Bill 234 — Third Session, 18Th Legislature, 26 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 234 An Act To Amend the Scho'Ol-Act (Legislature 18, Session 3)

L18 S3 5839

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1977 Bill 234 Third Session, 18th Legislature, 26 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 234

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHO'OL-ACT MR. TAYLOR First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. Second Reading Third Reading Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 234 Mr. Taylor BILL 234 1977

AN ACT TO AMEN'D THE SCHOOL ACT (Assented to , 1977) HER MAJESTY, by and w,ith the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The School Act is hereby amended.

Section 140 is amended. (

a) by re-numbering the

section as subsection (1), and (

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

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) where a Board pro poses 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 inten tion to close the school by, (

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

b) causing to be inserted in a daily Dr weekly news paper circulating in the area a notice to that effect on three consecutive weeks.

(3) If a petition for a vDte is received by the Board with in 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) ten percent of the electors in a district of division having less than 5,000 but 500 electors or more, or (d) 15 per cent of the electors in a district or division ha ving 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 I. Amends

chapter 3'2'9, 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 BQard shall (

a) send to' the Minister a CQPy Qf each petitiQn re-. ceived under subsection (3) within five days of receiving it, and (

b) advise the Minister prQmptly of the QutcQme Qf each VQte cGnducted under subsectiGn (3).

(5) Where the result Gf the vGte is to defeat the prQPQsal to' clQse a schQQI, the BQard is bGund by the VGte 'and fQr a periQd Qf 12 mGnths frQm the date thereGf it shall nQt prGpGse the closure Qf the same schGGl.

(6) Where a BQard prQPQses to' discQntinue a kinder garten Qr Qne Qr mQre grades Qr classes Gf a grade pre viGusly Gperated at a schQQI it shall be deemed a prQPQsal to clGse a schGol for the purposes Gf this sectiQn, whether Gr nGt such discQntinuance results in any building Qr part thereQf being clQsed.

(7) Where a BQard prQPQses to' discQntinue the use Qf a building Qr part thereQf fQr a schQQI, it shall nQt be deemed a prQPGsal to' clQse a schQQI fGr the purpQses Qf this sectiQn unless the prQPGs'al will result in the discGntinuance Qf the GperatiQn Oof a kindergarten or Qne Qr mOore grades Qr class es Qf a grade or a s'chool.

Section 156 is amended by striking out subsection (3). 4. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

3. Amends

section 156 by removing provision for charges for schoarl bus. 4. Coming into force. 2 Title: 1977 (18th, 3rd) Bill 234,

An Act to Amend The School Act

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