Bill 214 — First Session, 19Th Legislature, 28 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 214 An Act To Amend the School Act (No. 2) (Legislature 19, Session 1)

L19 S1 4276

Alberta — Bills

1979 BILL 214 First Session, 19th Legislature, 28 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 214

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOL ACT (NO. 2) MR. PURDY Firs t 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 214,

An Act to Amend the School Act (No. 2)

Bill 214 Mr. Purdy BILL 214 1979

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOL ACT (NO. 2) (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 hereby amended. 2. The following

section is added after

section 30: 30.1

(1) If at any time in a district or division 10% or more of the pupils enrolled are Indians resident on any Indian Reserve, the board shall invite the Band Council of the Indian Reserve which has the largest number of pupils enrolled to nominate a trustee to the board.

(2) The Band Council of the Reserve may if it so wishes, thereupon nominate an Indian who is a resident of the Reserve to be a trustee of the board.

(3) A trustee nominated under section (2) shall be in addition to the number of trustees specified by the Minister to be elected in the district or division under

section 30 and shall not be subject to election, but shall otherwise be subject to all other provisions of this Act regarding trustees.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a trustee nominated under subsection (2) shall hold office until the date that the term of office of the elected trustees of the board, in response to whose invitation he was nominated, expires.

(5) Upon such trustee ceasing to be a trustee for any reason apart from that provided in subsection (4), and if at that time 10% or more of the pupils enrolled in the district or division are Indians resident on an Indian Reserve, the board shall invite the nomination of a new trustee in accordance with subsection (1), and the Band Council may, if it so elects, nominate a new trustee in accordance with subsection (2).

Explanatory Notes 1. Amends

chapter 329, Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1970. 2. Adds a new

section to provide for a trustee to be appointed from an Indian Reserve.

(6) The board of a district or division in which more than 5% but less than 10% of the pupils enrolled are Indians resident on an Indian Reserve may by resolution elect to issue an invitation as provided in subsection (1) and a person nominated as a result of the invitation shall serve as a trustee as provided in subsections (3), (4) and (5). 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assen ted to. 2 Title: 1979 (19th, 1st) Bill 214,

An Act to Amend the School Act (No. 2)

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