First

Session, 48th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2016

BILL 29

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

COLLEGE ACT, 1996

Received and Read the First Time .................................................................................................

Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

Committee ..........................................................................................................................................

Third Reading .....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE

GERRY BYRNE

Minister

of Advanced Education and Skills

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the College Act, 1996 to allow the College

of the North Atlantic to grant applied

degrees.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE COLLEGE ACT, 1996

Analysis

S.2 Amdt.

Definitions

S.15 Amdt.

Duties of board

S.16 Amdt.

Powers of board

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL1996 cC-22.1

as amended

1. Paragraph 2(

a) of the College Act, 1996 is repealed and the following substituted:

(a) "applied degree" means a degree that

may be granted by the college on the completion of a program of study that includes

course work and work-related experience that are, as determined by the college,

oriented to a field of practice;

(a.1) "board" means the board of governors

established under

section 9;

2. (1) Paragraph 15(1)(

c) of the Act is repealed

and the following substituted:

(

c) approve, authorize and provide programs which

lead to a certificate, diploma or applied degree from the college;

(2) Paragraph 15(1)(

g) of the Act is repealed and

the following substituted:

(

g) grant certificates, diplomas and applied

degrees;

(3) Section 15 of the Act is amended by adding immediately

after subsection (2) the following:

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(c), the board shall

obtain the written approval of the minister before approving an applied degree

program to be provided in the province.

(4) The approval referred to in subsection (3) may

include any conditions the minister considers necessary.

3. Paragraph 16(

f) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

(

f) cooperate and enter into agreements with

(

i) a government or its agencies,

(ii) a person who carries on a trade, business or

commercial activity,

(iii) other educational institutions, or

(iv) a community group

for the establishment, maintenance, conduct

and transfer of courses for credit and programs leading to certificates, diplomas,

applied degrees and degrees;

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