Bill 113 — Fourth Session, 16Th Legislature, 20 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembli Df Albertx Bill 113 An Act To Amend the Students Assistance Act (Legislature 16, Session 4)

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1971 Bill 113 Fourth Session, 16th Legislature, 20 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLi DF ALBERtx BILL 113

An Act to amend The Students Assistance Act THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION First Reading . . . . . . Second Reading ............................ . Third Reading ........................... . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

BILL 113 1971

AN ACT TO AMEND THE STUDENTS ASSISTANCE ACT (Assented to , 1971) HER MAJESTY, by rand with the ~dvi'Ce and eons,ent of the Legislrative Assembly of A~lber1Ja, enlarcts alS follows: 1. The Students Assistance Act is hereby amended. 2. The title of the. Act is struck out and the following title is substituted "THE STUDENTS FINANCE ACT".

Section 1 is amended by striking out the words "The Students Assistance Act" and by substituting the words "The Students Finance Act".

Section 2, clause (

a) is ame.nded by striking out the words "Students Assistance Board" and by substituting the words "Students Finance Board".

Section 3 is struck out and the following sections are substituted: 3.

(1) There is hereby established the Students Finance Board.

(2) The Board shall consist of three persons appointed by the Minister, one of whom shall be designated as chair man.

(3) The Board may make rules governing its proceed ings.

(4) The Board is responsible to the Minister and shall report to him in such manner and at such times as he de termines. 3.1

(1) The Board shall operate and administer a~l those programs of students finance that arc assigned to It by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

(2) Where the Lieutenant Governor in Council assigns a students finance program to the Board under subS'ection (1) he may

Explanatory Notes I. This Act will amendohapter 353 of the Revised Statutes of Albel'lba 1970. The Students Assistance Advisory Council (formerly established under

section 11)) will be dissolved by thiS' Act and in its place a new Advisory and Interdepartmental Committee will be set up under the provisions of

section 6 of The Department of Education Act. The purpose of the new Committee, in addition to considering matters connected with student finance, will be to co-ordinate the policies of the different departments of government and at the same time, with representatives of outside bodies, mirror the problems of the students receiving financial aid and the problems of educational institutions which they attend. 2. The ItiUe of the ACit 1s ,changed. 3. Self-explaJIlatory. 4. Definition chJalnged.

Section 3 presen:tly reads: 3.

(1) There is hereby esta,blished the Students Assistance Board.

(2) The Board sha,N consist of (

a) a chairman appointed by the Minister, (

b) a secretary appointed by the Minister, (

c) a member of the faculty of each university under The Universities Act appointed by the president of the university, and (

d) such other persons as are appointed from time to time by the Minister.

(3) The Board may establish an executive committee of at least three members, two of whom shall be the chairman and the 'secretary.

(

a) specify the powers, duties and authority the Board has with resp'ect to the program, and (

b) specify wihh~h powers, dutie.s and authority former ly 'exercised by another person or body with respect to the program, are to be exercised by the Board and whkh are not, and thereupon the powers, duties and authority specified become vested in the Board for the purpose of administer ing and operating the program.

Section 6 is a1nended by ren?I1nbering the

section as subsect,ion (1) and by adding the following subsection after subsection (1):

(2) The Provincial Treasurer shall establish a fund to be known as the Educational Opportunity Fund into which shall be deposited such moneys as are from time to time provided by the Legislature.

Section 7 is struck out and the following is sub stituted: 7. Subj'ect to this Act and the regulations the Board may (

a) make loans to students attending public or private educational institutions from the Students Loan Fund, and (b) (

c) write off all or part of the outstanding student loans made from the Students Loan Fund, or from the Educational Opportunity Fund payoff all or part of the outstanding loans made by a chartered bank or a treasury branch to a student under The Students Loan Guarantee Act.

Section 11 is struck out.

Section 12 is amended by adding the following clauses after clause ( e) : 2 (

f) the meaning to be ascribed to any word or expres sion used lin this Act, (

g) with respect to loans from the Students Loan Fund (

i) the conditions upon which and the manner in which student loans are to be written off, (ii) the proportion of the student loan to be written off and the times at which they will be written off, (iii) the students or classes of students whose loans may be written off, and

2 6. SecrtLon6 presenrt:ly Ireads: 6. The Provincial Treasurer ,shall establish a fund to be known as the Students Loan Fund into which shall be deposited such moneys as are from time to time provided by the Legisllature for the purposes of the fund. N ew Educat~onlal Oppoirtunilty Fund es:tablisihed.

Section 7 prvesent1y ,reads: 7. Subect to the provisions of this Act and the regulations the Board may make l'Oans to ,students from the Students Loan Fund.

Section 11 plreSiently reads: 11.

(1) There is hereby e·stablished the Students Assistance Advisory Council.

(2) The C'Ouncil shall consist of (

a) the Deputy Minister of Education or an 'Officer of the Depart ment of Education designated by the Deputy Minister to repre sent him, (

b) the president OIfeach university under The Universities Act or a member of the faculty of a university designated by the presi dent to .represent him, and (

c) such other persons, not exceeding twelve, as are appointed from time to time by the Minister.

(3) The Deputy Minister of Education or the person delsignated to represent him shall be the chairman ;olf the CouncH.

(4) The secretary of the Board shall be secretary to the Council.

(5) The Council shall consider matters and questions concerning as sistance to students and shall make reoommendations to the Ministe,r respecting policies and princip,les to govern a provineial program 'Of aid to students.

Section 12 presently Il'eads: 12. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for the purpose of carrying out the intent and objects 'Of this Act, and without limiting the generality 'Of the foregoing may make regulations prescribing (

a) the maximum amount of assistance that may be awarded to a student, (

b) the qualifications required by a student to receive assistance, (

c) the terms and conditions under which any assistance is awarded, (

d) the forms and instruments to be used under this Act, and (

e) the terms and conditions of repayment of loans.

(

h) with respect to the Educational Opportunity Fund and the moneys to be paid out of the Fund (

i) the person to whom, the conditions upon which and the manner ,in which student loans are repaid, (ii) the proportion of the student loans to be repaid and the times at which they will he repaid, and (iii) the students or the classes of students whose loans may be repaid. 10. The Stude.nts Loan Guarantee Act is amended as to

section 2, clause (

d) by striking out the words "Students Assistance Board" and by substituting the words "Stu dents Finance Board". 11. This Act comes into force on July 1, 1971. 3

10. COI1Is:equenJtial 'amendmenJt -

Section 2, daus'e (

d) of The Studenrbs 'LOaJIl GuaraJU'tee ,Act presently reads: 2. In this Act, (d) "student" means a person enrolled in a course of studies at an educational institution, both the course and the institution having been approved by the Students Assistance Board. 3 Title: 1971 (16th, 4th) Bill 113,

An Act to amend The Students Assistance Act

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