Bill 69 (Legislature 7, Session 5)

L7 S5 8557

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 69 of 1935. A BILL TO AMEND THE SCHOOL ACT, 1931. NOTE.

Section 2 of this Bill includes in the Act an express declar ation that a person who resides at a place within a separate school district, if a separate school supporter, is a resident of the separate school district and not of the public school district, otherwise he is a resident of the public school dis trict and not of the separate school district. By

section 3 the time within which annual meetings of electors elsewhere than in town districts is extended by one hour. By

section 4 the Board of a town district is given discre tionary power to provide for retirement and sick pay allow ances to teachers and other employees, to become party to contributory superannuation schemes, and become party to group insurance schemes for the benefit of teachers and other employees.

Section 5 relieves a trustee appointed by the Minister from the obhgation to take the declaration of office.

Section 6 expressly authorizes the Board to make provision for the conveyance of any children.

Section 7 provides that the liability of a Board to another Board for the payment of fees for tuition in Grades IX, X and XI shall cease after the pupil has been furnished with instruction in those grades for four years, and thereafter makes such fees payable by the parent or guardian. R. ANDREW SMITH, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill and is offered merely as a partial explanation of some of its provisions.)

BILL No. 69 of 1935.

An Act to amend The School Act, 1931. (Assented to , 1935.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The School Act, 1.931, Amendment Act, 1935." 2. The School Act, 1931, being

chapter 32 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1931, is hereby amended by inserting therein, immediately after

section 10 thereof, the following new section: "lOa. For the purposes of this Act a person who is resi dent at a place which is included within the boundaries of a separate school district shall, if a separate school supporter, be deemed to be a resident of the separate school district and not a resident of the public school district, otherwise he shall be deemed to be a resident of the public school district and not a resident of the separate school district." 3. The said Act is further amended as to

section 46 thereof by striking out the words "the hours of two and eight", where the same occur in subsection (1) thereof, and by substituting therefor the words "the hours of one and eight". 4. The said Act is further amended as to

section 120 thereof by adding at the end of subsection (2) thereof the following new paragraph: " (

c) to provide for retirement allowances and sick pay allowances for teachers and other employees of the Board: to become party to contributory superannua tion schemes for the provision of superannuation for teachers and other employees: to contribute to any fund established to carry out any such scheme: to become party to schemes in the nature of group insurance of teachers and other employees of the Board; and to make contributions under any such scheme." 5. The said Act is further amended as to

section 105 thereof by striking out the words "Every trustee shall, before undertaking any of the duties of a trustee", where the same occur in subsection (1) thereof, and by substituting therefor

2 the words "Every trustee other than a trustee appointed by the Minister shall, before undertaking any of the duties of a trustee". 6. The said Act is further amended as to

section 132 thereof by striking out the words "conveyance of the school children", where the same occur in subsection (1) thereof, and by substituting therefor the words "conveyance of any or of all children". 7. The said Act is further amended as to

section 202 there of by striking out subsection (9) thereof and by substituting therefor the following: "

(9) The liability of a Board to the payment to another Board of fees in respect of any pupil furnished with instruc tion in Grades IX, X and XI shall cease upon the expiration of the fourth year during which the pupil has been furnished with such instruction; and thereafter any fees payable in respect of that pupil shall be at the rate prescribed by sub section (3) hereof and shall be payable by the parent or guardian of the pupil. "

(10) In case a pupil has been receiving instruction at a school of the district in which the pupil's parent or guardian resides in Grades IX, X and XI for four years or in case he has been so receiving instruction in Grades IX, X, XI and XII for five years, the Board of that district may charge the parent or guardian fees for instruction furnished to the pupil in any of the said grades after the completion of the fourth or fifth year of such tuition, as the case may be, at the rates prescribed by subsections (3) and (4) hereof. "

(11) In any case in which the Board of one district fur nishes partial tuition in Grades XI and XII to a pupil whose parent or guardian is a resident of another district, the Chief Inspector of 'Schools shall have the power to fix the amount chargeable in respect of such tuition by the first mentioned Board and the amount of the sum so chal1geable which is payable by the Board of the last mentioned district and the parent or guardian respectively. "

(12) The imposition of fees by a Board under the pro visions of this sectioN. shall not disentitle the Board from receiving a grant under any of the provisions of The School Grants Act." 8. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 69. FIFTH SESSION SEVENTH LEGISLATURE 25 GEORGE V 1935 BILL

An Act to amend The School Act, 1931. Received and read the First time ................... . Second time ................. . Third time ............. , .... . HON. MR. BAKER EDMONTON: W. D. McLEAN, KING'S PRINTER 1935 Title:1935 (7th, 5th) Bill 69,

An Act to amend The School Act, 1931

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