Redeemer

Reformed Christian College Act, 1980 and that it has provided

post-secondary education since 1982.

It is appropriate to grant the application.

Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definitions

1. In this Act,

administrative staff" means the full-time employees of the College who are

not members of its teaching faculty;

alumnus" means a former student of the College who has completed at least

eight courses of study and is no longer registered as a student;

board" means the board of governors of the College;

College" means Redeemer Reformed Christian College;

student" means a person who is registered as such in a program or course

of study at the College that leads to a degree, diploma or certificate of the

College;

supporting member" means a person who has subscribed to the Statement of

Basis and Principles of the College set out in the by-laws of the College,

pays the annual dues of the College and has been admitted as a supporting

member of the College by the board in accordance with the by-laws of the

College;

teaching faculty" means the full-time employees of the College who hold

the academic rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor,

lecturer or librarian;

year" means the membership year of the board or the senate, as the case

may be, which may be any 12-month period selected by the supporting

members.

Redeemer Reformed Christian College continued

(1) Redeemer Reformed Christian College is continued

as a corporation without share capital under the same name.

Members of corporation

(2) The supporting members as of the day this Act comes into force and the

persons who later become supporting members constitute the corporation.

Current board, senate continued

(3) The members of the board and senate of the College in office

immediately before the coming into force of this Act are continued in office

until the end of their terms and the election or appointment of their

successors under this Act.

Chief academic officer

(4) The vice-president (academic) of the College is the chief academic

officer of the College.

Objects

3. The objects of the College are to provide, at the

post-secondary level,

(

a) for the advancement of learning and dissemination of knowledge on the

basis of the Reformed confessions, traditions and perspectives;

(

b) degree, diploma and certificate programs and courses of study based on

Biblical and theological studies, studies in the foundations of Reformed

Christian perspectives, which programs and courses may include studies in the

general arts, humanities and sciences, both natural and social, permeated by

such Scripturally-directed Reformed Christian perspectives in accordance with

the Statement of Basis and Principles set out in the by-laws of the

College;

(

c) diploma and certificate programs and courses of study in the general

arts, humanities and sciences, including both pure and applied natural and

social sciences, in accordance with the Statement of Basis and Principles set

out in the by-laws of the College;

(

d) degree programs and courses of study in the general arts, humanities

and sciences, including both pure and applied natural and social sciences,

under the supervision of and pursuant to a written agreement with,

(

i) a university established under

an Act of the Legislature,

(ii) an educational institution established outside Ontario which has the

authority to grant non-religious degrees and which is accredited in its

jurisdiction of origin, or

(iii) an educational institution not referred to in subclause (

i) or (ii)

if that institution has obtained the written consent of the Minister of

Education and Training under

section 4 of the Degree Granting Act\;

and

(

e) diploma and certificate programs and courses of study sponsored

jointly with other institutions or organizations.

Board

(1) Subject to the matters assigned by this Act to the

senate or to the supporting members, the affairs of the College shall be

managed by the board.

Composition

(2) The board shall be composed of,

(

a) seven persons elected by the supporting members from among the

nominees presented by the ecclesiastical bodies or presbyteries, known as

"Classes", of the Christian Reformed Church in North America in Ontario;

(

b) that number of persons, not to exceed six, as determined by the

supporting members, elected by the supporting members from among the nominees

presented by the ecclesiastical bodies within or outside Ontario that are

prepared to support the College financially on a basis comparable to the

Classes of the Christian Reformed Church in North America in Ontario;

(

c) that number of persons, not less than four or more than six, as

determined by the supporting members, elected by the supporting members from

among the administrators of the elementary and high schools operated by

member societies of the Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools;

(

d) that number of persons, not less than nine or more than 21, as

determined by the supporting members, elected by the supporting members from

among the supporting members; and

(

e) one alumnus of the College elected by the supporting members from

among the nominees presented by the alumni association of the College.

Term of office

(3) The term of office for the members of the board is three years.

Election and retirement in rotation

(4) Despite subsection (3), the board shall by by-law provide for the

election and retirement of members of the board in rotation.

Eligibility for re-election

(5) No member of the board shall serve for more than six consecutive

years, but on the expiration of one year after having served on the board for

six consecutive years, a person is again eligible for membership on the

board.

Same

(6) The six-year limit referred to in subsection (5) does not include any

time served on the board in order to fill a vacancy.

Requirements for membership

(7) No person shall be a member of the board unless he or she is,

(

a) a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada; and

(

b) a supporting member.

Disqualification

(8) No person shall be a member of the board if he or she is a student or

employee of the College.

President may attend board meetings

(9) The president of the College shall not be a member of the board but,

subject to subsection (10), may attend all board meetings.

Exception

(10) The president of the College shall not attend a part of a board

meeting where the board, in its opinion, will discuss a matter in which the

president may have a conflict of interest.

Manner of election

(11) Elections to the board shall be by secret ballot and the manner and

procedure for board elections shall be determined by the board by by-law.

Vacancies

(12) Where a vacancy occurs for any reason among the members of the board,

the board in its sole discretion shall determine whether the vacancy is to be

filled and the board shall elect persons qualified under the appropriate

clause of subsection (2) to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting of

the supporting members.

Chair and vice-chair

(13) The board shall elect a chair and a vice-chair from among its members

and, in the case of the absence or illness of the chair or there being a

vacancy in that office, the vice-chair shall act as and have all the powers

of the chair.

Same

(14) In the case of the absence or illness of the chair and vice-chair or

there being vacancies in those offices, the board may appoint one of its

members to act as chair for the time being and the member so appointed shall

act as and have all the powers of the chair.

Term of office

(15) The term of office of the chair and the vice-chair shall be

determined by the board.

Quorum

(16) A simple majority of the members of the board constitutes a

quorum.

Delegation of powers

(17) The board may appoint an executive committee and other committees as

the board considers advisable and may delegate to any committee any of its

powers in accordance with the by-laws of the College.

Powers of the board

(1) The board has all the powers necessary or

convenient to perform its duties and achieve the objects of the College.

(2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), the board

may,

(

a) make by-laws for the conduct of its affairs;

(

b) appoint, suspend and remove the president of the College and define

his or her duties and responsibilities;

(

c) appoint, classify, promote, suspend, transfer, reclassify or remove,

as it considers necessary or advisable for the proper conduct of the affairs

of the College, the members of the teaching faculty and administrative staff

and other employees;

(

d) fix the number, duties and salaries and other remuneration of

employees of the College;

(

e) delegate any of its powers under clauses (

c) and (

d) as it considers

proper to the president or to other employees of the College, as may be

recommended by the president;

(

f) expend sums, within the financial limits set by the annual budget of

the College, that the board considers necessary for the support and

maintenance of the College, for the erection and improvement of the buildings

that the board may consider necessary for the use and purposes of the College

and for furnishings and equipment for such buildings;

(

g) expend sums, within the financial limits set by the annual budget of

the College, that the board considers necessary for the erection, equipment,

furnishings and maintenance of residences and dining halls for the use of

students;

(

h) establish by by-law the Statement of Basis and Principles of the

College;

(

i) approve changes in established programs of study as recommended by the

senate;

(

j) establish and collect fees and charges for tuition and for services of

any kind offered by the College and collect fees and charges on behalf of any

entity, organization or element of the College;

(

k) establish classes of members in addition to supporting members and the

qualifications and conditions of such classes of membership;

(

l) admit as supporting members or other classes of members those persons

who apply and qualify for admission.

Same

(3) Subject to the approval of the supporting members, the board,

(

a) may operate joint or co-operative diploma and certificate programs and

courses of study with other institutions or organizations on the terms and

for the periods of time that the board may determine;

(

b) may establish and terminate degree, diploma or certificate programs,

as the senate recommends and the board considers appropriate;

(

c) may provide for the affiliation, federation or legal association of

the College with a university or college offering courses leading to a

degree, establish for teaching any branch of learning on the terms the board

may determine, and enter into any agreement that the board may consider

necessary to effect the affiliation, federation or legal association and

preserve the Christian character of the College;

(

d) may amend the Statement of Basis and Principles of the College set out

in the by-laws of the College;

(

e) shall fix the annual dues to be paid by the supporting members

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