Bill 128 (Legislature 15, Session 1)

L15 S1 1707

Alberta — Bills

No. 128 1st Session, 15th Legislature, A~berta 12 Elizabeth II BILL 128 A Bill to amend The Public Juriior Colleges Act 'HON. MR. AALBORG Printed by·L. s. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Ex:ceD.ent MajestY. Edmonton, Alberta, 1964

Explanatory Note, 1. The Public Junior Colleges Act, Statutes of Alberta, 1958, c. 64, amended.

Section 7, subsection (1) presently reads: "7.

(1) Where a school board proposes the establishment and oper ation of a junior colJlege in association with another board or other boards, and where the consent and approval required under secUo.n 6 have been obtained and any agreements respecting and goveminl' the partictpation of the school boar,ds Ln the establishment, maintenan~ a.nd operation of the proposed junior college have been executed, the school boards sponsoring the junior college may apply for the incor poration of the junior co~lege.".

BILL No. 128 of 1964

An Act to amend The Public Junior Colleges Act (As8ented to , 1964) HER MAJESTY, by and ·with the .advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alherta, enacts as follows: 1. The Public Junior Colleges Act is hereby amended.

Section 7 is amended by striking out subsection (1) and by substituting the following: 7.

(1) A school board proposing the establishment and operation of a junior college in association with another school board or boards shall (

a) appoint two members of its own, and (

b) invite the other board or boards to each appoint one member, and when the other board or one of the other boards appoints its member a provisional college board is con stituted consisting of those three members and the other members, if any, subsequently appointed. (1a) The school board proposing the junior college shall supply a secretary to the provisional college board. (1b) The provisional college board shall (

a) elect a chairman from its members, (

b) make a study of all matters bearing upon the need and feasibility of the proposed junior college, (

c) if it is agreed as to the need and feasibility of the proposed junior college, apply for the consent and approval referred to in

section 5, (

d) if the consent and approval under

section 5 are granted, negotiate and arrange for the execution of an agreement between the participating school boards for the operation of the proposed junior college, and (

e) when the agreement is executed, apply for incor poration of the proposed junior college.

Section 11 is revised primarily for clarificatien. A substan tive change is made with respect to the content of the present subsection (5) which reads: "

(5) Notwithstanding subs~tion (4) of this

section and subsectlon (1) of

section 12, where the board of a separate school district does not operate a school and arranges for the tUJitlon ot its pupUs in the school or schools of another district (

a) it is not entitled to appoint a member of the college board, and (

b) when a vacancy exists the trustees of any such district or districts together with the trustees of the district in whose school or schools' the pupils are enrolled shall, at a meeting convened by the board of the last mentioned district, elect one member to serve as a member of the college board.". Under the new clause (

c) of subsection (1) of

section 11, one member will represent all school boards of separate school districts within the lands comprising each participating school division (which by definition includes a county). Sections 12 and 13 are revised only to make reference to the member'represe-nting the separafe school districts. 2

3. Sections 11, 12 and 13 are struck out and the follow ing are substituted: 11.

(1) A college board shall consist of the following members: (

a) two members appointed by the school board which proposed the junior college; (

b) one member for each of the other participating school boards other than the separate school boards to which clause (

c) applies; (

c) with respect to each schoc;>~ divisioll that p~rtici pates in the junior college, one member representing all of the participating school boards of separate school districts within the lands comprising the school division and elected pursuant to subsection (2).

(2) The member referred to in clause (

c) of subsection (1) shall be elected in the following manner: (

a) when a vacancy exists or will exist upon the effec tive date of the resignation of the incumbent mem ber, the secretary of the college board shall give not less than thirty days' notice in writing to the school boards of all the separate school districts to be represented by the member of the time and placed fixed by the college board for the election of the member; (

b) each school board is entitled to appoint one dele gate to represent it at the election; (

c) the appointed delegates present at the time and place fixed for the election shall, by majority vote, elect the member to fill the vacancy.

(3) No person shall be a member of a college board who is not eligible to serve as a member of the school board for the school division or school district he represents. 12.

(1) A member of the college board appointed by a school board shall hold office at the pleasure of the board appointing him but not for a term of more than three years, and on the expiration of any three year term he is eligible for re-appointment.

(2) A member referred to in clause (

c) of subsection (1) of

section 11 s~all hoI? office for a term ?f t~ree years from the time of hIS electIOn, and at the expIratIOn of any three year term he is eligible for re-election. 13.

(1) A member of a college board Il?-ay resign there from by sending to the college board, and In ~he case ~f an appointed member, to th~ school board whl~h appOln~d him a written notice statIng the date on whIch the reslg nati~n is to be effective. 2

4. Commencement of Act. 3

(2) The resignation becomes effective on the date given in the notice, whether or not a successor has been appointed or elected.

(3) Upon receipt of a notice of resignation given by an appointed member, the school board shall appoint another member to the college board to succeed the resigning member.

(4) A notice of resignation shall allow at least one month between the date of the notice and the effective date thereof unless illness or other urgent consideration is involved. 4. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 3

No. 128 FIRST SE8SION FIFTEENTH LEGISLATURE 12 ELIZABETH II 19'64 BILL

An Act to amend The Public Junior Colleges Act '. Received and read the First time ........ . Second time Third time HON. MR. AALBORG Title: 1964 (15th, 1st) Bill 128,

An Act to amend The Public Junior Colleges Act

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