Instruction Time: Minimum Standards Act, 1998 Johnson, Hon. David John Minister of Education and Training — Bill 63 (36th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 63, 36-2

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Bill 63, Instruction Time: Minimum Standards Act, 1998

Johnson, Hon. David John Minister of Education and Training

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Education Act with respect to the meaning of

"instruction" for the purposes of

section 170.2 of that Act.

Bill 63 1998

An Act to amend the Education Act with respect to instructional time

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

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 170.2 of the Education Act , as enacted by the

Statutes of Ontario, 1997,

chapter 31,

section 81, is amended by adding the

following subsections:

Definition

(10) In subsection (11), "

credit" includes a credit equivalent awarded in connection with a grade

nine program in the 1998-99 school year.

Interpretation: provision of instruction in a secondary school

(11) For the purposes of this section, a classroom teacher in a secondary

school is assigned to provide instruction only when he or she is assigned in

a regular timetable to invigilate examinations or to provide instruction

in,

(

a) a course or program that is eligible for credit;

(

b) a special education program;

(

c) a remedial class the purpose of which is to assist one or more pupils

in completing a course or program that is eligible for credit or required for

an Ontario secondary school diploma;

(

e) an apprenticeship program;

(

f) a co-operative education program; or

(

g) any other class, course or program specified or described in a

regulation made under clause (13) (a).

Co-operative education programs:

interpretation

(12) For the purposes of clause (11) (f), a teacher is assigned to provide

instruction in a co-operative education program when he or she is assigned in

a regular timetable to arrange placements for the program or to make site

visits to monitor or evaluate the performance of pupils in such

placements.

Regulations

(13) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) specifying or describing classes, courses or programs for the purposes

of clause (11) (g); and

(

b) clarifying the meaning of any word or expression used in subsection

(11) or (12).

Transitional: effect on existing agreements

(1) The validity of provisions in a written agreement between a

board and a designated bargaining agent entered into before the day on which

this Act comes into force shall be determined as if subsections 170.2 (10) to

(13) of the Education Act , as enacted by

section 1 of this Act, had

not been enacted.

Same

(2) Subsection (1) applies only during the term of the written

agreement and for the purposes of this subsection the term of the agreement

cannot be extended by the parties to it.

Same

(3) Where everything necessary to conclude a collective agreement,

other than ratification, has been done before the day on which this Act comes

into force and the agreement is ratified after that day, the agreement shall

be deemed, for the purposes of subsection (1), to have been entered into

before that day.

Same

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1),

board" has the same meaning as in subsection 1 (1) of the

Education Act\; ("conseil") "

designated bargaining agent" has the same meaning as in

Part X.1

of the Education Act . ("agent négociateur

désigné")

Same

(5) An act or omission of a board that is necessary to give effect

to an agreement to which subsection (1) applies and that complies with the

requirements of the Education Act as that Act would read without the

amendments made to it by this Act shall be deemed to be in compliance with

the Education Act .

Commencement

3. This Act comes into force on the day following the day on which

it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Instruction Time:

Minimum Standards Act, 1998 .

Copyright © 1998

Office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

October 7, 1998

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

October 7, 1998

Third Reading

Carried on division

October 6, 1998

Ordered for Third Reading

October 6, 1998

Second Reading

Carried on division

October 5, 1998

Time allocated

October 1, 1998

Second Reading

Debate

September 30, 1998

Second Reading

Debate

September 29, 1998

Second Reading

Debate

September 28, 1998

First Reading

Carried

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Citation	Bill 63, 36-2
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