Second Session, 44th General Assembly

49 Elizabeth II, 2000

BILL 44

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOLS ACT, 1997

Received and Read the First Time

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

HONOURABLE LLOYD MATTHEWS

Minister of Education

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Schools Act, 1997 to provide the minister with the authority to enter into agreements respecting schools outside Canada.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOLS ACT, 1997

Analysis

1. S.51.1 Added

Foreign schools

2. S.117 Amdt.

Powers of the minister

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SN1997 cS-12.2

as amended

1. #9; The Schools Act, 1997 is amended by adding the following immediately after

section 51:

Foreign schools

51.1 The minister may enter into an agreement providing for

(

a) recognition by the province of credits given by schools located outside Canada;

(

b) the granting of a secondary school diploma by the province to persons who have attended a school located outside Canada;

(

c) minimum standards for the operation of schools referred to in paragraphs (

a) and (

b) and the inspection of those schools; and

(

d) other matters necessary for the purpose of paragraphs (

a) and (b).

2. Paragraph 117(

b) of the Act is amended by striking out the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (viii), striking out the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (ix) and substituting a comma and the word "and" and by adding immediately after that subparagraph the following:

(

x) an agreement under

section 51.1;

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