Alberta Gazette — 15 September 2018 (Part II)
15 September 2018
Alberta — Gazette
Alberta Regulation 157/2018
Consumer Protection Act
CONSUMER TRANSACTION CANCELLATION AND
RECOVERY NOTICE AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: August 24, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Service Alberta (M.O. SA:023/2018)
on August 21, 2018 pursuant to
section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act.
1 The Consumer Transaction Cancellation and Recovery
Notice Regulation (AR 287/2006) is amended by this
Regulation.
Section 3 is amended by striking out "August 31, 2018" and
substituting "August 31, 2020".
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Alberta Regulation 158/2018
Consumer Protection Act
DIRECT SALES CANCELLATION AND EXEMPTION
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: August 24, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Service Alberta (M.O. SA:024/2018)
on August 21, 2018 pursuant to sections 25 and 36 of the Consumer Protection Act.
1 The Direct Sales Cancellation and Exemption Regulation
(AR 191/99) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 1 is amended by striking out "Fair Trading Act"
and substituting "Consumer Protection Act".
Section 6 is repealed.
Alberta Regulation 159/2018
Consumer Protection Act
COLLECTION AND DEBT REPAYMENT PRACTICES
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: August 24, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Service Alberta (M.O. SA:025/2018)
on August 21, 2018 pursuant to sections 118, 139 and 162 of the Consumer Protection
Act.
1 The Collection and Debt Repayment Practices
Regulation (AR 194/99) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 1(
a) is amended by striking out "Fair Trading Act"
and substituting "Consumer Protection Act".
3 The heading before
section 25 is amended by striking
out ", Expiry".
Section 25(3) is amended by striking out "Fair Trading Act"
and substituting "Consumer Protection Act".
Section 28 is repealed.
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Alberta Regulation 160/2018
Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act
CATHODIC PROTECTION TECHNICIAN EXCEPTION
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: August 29, 2018
For information only: Made by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training
Board on June 22, 2018 and approved by the Minister of Advanced Education on
August 16, 2018 pursuant to
section 22.1(1) of the Apprenticeship and Industry
Training Act.
1 The Cathodic Protection Technician Exception
Regulation (AR 16/2013) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 1(1) is amended
(
a) by renumbering clause (
a) as clause (a.1);
(
b) by adding the following before clause (a.1):
(a) "Canadian Electrical Code" means the CSA Standard
C22.1 18 2018 - Canadian Electrical Code,
Part 1 (24th
edition), Safety Standard for Electrical Installations,
published by the CSA Group, as amended or replaced
from time to time;
(
c) by adding the following after clause (a.1):
(a.2) "disconnecting means" means a disconnecting means as
defined in the Canadian Electrical Code;
Section 3(2) is amended
(
a) in clause (b)
(
i) by repealing subclause (
v) and substituting the
following:
(
v) measuring input voltage
(
A) if the rectifier has a disconnecting means
installed in compliance with the Canadian
Electrical Code, up to a maximum of 600
VAC, and
(
B) in any other case, up to a maximum of 240
VAC,
and
(ii) by striking out "and" at the end of subclause
(vi);
(iii) by repealing subclause (vii);
(
b) by adding the following after clause (b):
(
c) with respect to a rectifier that is locked out and tagged
out, replacing rectifier components and performing
decommissioning checks.
Alberta Regulation 161/2018
Wildlife Act
WILDLIFE (UPPER RED DEER RIVER SPECIAL BISON
AREA - MINISTERIAL) AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: August 30, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Environment and Parks
(M.O. 34/2018) on August 21, 2018 pursuant to
section 103 of the Wildlife Act.
1 The Wildlife Regulation (AR 143/97) is amended by this
Regulation.
Section 7.1(1) is amended by adding "prescribed in
Schedule 7" before "in exactly".
Schedule 7 is amended
(
a) by adding the following heading on the line
preceding the current land description beginning
"Commencing at the intersection of the 27th baseline":
Ronald Lake Special Bison Area
(
b) by adding the following at the end of the Footnote
to the Schedule:
Upper Red Deer River Special Bison Area
Commencing at 588,381E; 5,729,036N; on the Banff
National Park boundary, being on the cliffs of Mount Wapiti
and also being in the northwest quarter of
section thirty-six
(36), in township thirty-one (31), range thirteen (13), west of
the fifth (5) meridian; thence generally north northeasterly in
a straight line, to a point on an unnamed height of land, at
coordinate 589,243E; 5,733,549N; thence generally
northeasterly in a straight line, to a point on a height of land
known locally as Well Site Peak, at coordinate 591,513E;
5,735,390N; thence generally easterly in a straight line, to a
point on an unnamed height of land, at coordinate 604,531E;
5,735,581N; thence generally southerly in a straight line, to a
point on the height of land on the northern ridge line of
Labyrinth Mountain, at coordinate 604,927E; 5,728,850N;
thence generally southeasterly in a straight line, to the
summit of a mountain known locally as Mount Minos, at
coordinate 607,917E; 5,723,799N; thence generally
southwesterly in a straight line, to an unnamed summit, at
coordinate 606,960E; 5,721,104N; thence generally south
southwesterly, to a nearby secondary summit along the same
ridge, at coordinate 606,864E; 5,720,463N; thence generally
southwesterly, to a point on the ridgeline of an unnamed
mountain, at coordinate 606,352E; 5,718,628N; thence
generally south westerly along the height of land separating
the Sheep Creek drainage from the Dormer River drainage, to
a point on the Banff National Park boundary, at coordinate
604,239E; 5,713,887N; thence generally north westerly along
the Banff National Park boundary to the point of
commencement; all coordinates defined in this (Upper Red
Deer River Special Bison Area) land description are UTM
Zone 11 NAD 83.
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Alberta Regulation 162/2018
Consumer Protection Act
HOME INSPECTION BUSINESS (EXPIRY DATE EXTENSION)
AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: August 30, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Service Alberta (M.O. SA:030/2018)
on August 28, 2018 pursuant to
section 105 of the Consumer Protection Act.
1 The Home Inspection Business Regulation (AR 75/2011)
is amended by this Regulation.
Section 29 is amended by striking out "August 31, 2018"
and substituting "August 31, 2021".
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Alberta Regulation 163/2018
School Act
SCHOOL COUNCILS AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: August 30, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Education (MO. 017/2018) on
August 14, 2018 pursuant to
section 22(10) of the School Act.
1 The School Councils Regulation (AR 113/2007) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 1 is amended
(
a) by adding the following after clause (b):
(b.1) "early childhood services program" means an education
program provided by a board under
section 30 of the
Act;
(
b) in clause (f)(ii) by by striking out "Early Childhood
Services" and substituting "early childhood services".
Section 2 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Establishment meeting
2(1) If a school that is required to have a school council has no
school council, the school must, within 40 days after the start of the
school year, hold a meeting for the purpose of establishing a school
council.
(2) If there are fewer than 5 parents in attendance at an
establishment meeting or if the meeting is not successful in
establishing a school council, the principal may adjourn the meeting
to a later date and establish an advisory committee to carry out one
or more duties or functions of a school council in the interim until a
school council is established.
(3) Any advisory committee established under subsection (2) is
dissolved on the establishment of a school council.
Section 3(3) is repealed and the following is substituted:
(3) A notice under subsection (1) may be given by any means that
the principal considers appropriate, including electronic means.
(4) If an establishment meeting is adjourned under
section 2(2),
notice of the adjournment date must be given in accordance with this
section.
Section 4 is repealed.
Section 6(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:
(2) For greater certainty, but without restricting the generality of
subsection (1)(a), the persons attending an establishment meeting
may decide that for the purposes of
section 8(1)(d), the school
council may include
(
a) all parents of students enrolled in the school, and
(
b) if an early childhood services program is offered at the
school, all parents of children enrolled in an early childhood
services program at the school
who wish to be members.
Section 7(
b) is amended by striking out "Early Childhood
Services" and substituting "early childhood services".
Section 8 is amended
(
a) in subsection (1) by adding the following after
clause (d):
(
e) if an early childhood services program is offered at the
school, parents of children enrolled in the program.
(
b) by repealing subsection (3).
Section 9(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:
(2) A parent of a student enrolled in the school or, if an early
childhood services program is offered at the school, a parent of a
child enrolled in the program must be elected chair of the executive.
Section 13 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Responsibilities of board
13(1) A board must provide the school council with an opportunity
to provide advice on the development of the school's
(
a) foundation statements, if any, respecting the school's vision,
principles and beliefs,
(
b) policies,
(
c) annual education plan and annual results report required by
the Minister to be reported under
section 78 of the Act, and
(
d) budget.
(2) A board must provide the school council with the results for the
school from provincial assessments and any other provincial
measures, and an
interpretation of those results and measures.
(3) A board must at all reasonable times allow the school council
free and full access to timely and accurate information of the board
that is publicly available, including board policies and minutes of
board meetings.
11 The following is added after
section 13:
Donations
13.1(1) A school council may receive donations on behalf of a
board but no school council shall raise funds or otherwise solicit
donations in any manner that would require a gaming licence under
the Gaming and Liquor Act.
(2) A school council must handle and report all money it receives, if
any, in accordance with applicable policies and procedures of the
board.
Section 14(1)(
b) is repealed and the following is
substituted:
(
b) detailing, in accordance with the policies referred to in
section 13.1(2), the receipt, handling and use of any money
by the school council in the previous school year.
13 This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2018.
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Alberta Regulation 164/2018
School Act
ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS REGULATION
Filed: August 30, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Education (M.O. 021/2018) on
August 30, 2018 pursuant to sections 213, 213.1, 214.1, 215, 216.1, 217 and 220 of
the School Act.
Table of Contents
Part 1
Establishment of Separate School District
Division 1
Separate School Establishment Area
1 Notice of intention to establish
2 Determining the separate school establishment area
Division 2
Community Information Meeting
3 Timing of community information meeting
4 Notice of community information meeting
5 Appointment of secretary and approval of attendance
record and minutes
6 Conduct of community information meeting
Division 3
Vote Respecting Establishment of
Separate School District
Definitions for Division 3
8 Appointment of returning officer
9 Powers and duties of returning officer
10 Costs
11 Notice of vote
12 Conduct of vote
13 Instructions for voters
14 Voting hours
15 Wording of question on ballot
16 Results of vote
17 Notice of results of vote
18 Year in which establishment order becomes effective
Part 2
Disestablishment of Separate School District
Definitions for
Part 2
20 Eligible voters for plebiscite
21 Conduct of plebiscite
22 Petition
23 Wording of question for plebiscite
24 Notice of results
Part 3
General
25 Coming into force
Part 1
Establishment of Separate
School District
Division 1
Separate School Establishment Area
Notice of intention to establish
1 A notification under
section 213(1)(
a) of the Act must be provided
to the Minister on or before October 30 of the year prior to the year in
which the proposed separate school district is to be established.
Determining the separate school establishment area
2(1) After giving the notification referred to in
section 1, the initiating
separate school electors shall organize a meeting under
section
213.1(1) of the Act for the purpose of determining the separate school
establishment area.
(2) The initiating separate school electors shall give at least 7 days'
notice in writing of the time, date and location of the meeting to the
operating separate school board, the public school board and the
municipality or municipalities in which the public school district is
located.
(3) The meeting must be held on a day that is
(
a) no more than 90 days after the notification referred to in
section 1 is provided to the Minister, and
(
b) no later than November 14 of the year prior to the year in
which the proposed separate school district is to be
established.
(4) In determining the separate school establishment area, the
following restrictions apply:
(
a) any public school district included in the separate school
establishment area must be included in its entirety;
(
b) the separate school establishment area must not include any
area not operated by the public school board that has
jurisdiction for the area in which the initiating separate
school electors reside;
(
c) if any part of the separate school establishment area is
located within a separate school region, no part of the
separate school establishment area may be located in any
other separate school region.
(5) The initiating separate school electors, the operating separate
school board and the public school board shall act in good faith to
determine the separate school establishment area.
(6) Following the meeting, but no later than December 7 of the year
prior to the year that the proposed separate school district is to be
established, the initiating separate school electors, the operating
separate school board and the public school board shall notify the
Minister
(
a) of the separate school establishment area determined at the
meeting, or
(
b) that those electors and boards were not able to agree on the
separate school establishment area.
Division 2
Community Information Meeting
Timing of community information meeting
3 Where a petition has been provided to the Minister in accordance
with
section 214(3) of the Act, a community information meeting must
be held on a day that is at least 10 days, but no more than 30 days,
before a vote respecting establishment is held under
section 215 of the
Act.
Notice of community information meeting
4(1) At least 7 days before a community information meeting is held,
(
a) the operating separate school board and the public school
board shall publish notice of the meeting in a prominent
manner on their websites,
(
b) the petitioners shall post notice of the meeting in 5 or more
conspicuous physical locations to which the public has
normal and regular access in the establishment area for the
proposed separate school district, and
(
c) the operating separate school board, the public school board
or petitioners may publish or post notice of the meeting in
any additional place or manner they consider appropriate.
(2) A notice under this
section must include the location, date and
time of the community information meeting.
(3) Despite the requirement to publish notice under subsection (1)(a),
any failure to do so does not invalidate the community information
meeting.
Appointment of secretary and approval of attendance
record and minutes
5(1) The chair of a community information meeting shall appoint a
secretary to record attendance and the minutes of the meeting.
(2) A person who attends the meeting as a representative of the
Minister, a board, a municipality, a school council or any other
organization shall identify that they are attending in that capacity and
must be recorded as such on the attendance record prepared by the
secretary.
(3) The chair shall approve the attendance record and minutes and
provide a copy of each document to the Minister within no more than
10 days after the meeting.
Conduct of community information meeting
6(1) A community information meeting must be open to the public.
(2) At the commencement of a community information meeting, the
chair shall read the petition that was prepared and provided to the
Minister in accordance with
section 214(3) of the Act.
(3) After the petition is read, the chair shall provide a period for
(
a) a representative of the operating separate school board, the
public school board, the petitioners and the Minister to make
presentations,
(
b) residents in the proposed separate school establishment area,
including the petitioners, and the representatives referred to
in clause (
a) to discuss and ask questions about the petition
and the potential implications of establishing a separate
school district, and
(
c) those who made the presentations to respond to the questions.
(4) The chair may moderate discussion at the meeting, including by
limiting speaking time, as the chair sees fit.
Division 3
Vote Respecting Establishment of
Separate School District
Definitions for Division 3
7 In this Division,
(a) "deputy returning officer" means a deputy returning officer
appointed under
section 9(1)(a);
(b) "returning officer" means the returning officer appointed
under
section 8;
(c) "vote" means a vote to establish a separate school district
under
section 215 of the Act;
(d) "voting day" means the day or days on which a vote is taken.
Appointment of returning officer
8(1) The Minister may appoint a returning officer for the purposes of
conducting a vote.
(2) The returning officer must not be a petitioner or a member, officer
or employee of any board.
Powers and duties of returning officer
9(1) The returning officer
(
a) shall appoint one or more deputy returning officers,
(
b) shall establish one or more voting stations as the returning
officer considers necessary,
(
c) subject to subsection (3), shall designate at least 2 deputy
returning officers to work at each voting station, and
(
d) may do all other things necessary for the conduct of a vote.
(2) A deputy returning officer must not be a petitioner or a member,
officer or employee of any board.
(3) The returning officer may work with a deputy returning officer at a
voting station instead of designating a second deputy returning officer
to work there.
(4) The returning officer shall provide for the supply and delivery of
ballots, ballot boxes and instructions to separate school electors and
other necessary supplies to all voting stations.
(5) The returning officer shall, before performing the duties of that
office, take and subscribe to an official oath in the form prescribed by
the Minister.
(6) Every deputy returning officer shall, before performing the duties
of that office, take and subscribe to an oath in the form prescribed
under subsection (5), and the oath of a deputy returning officer may be
administered by the returning officer.
Costs
10 The petitioners are responsible for all facility costs associated
with the community information meeting and the vote.
Notice of vote
11(1) Notice respecting the vote must be served by the petitioners on
the public school board by personal delivery, a method of recorded
mail or electronic means at least 10 days prior to the date set out in the
notice of the vote.
(2) At least 7 days before a vote is held,
(
a) the operating separate school board and the public school
board shall publish notice of the vote in a prominent manner
on their websites,
(
b) the petitioners shall post notice of the vote in 5 or more
conspicuous physical locations to which the public has
normal and regular access in the establishment area for the
proposed separate school district, and
(
c) the operating separate school board, public school board or
petitioners may post or give notice of the vote in any
additional place or manner they consider appropriate.
(3) A notice under this
section must include the location, date and
time of the vote.
(4) Despite the requirement to publish notice under subsection (2)(a),
any failure to do so does not invalidate the vote.
Conduct of vote
presence of the returning officer or a deputy returning officer a
declaration in the form required by the Minister stating that the elector
is a separate school elector.
(2) A person who has not signed the declaration referred to in
subsection (1) is not entitled to vote.
(3) The vote must be conducted by secret ballot.
(4) The returning officer or a deputy returning officer shall preside
over the taking of the poll.
Instructions for voters
13(1) Before the opening of a voting station, the returning officer or a
deputy returning officer at the voting station shall post printed
instructions for the electors within each voting compartment and at a
conspicuous location within the voting station and shall ensure that
they remain posted there until the close of the voting station.
(2) The instructions must be printed in clearly legible characters in the
form required by the Minister.
Voting hours
14(1) Every voting station shall remain open on voting day for 10
consecutive hours from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.
(2) Promptly at 8 p.m. a deputy returning officer shall declare the
voting station closed.
(3) If, when a voting station is declared closed, there is a separate
school elector in the voting station who wishes to vote, the elector shall
be permitted to do so, but no other person shall be allowed to enter the
voting station for that purpose.
Wording of question on ballot
15 The wording of the question on the ballot must be:
Do you favour the establishment of the proposed separate school
district?
Results of vote
16(1) After the voting stations are closed under
section 14, the
returning officer shall proceed to count the votes.
(2) If there is more than one voting station, ballots must be sealed by a
deputy returning officer before being delivered to the returning officer
for counting.
Notice of results of vote
17(1) Before sending to the Minister the information and documents
required under
section 216.1(1) of the Act, the returning officer shall
provide notice of the results of the vote in accordance with this section.
(2) As soon as is practicable after the results of the vote are known,
the returning officer shall provide notice of the results
(
a) by e-mail or regular mail, as the returning officer considers
appropriate, to the operating separate school board, the public
school board and the municipality or municipalities in which
the public school district is located, and
(
b) by whatever means the returning officer considers
appropriate, to the petitioners' representative.
(3) Prior to the vote being held, the petitioners shall inform the
returning officer of the petitioners' representative for the purposes of
this section.
Year in which establishment order becomes effective
18 Where a vote is taken and the majority of the separate school
electors who cast valid ballots voted in favour of the establishment of a
separate school district, the order establishing the separate school
district shall become effective
(
a) on September 1 of the year in which the vote was taken, if
the vote was taken on or before March 31, or
(
b) on September 1 of the year immediately following the year in
which the vote was taken, if the vote was taken after March
Part 2
Disestablishment of Separate
School District
Definitions for
Part 2
19 In this Part,
(a) "deputy returning officer" means a deputy returning officer
appointed by a returning officer;
(b) "petitioner" means an individual who signs a petition referred
to in
section 220(1)(
b) of the Act;
(c) "plebiscite" means a plebiscite under
section 220 of the Act;
(d) "returning officer" means the returning officer appointed
under
section 21(1);
(e) "vote" means a vote in a plebiscite;
(f) "voting day" means the day or days on which a vote is taken.
Eligible voters for plebiscite
20 Where a board is required or authorized to conduct a plebiscite in
respect of the disestablishment of a separate school district, only the
separate school electors of the separate school district are entitled to
vote in the plebiscite.
Conduct of plebiscite
21(1) A board shall appoint a returning officer for the purposes of
conducting a plebiscite.
(2) Section 9(1), (3), (4) and (5) apply, as modified by applying the
definitions in
section 19, in respect of a returning officer appointed
under this section.
(3) Section 9(6) applies in respect of every deputy returning officer
designated under this section.
(4) The operating separate school board shall, at least 7 days before a
vote is held,
(
a) publish notice of the vote in a prominent manner on its
website, and
(
b) post notice of the vote in 5 or more conspicuous physical
locations to which the public has normal and regular access
in the separate school district area considered for
disestablishment,
and may post or give notice of the vote in any additional place or
manner it considers appropriate.
(5) A notice under subsection (4) must include the location, date and
time of the vote.
(6) Sections 11 to 14 and 16 apply, as modified by applying the
definitions in
section 19, in respect of a vote.
(7) Despite subsection (6), for the purposes of this section, notice
respecting the vote does not need to be served on the public school
board; however 10 days' notice must be provided to the public school
board.
Petition
22(1) A petition referred to in
section 220(1)(
b) of the Act for the
disestablishment of a separate school district must
(
a) provide evidence satisfactory to the Minister that the separate
school electors are of the same faith, whether Protestant or
Roman Catholic, as those in the minority in the separate
school district, and
(
b) be in the form required by the Minister.
(2) The petitioners shall provide the petition for the disestablishment
to the operating separate school board and provide copies of the
petition to the public school board and the Minister.
Wording of question for plebiscite
23 The wording of the question on the ballot for the plebiscite must
be:
Do you favour the disestablishment of
The _____________ Separate School District No._________?
Notice of results
24(1) The returning officer shall, no more than 10 days after the vote
is held, send the following to the Minister:
(
a) a copy of the notice calling the vote;
(
b) proof, in the form required by the Minister, that the notice
respecting the vote was made public in accordance with
section 21;
(
c) proof, in the form required by the Minister, that the notice
respecting the vote was provided to the public school board
in accordance with
section 21;
(
d) proof satisfactory to the Minister that those who participated
in the vote are separate school electors of the separate school
district;
(
e) the declaration of the returning officer with respect to the
result of the vote, which must include a statement that the
minimum participation for a binding vote as set out in
section
216 of the Act was met.
(2) As soon as practicable after the results of the vote are known, the
returning officer shall provide notice of the results of the vote
(
a) by e-mail or regular mail, as the returning officer considers
appropriate, to the operating separate school board, the public
school board and the municipality or municipalities in which
the separate school district is located, and
(
b) by whatever means the returning officer considers
appropriate, to the petitioners' representative.
(3) Prior to the vote being held, the petitioners shall inform the
returning officer of the petitioners' representative for the purposes of
this section.
Part 3
General
Coming into force
25 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of
section 28 of the School Amendment Act, 2017.
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Alberta Regulation 165/2018
School Act
SEPARATE SCHOOL REGIONS ESTABLISHMENT ORDER
Filed: August 30, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Education (M.O. 022/2018) on
August 21, 2018 pursuant to
section 221 of the School Act.
Table of Contents
1 Establishment of Separate School Regions
2 Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 1
3 Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 2
4 Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 3
5 Living Waters Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 4
6 Evergreen Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 5
7 Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 6
8 Elk Island Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 7
9 Edmonton Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 8
10 St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School
Region No. 9
11 East Central Alberta Roman Catholic Separate School
Region No. 10
12 Red Deer Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 11
13 Christ the Redeemer Roman Catholic Separate School
Region No. 12
14 Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 13
15 Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 14
16 Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 15
17 Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate School
Region No. 16
18 Repeal
19 Coming into force
Establishment of Separate School Regions
1 Pursuant to
section 221 of the School Act, the Separate School
Regions are established.
Holy Family Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 1
2(1) The Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 1
shall be comprised of lands included in the following school
jurisdictions:
(
a) Fort Vermilion School Division No. 52;
(
b) Townships 86 to 92 inclusive, in Range 1, West of the
6th Meridian in Peace River School Division No. 10 and that
portion of Peace River School Division No. 10 lying East of
the 6th Meridian;
(
c) that portion of High Prairie School Division No. 48 lying
West of Range 13;
(
d) that portion of Northern Gateway Regional Division No. 10
lying North and West of the Little Smoky River, North and
East of the Isoegun River and North of Township 65.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Holy Family Catholic Regional Division No. 37 shall be
the only separate school board for the Separate School Region
described in subsection (1).
Grande Prairie Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 2
3(1) The Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School Region
No. 2 shall be comprised of lands included in the following school
jurisdictions:
(
a) Peace Wapiti School Division No. 76;
(
b) Grande Prairie School District No. 2357;
(
c) that portion of Peace River School Division No. 10 lying
West of the 6th Meridian excluding Townships 86 to 92, in
Range 1.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School District
No. 28 shall be the only separate school board for the Separate School
Region described in subsection (1).
Fort McMurray Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 3
4(1) The Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School Region
No. 3 shall be comprised of the lands in Fort McMurray Public School
District No. 2833.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Fort McMurray
Catholic Board of Education shall be the only the separate school
board for the Separate School Region described in subsection (1).
Living Waters Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 4
5(1) The Living Waters Roman Catholic Separate School Region
No. 4 shall be comprised of lands included in the following school
jurisdictions:
(
a) Grande Yellowhead Public School Division No. 77 with the
exception of Hinton School District No. 4518;
(
b) that portion of Northern Gateway Regional Division No. 10
lying South and East of the Little Smoky River, South and
West of the Isoegun River and South of Township 65;
(
c) that portion of High Prairie School Division No. 48 lying
East of Range 13.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Living Waters Catholic Regional Division No. 42 shall be
the only separate school board for the Separate School Region
described in subsection (1).
Evergreen Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 5
6(1) The Evergreen Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 5
shall be comprised of the lands included in the following school
jurisdictions:
(
a) Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7;
(
b) Parkland School Division No. 70 with the exception of Moon
Lake School District No. 4724;
(
c) Devon School District No. 4972 in Black Gold Regional
Division No. 18;
(
d) Hinton School District No. 4518 in Grande Yellowhead
Public School Division No. 77.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2 shall
be the only separate school board for the Separate School Region
described in subsection (1).
Lakeland Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 6
7(1) The Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 6
shall be comprised of the lands included in the following school
jurisdictions:
(
a) Northern Lights School Division No. 69;
(
b) Aspen View Public School Division No. 78.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School District
No. 150 shall be the only separate school board for the Separate School
Region described in subsection (1).
Elk Island Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 7
8(1) The Elk Island Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 7
shall be comprised of the lands included in the following school
jurisdictions:
(
a) Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14;
(
b) Saskatchewan School District No. 2 in Sturgeon School
Division No. 24;
(
c) Stony Creek School District No. 3611 in Black Gold
Regional Division No. 18;
(
d) those portions of Battle River Regional Division No. 31 lying
within the Camrose County; those portions of Battle River
Regional Division No. 31 lying within Beaver County; those
portions of Battle River Regional Division No. 31 lying
North of Township 45 within Flagstaff County with the
exception of the lands contained in Valley School District
No. 1891 and Wheatland School District No. 1636;
(
e) that portion of the County of Two Hills contained in
Vegreville Catholic Separate School District No. 16 and
Norma Village School District No. 4861.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41
shall be the only separate school board for the Separate School Region
described in subsection (1).
Edmonton Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 8
9(1) The Edmonton Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 8
shall be comprised of lands included in Edmonton School District
No. 7.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Edmonton Catholic Separate School District No. 7 shall be
the only separate school board for the Separate School Region
described in subsection (1).
St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 9
10(1) The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School
Region No. 9 shall be comprised of the lands included in the following
school jurisdictions:
(
a) Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 with the exception of
Stony Creek School District No. 3611 and the Devon School
District No. 4972;
(
b) Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11;
(
c) that portion of Wild Rose School Division No. 66 lying
North of Township 45 and that portion of Wild Rose School
Division No. 66 lying East of the North Saskatchewan River;
(
d) Moon Lake School District No. 4724 in Parkland School
Division No. 70;
(
e) Wolf Creek School Division No. 72 with the exception of
Blackfalds School District No. 255, Blindman School
District No. 252, Bluebell School District No. 1186, Carritt
School District No. 930, Durham School District No. 3907,
Eckville School District No. 1459, Saima School District
No. 1434, Warren School District No. 2910, Wolfe Valley
School District No. 4010.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional
Division No. 38 shall be the only separate school board for the
Separate School Region described in subsection (1).
East Central Alberta Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 10
11(1) The East Central Alberta Roman Catholic Separate School
Region No. 10 shall be comprised of the lands included in the
following school jurisdictions:
(
a) Buffalo Trail Public Schools Regional Division No. 28;
(
b) Clearview School Division No. 71;
(
c) those portions of Battle River Regional Division No. 31 lying
South of Township 45 within the Flagstaff County with the
exception of those lands contained in Amity School District
No. 1959, Daysland School District No. 1539, Leith School
District No. 1565, Poplar School District No. 3003 and Selby
School District No. 1545.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of East Central Alberta Catholic Separate Schools Regional
Division No. 16 shall be the only separate school board for the
Separate School Region described in subsection (1).
Red Deer Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 11
12(1) The Red Deer Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 11
shall be comprised of lands included in the following jurisdictions:
(
a) Red Deer Public School District No. 104;
(
b) Chinook's Edge School Division No. 73;
(
c) Wild Rose School Division No. 66 excluding that portion
North of Township 45 and that portion lying East of the
Saskatchewan River;
(
d) Blackfalds School District No. 255, Blindman School
District No. 252, Bluebell School District No. 1186, Carritt
School District No. 930, Durham School District No. 3907,
Eckville School District No. 1459, Saima School District
No. 1434, Warren School District No. 2910, Wolfe Valley
School District No. 4010 in Wolf Creek School Division No.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39 shall be the
only separate school board for the Separate School Region described in
subsection (1).
Christ the Redeemer Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 12
13(1) The Christ the Redeemer Roman Catholic Separate School
Region No. 12 shall be comprised of the lands included in the
following school jurisdictions:
(
a) Foothills School Division No. 38;
(
b) Golden Hills School Division No. 75;
(
c) Canadian Rockies Regional Division No. 12;
(
d) Grasslands Regional Division No. 6;
(
e) Prairie Land Regional Division No. 25;
(
f) that portion of Prairie Rose School Division No. 8 lying
North of the Red Deer River;
(
g) Greig School District No. 3648, Hobert School District
No. 1199, Rolling Plains School District No. 1287, Nanton
School District No. 730, Round Mound School District
No. 1398, Sun Prairie School District No. 1121, Broadway
School District No. 1172, Braehead School District
No. 4215, Coleraine School District No. 1288, Sunset School
District No. 1483 and Muir Head School District No. 2032
included in Livingstone Range School Division No. 68.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional Division
No. 3 shall be the only separate school board for the Separate School
Region described in subsection (1).
Calgary Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 13
14(1) The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Region No. 13
shall be comprised of the lands included in the following school
jurisdictions:
(
a) Calgary School District No. 19;
(
b) Rocky View School Division No. 41.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1
shall be the only separate school board for the Separate School Region
described in subsection (1).
Holy Spirit Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 14
15(1) The Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School Region
No. 14 shall be comprised of the lands included in the following school
jurisdictions:
(
a) Lethbridge School District No. 51;
(
b) Livingstone Range School Division No. 68 with the
exception of Braehead School District No. 4215, Broadway
School District No. 1172, Coleraine School District
No. 1288, Greig School District No. 3648, Hobert School
District No. 1199, Nanton School District No. 730, Rolling
Plains School District No. 1287, Round Mound School
District No. 1398, Sun Prairie School District No. 1121,
Sunset School District No. 1483 and Muir Head School
District No. 2032;
(
c) Westwind School Division No. 74;
(
d) Palliser Regional Division No. 26;
(
e) Horizon School Division No. 67;
(
f) Bow Island School District No. 1883 in Prairie Rose School
Division No. 8.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division
No. 4 shall be the only separate school board for the Separate School
Region described in subsection (1).
Medicine Hat Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 15
16(1) The Medicine Hat Roman Catholic Separate School Region
No. 15 shall be comprised of the lands included in the following school
jurisdictions:
(
a) Medicine Hat School District No. 76;
(
b) that portion of Prairie Rose School Division No. 8 lying
South of the Red Deer River with the exception of Bow
Island School District No. 1883.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Medicine Hat
Catholic Board of Education shall be the only separate school board
for the Separate School Region described in subsection (1).
Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic
Separate School Region No. 16
17(1) The Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate School Region
No. 16 shall be comprised of the lands included in the following school
jurisdictions:
(
a) Sturgeon School Division No. 24 with the exception of
Saskatchewan School District No. 2;
(
b) St. Albert Public School District No. 5565.
(2) Pursuant to
section 221(4) of the School Act, The Board of
Trustees of Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate School
District No. 734 shall be the only separate school board for the
Separate School Region described in subsection (1).
Repeal
18 The Separate School Regions Establishment and Provision of
Services Order (AR 109/2002) is repealed.
Coming into force
19 This Order comes into force on the coming into force of
section
28 of the School Amendment Act, 2017.
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Alberta Regulation 166/2018
School Act
STUDENT RECORD REGULATION
Filed: August 30, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Education (M.O. 027/2018) on
August 29, 2018 pursuant to
section 38.1 of the School Act.
Table of Contents
Interpretation
2 Information included in student record
3 Information not to be included in student record
4 Retention of student record
5 Disposal and destruction of student record
6 Access to student record
7 Disclosure of information
8 Student transfer
9 School closure
10 Compliance
11 Repeal
12 Expiry
13 Coming into force
Interpretation
1(1) In this Regulation,
(a) "Act" means the School Act;
(b) "early childhood services program private operator" means a
person, other than a board, that provides an early childhood
services program;
(c) "resident board" means the board of the district or division of
which a student is a resident student under
section 44 of the
Act.
(2) For greater certainty, a reference in this Regulation to a student
includes an individual who is younger than 6 years of age who is
enrolled in an early childhood services program except where
otherwise indicated.
(3) For the purposes of sections 7 and 10,
(a) "employee", in relation to a board, means an employee as
defined in the Freedom of Information and Protection of
Privacy Act, and
(b) "employee", in relation to an early childhood services
program private operator or an operator of a private school,
means an employee as defined in the Personal Information
Protection Act.
Information included in student record
2(1) The student record for a student must contain all information
affecting the decisions made about the education of the student that is
collected or maintained by a board, an operator of a private school or
an early childhood services program private operator, regardless of the
manner in which the student record is maintained or stored, including
(
a) the student's name
(
i) as registered under the Vital Statistics Act, if the student
was born in Alberta,
(ii) as registered under the applicable legislation of the
province or territory in which the student was born, if
the student was born in a province or territory of
Canada other than Alberta, or
(iii) as shown on the documents under which the student was
lawfully admitted to Canada, if the student was born
outside Canada,
and any other surnames by which the student is known,
(
b) the student identification number assigned to the student by
the Minister and any student identification number assigned
to the student by a board, an operator of a private school or
an early childhood services program private operator,
(
c) the name of the student's parent,
(
d) a copy of any separation agreement or court order referred to
section 38.1(2)(
c) of the Act,
(
e) the birth date of the student,
(
f) the gender of the student,
(
g) the addresses, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of the
student and of the student's parent,
(
h) the name of the resident board of the student, except in the
case of a student who is a child referred to in
section 30(1)(
a) of the Act,
(
i) the citizenship of the student and, if the student is not a
Canadian citizen, the type of document pursuant to which the
student is lawfully admitted to Canada for permanent or
temporary residence, and the expiry date of that document,
(
j) the names of all schools attended by the student in Alberta
and the dates of enrolment, if known, except for the names of
any schools in respect of which including the name of the
school would be contrary to
section 3(1)(b),
(
k) an annual
summary, or a
summary at the end of each
semester, of the student's achievement or progress in the
courses and programs in which the student is enrolled,
(
l) the results obtained by the student on any
(
i) achievement test and diploma examination conducted
by or on behalf of the Province,
(ii) diagnostic test administered by a board, an operator of a
private school or an early childhood services program
private operator, and
(iii) standardized tests, under any testing program
administered by a board, an operator of a private school
or an early childhood services program private operator
to all or a large portion of the students or to a specific
grade level of students,
(
m) any accommodations provided under the Student Evaluation
Regulation (AR 177/2003),
(
n) in relation to any formal intellectual, behavioural or
emotional assessment or evaluation administered individually
to the student by a board, an operator of a private school or
an early childhood services program private operator,
(
i) the name of the assessment or evaluation,
(ii) a
summary of the results of the assessment or
evaluation,
(iii) the date of the assessment or evaluation,
(iv) the name of the individual who administered the
assessment or evaluation,
(
v) any interpretive report relating to the assessment or
evaluation, and
(vi) any action taken as program planning as a result of the
assessment, evaluation or interpretive report,
(
o) in relation to any formal intellectual, behavioural or
emotional assessment or evaluation requested by the
student's parent and administered to the student by an
independent party,
(
i) the name of the assessment or evaluation,
(ii) a
summary of the results of the assessment or
evaluation,
(iii) the date of the assessment or evaluation,
(iv) the name of the individual who administered the
assessment or evaluation,
(
v) any interpretive report relating to the assessment or
evaluation, and
(vi) any action taken as program planning as a result of the
assessment, evaluation or interpretive report,
(
p) any health information that the parent of the student or the
student wishes to be placed on the student record,
(
q) an annual
summary of the student's school attendance,
(
r) subject to subsection (2), information about any suspension
of more than one day or expulsion relating to the student or
the student's rights pursuant to the Act,
(
s) in the case of a student record maintained by a board, if the
parent of the student has the right to have the student receive
primary and secondary school instruction in the French
language under
section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights
and Freedoms, a notation to indicate that and a notation to
indicate whether the parent wishes to exercise that right, and
(
t) in the case of a student record maintained by a board or by an
operator of a private school that is eligible to receive the First
Nation, Metis and Inuit Education funding allocation in
respect of the private school, if the parent of the student or
the student wishes to provide information that the student is
of aboriginal ancestry, a notation indicating whether the
student is Status Indian/First Nations, Non-Status Indian/First
Nations, Metis or Inuit.
(2) Information referred to in subsection (1)(
r) must
(
a) be retained on the student record for a student for at least one
year after the date on which the suspension or expulsion
began, and
(
b) be removed from the student record for a student not later
than 3 years after the date on which the suspension or
expulsion began.
(3) A board, an operator of a private school or an early childhood
services program private operator may include in a student record any
information referred to in
section 3(1)(a)(iii) if, in the opinion of the
board, the operator of the private school or the early childhood services
program private operator, inclusion of the information in the student
record would be
(
a) in the public interest, or
(
b) necessary to ensure the safety of students and staff.
(4) If an individualized program plan is specifically devised for a
student for a school year, the plan and any amendments to the plan
must be placed on the student record of that student in addition to
summaries of all individualized program plans for previous school
years for that student.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (1), a board, an operator of a
private school or an early childhood services program private operator
may require a student's parent or an independent student to provide
(
a) a copy, acceptable to the board, the operator of a private
school or the early childhood services program private
operator, of
(
i) the student's birth certificate and, if applicable, change
of name certificate, if the student was born in Canada,
(ii) another official document acceptable to the board, the
operator of a private school or the early childhood
services program private operator, if the student was
born outside Canada,
and
(
b) a copy, acceptable to the board, the operator of a private
school or the early childhood services program private
operator, of the student's Canadian citizenship certificate or
the document pursuant to which the student is lawfully
admitted to Canada for permanent or temporary residence.
(6) Each year that a student is enrolled in a school operated by a
board, an operator of a private school or an early childhood services
program private operator, the board, the operator of a private school or
the early childhood services program private operator shall ensure that
(
a) the information referred to in this
section is recorded on or
updated on the student record for the student, and
(
b) any information to which subsection (2)(
b) applies is
removed from the student record for the student.
Information not to be included in student record
3(1) A board, an operator of a private school or an early childhood
services program private operator shall ensure that the student record
for a student maintained or retained by the board, the operator of a
private school or the early childhood services program private operator
does not include
(
a) any information contained in
(
i) notes and observations prepared by and for the
exclusive use of a teacher, teacher's assistant,
counsellor or principal, and that are not used in program
placement decisions,
(ii) a report or an investigation record relating to the student
under the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act, or
(iii) counselling records relating to the student that are or
may be personal, sensitive or embarrassing to the
student, unless
section 2(3) applies,
(
b) any information that identifies a student as a young person as
defined in the Youth Justice Act or the Youth Criminal Justice
Act (Canada) and all information relating to that student in
that capacity.
(2) A board, an operator of a private school or an early childhood
services program private operator is not required to include in a student
record a test instrument or any part of it relating to a test, examination,
assessment or evaluation referred to in
section 2(1)(l), (
n) or (o), but if
there is an appeal relating to the test, examination, assessment or
evaluation or an evaluation of a student in respect of the test,
examination, assessment or evaluation, the persons referred to in
section 38.1(2) of the Act may review the test instrument as if it were
part of the student record.
(3) A board shall ensure that the information referred to in this
section
is disclosed only in accordance with the Freedom of Information and
Protection of Privacy Act.
(4) An operator of a private school or an early childhood services
program private operator shall ensure that the information referred to
in this
section is disclosed only in accordance with the Personal
Information Protection Act.
Retention of student record
4(1) Subject to subsection (2), a board, an operator of a private school
or an early childhood services program private operator shall retain the
student record for a student containing the information referred to in
section 2(1) and (4) for 7 years after the student ceases to attend a
school operated by the board, the operator of a private school or the
early childhood services program private operator or until the student
record has been provided in accordance with
section 8(1) or (2).
(2) If a student transfers from a school in Alberta to a school outside
Alberta, the board, the operator of a private school or the early
childhood services program private operator that operates the school
from which the student transfers shall retain the student record for the
student containing the information referred to in
section 2(1) and (4)
for 7 years after the date the student would have been expected to have
completed grade 12 had the student not transferred from the school.
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), a board may choose to
retain a student record for more than 7 years if a longer retention
period is authorized by a resolution of the board.
(4) An operator of a private school or an early childhood services
program private operator may choose to retain a student record for
more than 7 years if
(
a) the operator of the private school or the early childhood
services program private operator reasonably requires the
student record for legal or business purposes for more than 7
years, and
(
b) a longer retention period is authorized by the governing body
of the operator of the private school or the early childhood
services program private operator.
Disposal and destruction of student record
5(1) A board shall dispose of or destroy student records that are no
longer required to be kept under
section 4.
(2) Student records shall be disposed of or destroyed in a manner that
maintains the confidentiality of the information in the record.
(3) A board shall dispose of information referred to in
section 3
relating to a student in the same manner as student records are to be
disposed of under subsection (2).
(4) For greater certainty, an operator of a private school or an early
childhood services program private operator shall deal with student
records in accordance with
section 35 of the Personal Information
Protection Act when the student records are no longer required to be
kept under
section 4.
Access to student record
6 A board, an operator of a private school or an early childhood
services program private operator shall ensure that the persons who,
under
section 38.1 of the Act, are entitled to review the student record
of a student are informed that they are entitled to review the student
record.
Disclosure of information
7(1) A board, an operator of a private school or an early childhood
services program private operator may only disclose the contents of a
student record
(
a) in accordance with sections 38.1, 40, 41 and 43 of the Act,
(
b) to an employee of the board, the operator of the private
school or the early childhood services program private
operator if the information is necessary for the performance
of the duties of the employee,
(
c) to the Minister if the information is necessary for the
performance of the duties of the Minister,
(
d) with the written consent of
(
i) the parent if the student is under 16 years of age, or
(ii) the student or the parent if the student is 16 years of age
or older,
(
e) in accordance with
section 8,
(
f) in accordance with any other regulation under the Act, or
(
g) in accordance with
(
i) the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
Act, in the case of a board, or
(ii) the Personal Information Protection Act, in the case of
an operator of a private school or an early childhood
services program private operator.
(2) A board, an operator of a private school or an early childhood
services program private operator shall disclose information contained
in a student record to the Department of Justice and Solicitor General
or its designate when requested by the Department or its designate for
the purpose of administering the Youth Justice Act or the Youth
Criminal Justice Act (Canada) or carrying out any program or policy
under either Act.
(3) A board that is a Francophone Regional authority may collect from
a board or the Minister
(
a) the name, address, date of birth, gender and school of a
student whose parent has been noted under
section 2(1)(
s) as
having a right to have the student receive primary and
secondary school instruction in the French language under
section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms,
and
(
b) the name, address and telephone number of the student's
parent
for the purpose of contacting the parent of the student and advocating
for minority language educational rights.
(4) The Minister may collect from a board the information referred to
in subsection (3) for the purpose of
(
a) disclosing the information to a board that is a Francophone
Regional authority for the purpose of the Francophone
Regional authority contacting the parent of the student and
advocating for minority language educational rights, or
(
b) accurately establishing the number of minority language
educational right holders in Alberta.
(5) A board shall, on request, disclose the information referred to in
subsection (3)
(
a) to a board that is a Francophone Regional authority for the
purpose referred to in subsection (3), or
(
b) to the Minister for a purpose referred to in subsection (4).
(6) An associate board or associate private school, as defined in the
Home Education Regulation (AR 145/2006), supervising a home
education program for a student shall, annually, notify the student's
resident board of
(
a) the student's name, address, date of birth, gender and school,
and
(
b) the name, address and telephone number of the student's
parent
to ensure that the resident board is aware that the student is attending a
school.
Student transfer
8(1) If a student transfers from a school in Alberta to another school
in Alberta,
(
a) the board, the operator of a private school or the early
childhood services program private operator from which the
student transfers may disclose the student record for the
student containing the information referred to in
section 2(1)
and (4) to the board, the operator of a private school or the
early childhood services program private operator to which
the student transfers, and
(
b) the board, the operator of a private school or the early
childhood services program private operator to which the
student transfers may collect the student record for the
student containing the information referred to in
section 2(1)
and (4).
(2) If the student record for a student who transfers from a school in
Alberta to another school in Alberta is not in electronic form, the
board, the operator of a private school or the early childhood services
program private operator from which the student transfers shall, on
receipt of a written request from the school to which the student
transfers, send the original student record for the student containing the
information referred to in
section 2(1) and (4) to that school.
(3) If a student transfers to a school outside Alberta, the board, the
operator of a private school or the early childhood services program
private operator from which the student transfers shall, on receipt of a
written request from the school to which the student transfers, send a
copy of the student record for the student containing the information
referred to in
section 2(1) and (4) to that school.
School closure
9 An operator of a private school or an early childhood services
program private operator, shall, on closing the private school or early
childhood services program, transfer the student record for a student in
the school
(
a) to the school to which the student transfers, or
(
b) if the school to which the student transfers is unknown, to the
Minister.
Compliance
10(1) A board shall designate one of its employees to be responsible
for ensuring that the policies and procedures established by the board
relating
(
a) to student records, and
(
b) to information referred to in
section 3
comply with this Regulation and the Freedom of Information and
Protection of Privacy Act.
(2) An operator of a private school or an early childhood services
program private operator shall designate one of its employees to be
responsible for ensuring that the policies and procedures established by
the operator of a private school or the early childhood services
program private operator relating
(
a) to student records, and
(
b) to information referred to in
section 3
comply with this Regulation and the Personal Information Protection
Act.
Repeal
11 The Student Record Regulation (AR 225/2006) is repealed.
Expiry
12 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for
ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be
repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this
Regulation expires on August 31, 2025.
Coming into force
13 This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2018.
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Alberta Regulation 167/2018
School Act
PRIVATE SCHOOLS AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: August 30, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Education (M.O. 028/2018) on
August 29, 2018 pursuant to
section 28 of the School Act.
APPENDIX
1 The Private Schools Regulation (AR 190/2000) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 1(e.1) and (e.2) are repealed.
Section 2(1)(
g) is amended by striking out "section 2(1) and
(3) of Ministerial Order No. 004/98, Goals and Standards Applicable
to the Provision of Basic Education in Alberta" and substituting
"Ministerial Order No. 001/2013, Student Learning, An Order to Adopt
or Approve Goals and Standards Applicable to the Provision of
Education in Alberta".
Section 10(1)(
b) is amended by striking out "Ministerial
Order No. 004/98, Goals and Standards Applicable to the Provision of
Basic Education in Alberta" and substituting "Ministerial Order
No. 001/2013, Student Learning, An Order to Adopt or Approve Goals
and Standards Applicable to the Provision of Education in Alberta".
Section 14(
b) is repealed and the following is
substituted:
(
b) appoint as auditor for the school a person who is registered
under the Chartered Professional Accountants Act and who
is authorized under that Act to perform an audit engagement,
Section 15 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Financial statements and budget
15(1) The operator of a funded private school must submit to the
Minister annually on or before November 30
(
a) the original and one copy of the audited financial statements
for the school's fiscal year ending on the August 31
preceding that date, in the form prescribed by the Minister
and signed by the chair of the operating board of the school
and by the treasurer or secretary-treasurer appointed under
section 14(a),
(
b) an auditor's report in the form prescribed by the Minister,
and
(
c) copies of any written communications between the auditor
and the operator respecting the operator's internal control
systems and accounting procedures.
(2) The operator of a funded private school must submit to the
Minister annually on or before May 31, in the form prescribed by the
Minister, the budget for the school's fiscal year starting on the
September 1 following that date.
(3) An operator of more than one funded private school may, with
the prior approval of the Minister, submit to the Minister
(
a) audited financial statements under subsection (1) that relate
to all of those schools, and
(
b) a budget under subsection (2) that relates to all of those
schools.
(4) The financial statements referred to in subsection (1)(
a) must
include the following information:
(
a) the remuneration, the benefits, the allowances and the
expenses paid to or on behalf of the directors, secretary,
treasurer or secretary-treasurer, or other officers of the
operating board, each shown as a separate figure and shown
separately for each of these persons;
(
b) the total of the remuneration, the total of the benefits and the
total of the allowances paid to or on behalf of the person
responsible for the administration of the school, regardless of
the name given to the person's position;
(
c) the total of the remuneration, the total of the benefits and the
total of the allowances paid to or on behalf of the persons in
the following groups:
(
i) teachers and other instructional staff employed by the
operator;
(ii) other employees of the operator.
(5) An auditor must, in accordance with the Canadian Auditing
Standards,
(
a) perform the auditor's examination of, and prepare the
auditor's report on, the financial statements prepared under
this section, and
(
b) submit the auditor's report to the operator.
(6) An operator and the employees of an operator must give the
auditor access to all records, documents, books of account and
vouchers of the operator at all times, and the auditor is empowered to
request and receive from the operator and any employee of the
operator any information and explanations that in the auditor's
opinion may be necessary to enable the auditor to report as required
by this section.
Section 18(1) is repealed and the following is
substituted:
Education plan and annual education results report
18(1) The operator of a funded private school must prepare a 3-year
education plan and an annual education results report for the school
as required by the Minister.
8 Sections 20 and 22 are repealed.
9 This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2018.
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Alberta Regulation 168/2018
School Act
EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: August 30, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Education (M.O. 029/2018) on
August 29, 2018 pursuant to
section 30(4) of the School Act.
1 The Early Childhood Services Regulation (AR 31/2002) is
amended by this Regulation.
Section 1(e)(ii) is amended by striking out "School Grants
Regulation (AR 72/95)" and substituting "Education Grants
Regulation (AR 120/2008)".
Section 6(
a) is repealed and the following is substituted:
(
a) keep records in accordance with the Student Record
Regulation, and
Section 7(
b) is amended by striking out "Regulated
Accounting Profession Act" and substituting "Chartered
Professional Accountants Act".
Section 3 comes into force on September 1, 2018.
Alberta Regulation 169/2018
Livestock Identification and Commerce Act
LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION AND COMMERCE
GENERAL AMENDMENT REGULATION
Filed: August 31, 2018
For information only: Made by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
(MO 032/2018) on August 30, 2018 pursuant to
section 92 of the Livestock
Identification and Commerce Act.
1 The Livestock Identification and Commerce General
Regulation (AR 208/2008) is amended by this Regulation.
Section 77(1)(
a) is amended by striking out "$1.25" and
substituting "$1.50".
3 This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2018.