Bill 3 — First Session, 24Th Legislature, 46 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 3 Colleges Amendment Act, 1997 (Legislature 24, Session 1)

L24 S1 1042

Alberta — Bills

1997 BILL 3 First Session, 24th Legislature, 46 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 3 COLLEGES AMENDMENT ACT, 1997 MR. LANGEVIN First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent

Bill 3 Mr. Langevin BILL 3 1997 COLLEGES AMENDMENT ACT, 1997 (A ssented to , 1997) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: ends R S A 0 cC -18 1 The C olleges A ct is amended by this Act. 2

Section 1 is amended by adding the following after clause (m): (n) “vocational college” means an institution that was continued as a provincially administered institution by the A lberta V ocational C olleges R egulation (AR 194/90) and that has been established as a public college under

section 2. 3

Section 7 is amended by striking out “A college” and substituting “Subject to

section 7.01, a college”. 1

Explanatory Notes 1 Amends

chapter C-18 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2 Insertion of definition of “vocational college”. 3

Section 7 presently reads: 7 A college board may provide (

a) courses or programs of general, academic, vocational, cultural or practical nature, subject to the approval of the Minister, (a.1) applied degree programs approved by the Minister that are designed to lead to applied degrees on their successful completion, (a.2) in the case of the Alberta College of Art, bachelor of fine arts degree programs approved by the Minister, and (

b) short courses or short programs to meet the needs of special interest groups. 1 Explanatory Notes

4 The following is added after

section 7: V ocational college courses 7.01 The college board of a vocational college must provide programs of instruction or training that assist adult learners to acquire foundations of basic skills through the development of their communication skills, living skills and production skills, including (

a) academic upgrading programs, (

b) career entry programs with a duration of one year or less, and (

c) to the extent that demand so warrants, English as a second language programs. 5

Section 16 is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

(3) The Minister may allocate a portion of the annual budget of a vocational college to the programs referred to in

section 7.01. 2

4 Vocational college courses. 5

Section 16 presently reads: Title: 1997 (24th, 1st) Bill 3, Colleges Amendment Act, 1997 16( 1) In each year a college board shall adopt an annual budget for the public college and copies of the annual budget shall be submitted to the Minister for approval.

(2) The annual budget shall be adopted and submitted for approval or amendment to the Minister as required by the Minister. 2 Explanatory Notes

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Citation	L24 S1 1042
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Volume / chapter	L24 S1 1042
Language	en
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