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Bill 300, Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Amendment Act, 2021

Lindo, Laura Mae

Morrison, Suze

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Post-secondary Education Choice and

Excellence Act, 2000 to prohibit members of the Executive Council from

introducing bills granting educational institutions certain authorities under

the Act unless at least 30 days have passed since the Post-secondary Education

Quality Assessment Board has published its recommendation that the authorities

should be granted.

The

Bill requires the Post-secondary Education Quality Assessment Board to publish

on its website each application the Minister refers to it under the Act,

subject to limitations set out in the regulations. The Board is also required

to publish any recommendations it makes to the Minister.

The Bill repeals not-yet-in-force amendments to

the Canada Christian College and School of Graduate

Theological Studies Act, 1999 made by

Schedule 2 to the Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020 .

Bill 300 2021

Act to amend the Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act, 2000

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Post-secondary Education Choice

and Excellence Act, 2000 is amended by adding the following section:

Restriction

3.1 A member of the

Executive Council shall not include in a bill a provision that amends a public

or private Act to authorize an educational institution do any of the things

described in

section 2 or 3 unless,

(

a) the

Post-secondary Education Quality Assessment Board has reviewed an application

submitted by the educational institution in accordance with this Act; and

(

b) at

least 30 days have passed since the Board published its recommendations to the

Minister that the educational institution should be authorized to do any or all

of the things described in

section 2 or

Section 7 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Publication

of applications

(8) The

Board shall publish on its website each application the Minister refers to it

under

section 5, subject to any prescribed limitations.

Publication

of recommendations to Minister

(9) The

Board shall publish on its website any recommendations it makes to the Minister

under clause (3) (a).

Clause 13 (1) (

f) of the Act is amended by adding the following subclause:

(i.1) prescribing

limitations respecting the publishing of applications under subsection 7 (8),

Repeal,

Commencement and

Short Title

Schedule

2 to the Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020

Sections 1 to 5 of

Schedule 2 to the Better for People,

Smarter for Business Act, 2020 are repealed.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Post-secondary

Education Choice and Excellence Amendment Act, 2021 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

June 1, 2021

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June 1, 2021

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 300

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020

Canada Christian College and School of Graduate Theological Studies Act, 1999

Post-secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act, 2000

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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