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School Act

[RSBC 1996]

CHAPTER 412

Contents

Part 1 —

Interpretation

Definitions and

interpretation

Part 2 — Students and Parents

Division 1 — Students

Access to educational program

Entry to educational program

3.1

Enrolment — online learning

Consultation

Language of instruction

Duties of students

Division 2 — Parents

Parents' entitlements and responsibilities

7.1

Parent volunteers

Parents' advisory council

8.1

Repealed

8.2

Repealed

8.3

School plan

8.4

District parents' advisory council

8.5

Purpose and operation of district parents' advisory council

Division 3 — Joint Rights and Duties

Examination of student records

Liability for damage to property

Appeals

11.1

Appeal to superintendent of appeals

11.2

Superintendent of appeals

11.3

Board decision may be suspended

11.4

Adjudication of appeals

11.5

Reconsideration by board

11.6

Decision final

11.7

Application of the Administrative Tribunals Act

11.8

Immunity protection for superintendent of appeals, mediator or adjudicator

Division 4 — Home Education

Home education

Registration

Power to report

Part 3 — School Personnel

Division 1 — General

Employees

Report of dismissal, suspension and discipline regarding authorized persons

16.1

Report of dismissal, suspension and discipline regarding superintendents

Teachers' responsibilities

Teachers' assistants

Employee qualifications

Principal, vice principal and director of instruction

Offer of teaching position and seniority

Superintendent of schools

Secretary treasurer

Notification of appointment

Act prevails

Powers to suspend

26.1

Board use of volunteers

Division 2 — Teachers' Collective Agreements

27.1

Repealed

Scope of bargaining

Application of the Labour Relations Code

Part 4 — School Trustees

Division 1 — Establishment of Boards of Education

Composition of board

First members of board

Division 2 — Trustee Qualifications

Who may hold office

Disqualifications

Disqualification of board employees

Division 3 — Elections

General school election

By-elections

Responsibility for conducting elections

Costs of trustee election conducted by municipality

Division 4 — Electors

Who may vote at an election

Resident electors

Non-resident property electors

Rules for determining residence

Registration as an elector

Repealed

Division 5 — Election Proceedings

Elections conducted by board

Elections conducted by municipality

46.1

Candidate endorsement by elector organization

Counting of the vote

Election offences

Division 6 — Holding Office

General term of office

Oath of office

Resignation from office

Trustee disqualification from holding office

Removal of trustee following conviction for offence

Questions as to trustee qualifications

Part 5 — Conflict of Interest

Definitions

Indirect pecuniary interest

Deemed pecuniary interest

Duty of trustee

Exceptions

Record of disclosure

Remedy for lack of quorum

Application to court

Remedy

Proceedings voidable

Part 6 — Boards of Education

Division 1 — Corporate Status and Meetings

Board is a corporation

Quorum

Meetings and chair

Passage of bylaws

Attendance of public and secretary treasurer at meeting

Improper conduct at meetings

Remuneration and expense allowance

Minutes

Division 2 — Powers and Duties

Establishment and closure of schools

Management of schools and property

74.01

Video surveillance cameras

74.1

Enrolment in an educational program

74.2

First nation schools of choice

Provision of educational program

75.1

Catchment areas

Conduct

76.1

Class size

76.2-76.7

Repealed

76.8

Authority of vice principal under

section 76.1

Repealed

Repealed

78.1

Repealed

Student records

79.1

Transmitting records

79.2-79.4

Repealed

Repealed

Reports

81.1

Repealed

Fees and deposits

82.1

Specialty academies

82.2

Trades programs

82.3

Musical instruments

82.31

International Baccalaureate

82.4

Requirement for financial hardship policy

Financial assistance

Insurance

Power and capacity

85.1

Policies respecting child care programs

85.2

Boards may provide child care programs

85.3

Child care programs provided by others

85.4

Use of board property for child care programs

Agreements

86.1

Model local education agreement

86.2

First nation and board model agreement as contract

86.3

Treaty first nation and board model agreement as contract

86.4

Nisg̱a'a Nation and board model agreement as contract

86.5

Conditions required for model agreement

86.6

Amendments to model agreement

Training of student teachers

Division 2.01 — Indigenous Education Councils

87.001

Purposes of Indigenous education councils

87.002

Approval of targeted grants — plans, spending and reporting

87.003

Minister may order board to consult with Indigenous education councils

87.004

Ministerial orders in relation to Indigenous education councils

87.005

Indigenous education councils establish governance rules

Division 2.1 — School Calendars

87.01

School calendar

87.02

School calendar — amendment

87.03

Requirement to comply with school calendar

Division 3 — Health and Other Support Services

87.1

Definitions for this Division

Support services for schools

School medical officer

Inspection and closure of school

Examinations and reports by school medical officer

Board may require employee to undergo examination

Division 4 — Limitation of Actions and Indemnification

Interpretation

Actions against board

Indemnification against proceedings

Part 6.1 — Companies

Division 1 —

Interpretation

95.1

Definitions

95.11

Definitions — application of Business Corporations Act

95.12

Repealed

Division 2 — Incorporation

95.2

Formation of company

95.21

Formation of companies — signature on articles

95.22

Effect of incorporation

95.23

Formation of companies — application of the Business Corporations Act

95.231

Company without a member

95.24

Corporate name

95.25

Share capital

95.26

Member of one company

95.27

Capacity and powers — application of the Business Corporations Act

95.28

Repealed

95.29

Company offices — application of the Business Corporations Act

Division 3 — Finance

95.3

Share transfer

95.31

Guarantees and indemnities

95.32

Shares and liabilities of members — application of the Business Corporations Act

95.33

Loans and transfers to a company

95.34

Borrowings — application of the Business Corporations Act

Division 4 — Management

95.4

Number of directors

95.41

Management — application of the Business Corporations Act

95.411

Residence of majority of directors

95.412

Financial assistance restricted

95.413

When loans and guarantees prohibited

95.414

Contract enforceable

95.42

Annual general meetings

95.43

Attendance of public and secretary treasurer at meetings

95.44

Improper conduct at meetings

95.45

Minutes of proceedings

Division 5 — Records

95.5

Examination of records

95.51

Inspection of accounting records

95.52

Records — application of the Business Corporations Act

95.53

Annual report

Division 6 — Audits

95.6

Audit committee

95.61

Audits — application of the Business Corporations Act

95.62

Appointment of auditors

95.63

Duties and rights of auditor

Division 7 — Company Alterations

95.7

Conversion of a company

95.71

Liabilities unaffected by conversion

95.72

Company alterations — application of the Business Corporations Act

95.73

Special resolution must be approved by bylaw

Division 8 — Proceedings, Dissolution and Restoration and Administration

95.8

Proceedings — application of the Business Corporations Act

95.81

Member of more than one company

95.82

Dissolution and restoration — application of the Business Corporations Act

95.83

Administration — application of the Business Corporations Act

Division 9 — Regulations

95.9

Regulations — application of Business Corporations Act

95.91

Transition

Part 7 — School Property

Division 1 — Acquisition and Disposal of Land and Improvements

Acquisition and disposal of land and improvements

Assets in board's name

Sites

98.1

Reports to minister

Grants of Crown land

Disposition of proceeds on alienation

100.1

Disposition of proceeds from a lease

School sites under the Local Government Act

Division 1.1 — Transfer of Land to Francophone Education Authority

101.1

Definitions

101.2

Minister may designate land for transfer

101.3

Registrar must make notation against title

101.4

No disposition of interest in designated land without minister's consent

101.5

Transfer of title

101.6

Compensation

Division 2 — School District Housing

Authority to provide housing

Repealed

Financing

Rent

Application of Division

Part 8 — Finance

Division 1 — Provincial Funding

106.1

Definitions

106.2

Provincial funding for boards

106.3

Operating grants to boards

106.4

Targeted grant

107-108

Repealed

Repealed

Division 2 — Establishment of Board Budgets

Financial information

Preparation of annual budget

Referendum

112.1

Referendum bylaw

Adoption of budget

Division 3 — Grants

Payment of grants

Special purpose grants

115.1

Annual facility grant

115.2

Repealed

Support of Provincial schools

Conditions of grant payment

Division 4 — Taxation

117.1

Definitions for this Division

Grants in place of taxes

General school tax

Repealed

120.1

Additional school tax

120.2

Determining net taxable value

120.3

Notice to municipal collector

Adjustments

Liability for taxation

Application of other Acts for rural areas

Collection of school taxes by municipality

Interest on unpaid taxes

Inspection

Application of other Acts for municipalities

General provisions on collection of school taxes

Taxation of school property

Agricultural land reserve exemption

Other exemptions

131.01

Revitalization school tax exemption

131.02

School tax exemption for land owned or occupied by First Nations

131.1

School tax exemptions and refunds for approved and eligible alternative energy power projects

131.2

Provincial industrial property tax credit

131.3

Provincial farm land tax credit

Corporations

Assessor may require information in rural area

Collector to apply Taxation (Rural Area) Act

Appeal

Assessment to repay borrowed money

School referendum taxes

Division 5 — General

Regulations

Short term borrowing

First charges

Division 6 — Capital Plans and Money Bylaws

Capital projects

Capital plan

Capital bylaws

Borrowing for capital expenditures

Sinking fund debentures

Issue of debentures to certain special purchasers

Division 7 — Debentures

Issue of debentures

Signature and corporate seal

Debentures guaranteed

Registration of debentures and transfers

Validity of debentures

Issue of duplicate debenture

Provincial repayments to board

Repayment of debentures

Division 8 — Accounts and Audits

Repealed

Accounting practices

Financial statements

157.1

Financial information

Appointment of auditor

Rescission of auditor's appointment

Minister may remove auditor

Duties of auditor

Auditor to report irregularities

Unauthorized expenditures

Duty to assist auditor

Auditor's power to obtain records

Elector may object

Part 8.1 — Francophone Education Authorities

Division 1 —

Interpretation

166.1

Definitions

166.11

Interpretation

Division 2 — Establishment and Membership

166.12

Establishment of francophone education authorities

166.13

Membership in a francophone education authority

166.14

Members' right to vote

166.15-

166.16

Repealed

Division 3 — Regional Trustees

166.17

Appointment of first regional trustees

166.18

General election of regional trustees

166.19

Oath of office

166.2

Vacancy in office of regional trustee

166.21

Powers, functions and duties of board of regional trustees

166.211

Repealed

166.22

Meetings of the board of regional trustees

166.23

Conflict of interest

Division 4 — Francophone Educational Programs

166.24

Enrolment in a francophone educational program

166.241

Priority of enrolment

166.25

Provision of francophone educational programs

166.251

Francophone catchment areas

166.26

Rights and duties of enrolled children and their parents

Division 5 — Personnel

166.27

Directeur général and secrétaire trésorier

166.28

Francophone school personnel

Division 6 — School Property

166.29

Acquisition and disposal of land and improvements

166.291

Specified provisions apply to francophone education authority

166.292

Agreements with boards of education

166.3

Housing accommodation

Division 7 — Finance

166.31

Establishment of budgets for francophone education authorities

166.32

Grants

166.33

Taxation of francophone school property

166.34

Short term borrowing and first charges

166.35

Capital plans and money bylaws

166.36

Debentures

166.37

Accounts and audits

166.38

Member may object

166.39

Right of action preserved

Division 8 — General

166.4

Additional powers and duties of a francophone education authority

166.41

Health and other support services

166.42

Limitation of actions against francophone education authority

166.43

Indemnification against proceedings

166.431

Appointment of special advisor or special advisory committee to francophone school district

166.432

Powers of special advisor and special advisory committee to francophone school district

166.433

Responsibility of francophone education authority

166.44

Appointment of official trustee

166.45

Powers of official trustee

166.451

School calendars

166.452

Reimbursement of expenses for designated educational activities

166.453

Annual practice fee

166.46

Maintenance of order

166.47

Administrative directives

Part 9 — General

Division 1 — Ministry of Education and Child Care

Ministry of Education and Child Care

Jurisdiction of minister

168.001

Orders respecting child care programs

168.01

Minister's regulations — class size and composition

168.02

Minister's regulations — school calendars

168.021

Minister's regulations — compensation for transfer of land

168.03

Administrative directives

168.04

Administrative directives — projects

168.1

Reimbursement of expenses for designated educational activities

168.2

Annual practice fee

Annual report and ministerial statement

Division 1.1 — Personal Education Numbers and Personal Information

169.1

Definition

Student personal information

170.1

Personal education numbers

170.2

Public post-secondary students

170.3

Not in force

170.4

Student financial assistance

170.5

Repealed

Division 2 — Education Advisory Council

Education advisory council

Division 2.1 — Special Advisor and Special Advisory Committee

171.1

Appointment of special advisor or special advisory committee

171.2

Powers of special advisor and special advisory committee

171.3

Responsibilities of the board

Division 2.2

171.4-

171.6

Repealed

Division 3 — Official Trustee

Appointment of official trustee

Powers of official trustee

Division 4 — Examiners

Appointment of boards of examiners

Division 5 — Lieutenant Governor in Council Regulations and Orders

Power to make regulations and orders

Creation and alteration of school districts

Division 6 — Offences

Maintenance of order

Division 7 — Validation of Fees

Validation of fees — International Baccalaureate program

Schedule

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