1978 Bill 203 Fourth Session, 18th Legislature, 27 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 203

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOL ACT MR. TAYLOR First Reading _______________________________________ _ Second Reading _______________________________________ _ Committee of the Whole _______________________________ _ Tlrird Reading _______________________________________ _ Royal Assent ________________________________________ _ Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 203 Mr. Taylor BILL 203 1978

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOL ACT (Assented to J 1978) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The School Act is amended by this Act.

Section 140 is amended. (

a) by re-numbering the

section as subsection (1) J and (

b) by adding the following after subsection (1):

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) where a Board proposes to close a school for purposes other than renovation, expansion, construction or repair, or for a period exceeding six months, the Board shall give public notice of its intention to close the school by, (

a) posting notices to that effect at the school both inside and outside the building, and (

b) causing to be inserted in a daily or weekly newspaper circulating in the area a notice to that effect on three consecutive weeks. (3) 'If a petition for a vote is received by the Board within 15 days of the last publication in a newspaper of the public notice and is signed by at least (

a) two per cent of the electors in a district or division having 10,000 electors or more, or (

b) five per cent of the electors in a district or division having less than 10,000 but 5,000 electors or more, or (c) 10 per cent of the electors in a district or division having less than 5,000 but 500 electors or more, or ( d) 15 per cent of the electors in a district or division having less than 500 electors, the Board, if it decides to proceed with closure, shall submit the question to a vote of the electors.

Explanatory Notes 1. Amends

chapter 329, Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1970. 2. Amends

section 140; provides that there may be no closure of a school if a petition demands a vote and the vote negatives the closure.

( 4) The Board shall (

a) send to the Minister a copy of each petition received under subsection (3) within five days of receiving it, and (

b) advise the Minister promptly of the outcome of each vote conducted under subsection (3).

(5) Where the result of the vote is to defeat the proposal to close a school, the Board is bound by the vote and for a period of 12 months from the date thereof it shall not propose the closure of the same school. ( 6) Where a Board proposes to discontinue a kindergarten or one or more grades or classes of a grade previously operated at a school it shall be deemed a proposal to close a school for the pur­ poses of this section, whether or not such discontinuance results in any building or part thereof being closed.

(7) Where a Board proposes to discontinue the use of a build­ ing or part thereof for a school, it shall not be deemed a proposal to close a school for the purposes of this

section unless the pro­ posal will result in the discontinuance of the operation of a kinder­ garten or one or more grades or classes of a grade or a school.

Section 156 ( 3) is repealed. 4. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assen­ ted to. 2

3. Amends

section 156 by removing provision for charges for school bus. 2 Title: 1978 (18th, 4th) Bill 203,

An Act to Amend the School Act