TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA: Your Standing Committee on LAW AMENDMENTS presents the following as its Fifth Report. Meetings: Your Committee met on the following occasions: • Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. • Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. Both meetings were held in Room of the Legislative Building. Matters Under Consideration: • Bill (No. 14) – The Public Schools Modernization Act (Public Schools Act Amended)/Loi sur la modernisation des écoles publiques (modification de la

Loi sur les écoles publiques) Membership Resignations / Elections: At the June 25, 2002 meeting, your Committee elected Ms. KORZENIOWSKI as Vice - Chairperson. At the June 26, 2002 meeting, your Committee elected Mr. RONDEAU as Vice-Chairperson. Substitutions received prior to commencement of the meeting held on June 25, 2002: • Hon. Mr. CALDWELL for Mr. AGLUGUB • Ms. ALLAN for Mr. DEWAR • Hon. Ms. BARRETT for Hon. Ms. FRIESEN • Mr. STRUTHERS for Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF • Hon. Mr. SMITH (Brandon West) for Mr. SCHELLENBERG • Ms. KORZENIOWSKI for Hon. Mr. MACKINTOSH • Mr. GILLESHAMMER for Mr. HAWRANIK • Mr. TWEED for Mr.

LAURENDEAU • Mr. LOEWEN for Mr. SCHULER Substitutions received prior to commencement of the meeting held on June 26, 2002: • Mr. JENNISSEN for Ms. ALLAN • Mr. NEVAKSHONOFF for Ms. KORZENIOWSKI • Mr. RONDEAU for Hon. Mr. SMITH (Brandon West) • Mr. LAURENDEAU for Mr. LOEWEN • Mr. CUMMINGS for Mr. TWEED Public Presentations: Your Committee heard presentations on Bill (No. 14) – The Public Schools Modernization Act (Public Schools Act Amended)/Loi sur la modernisation des écoles publiques (modification de la

Loi sur les écoles publiques) from the following individuals and organizations: Ruth Ann Furgala Evergreen School Division Malcolm Jolly Brandon School Division No. 40 James Durston Dauphin-Ochre School Area No. 1 Bobbi-Lynn Geekie Birdtail River Teachers’ Association Peter Wohlgemut Rhineland Teachers’ Association Craig Blagden Prairie Rose Teachers’ Association Andrew Peters Private Citizen Lauren Andrushko Private Citizen Greg Andrushko Private Citizen Hilda Froese Garden Valley School Division Paul Wiebe Private Citizen Gladys Hayward Williams Private Citizen Diane Duma Manitoba Association of Parent Councils Karen Carey Springfield Schools Parent Council Peter Williams Private Citizen Maya Kathan Ecole Dugald School Robin Glowacki Private Citizen Layna Penner Private Citizen Doraine Wachniak Private Citizen Diana Risbey Private Citizen Norah Bailey Agassiz Teachers’ Association John Friesen Private Citizen Maria Kantyluk Private Citizen Linda Archer and Caroline Duhumel Manitoba Association of School Trustees Terry Egan and Sandra Oakley CUPE Manitoba Karen Velthuys, Craig Stahlke, and John Beaumont Fort Garry School Division Dennis Wishanski and Elizabeth Kozak St.

James Assiniboia School Division Christopher Saunders Springfield Parent Council Otto Mehl Private Citizen Candace Daher Private Citizen Gloria James Private Citizen Brian Ardern Manitoba Teachers Society Kristine Barr and David Bell Winnipeg School Division No. 1 Bob Land Private Citizen Anita Chapman Louis Riel School Division Murray Grafton Louis Riel Teachers' Association Roland Stankevicius River East Teachers' Association Marijka Spytkowsky Transcona-Springfield Teachers' Association Virginia Larsson Private Citizen Written Submissions: Your Committee received eight written submissions on Bill (No. 14) – The Public Schools Modernization Act (Public Schools Act Amended)/Loi sur la modernisation des é coles publiques (modification de la

Loi sur les écoles publiques) from the following individuals and organizations: Monica Ptak Private Citizen John Ehinger Private Citizen Karen Lalonde Private Citizen Kathy Andersson Private Citizen Susan Choquette Private Citizen Glen Anderson Private Citizen Zeeba Loxley Community Education and Development Association John Shebniski Duck Mountain School Division Bills Considered and Reported: Bill (No. 14) – The Public Schools Modernization Act (Public Schools Act Amended) Your Committee agreed to report this Bill with the following amendments. THAT the proposed

section 12.2, as set out in

section of the Bill, be renumbered as subsection 12.2(1) and that the following be added as subsection 12.2(2): Time for making subsequent regulations 12.2(2) The power to make regulations under subsection (1) may only be exercised on or before August 1, 2003. THAT the proposed subclause 12.2(c)(i), as set out in

section of the Bill, be amended by adding "as a result of the formation, continuation, amalgamation, or dissolution of one or more new or former divisions" after "pupils". THAT the proposed subclause 12.2(c)(ii), as set out in

section of the Bill, be amended by adding "or former" after "new". THAT the subsection 22(2) of the Bill be amended by striking out “each of the next two years” and substituting “the next fiscal year”. THAT the French version of section 24(1) of the Bill be amended by striking out "Division scolaire de Red River Valley" wherever it occurs and substituting "Division scolaire Vallée de la Rivière-Rouge". THAT the French version of section 24(2) of the Bill be amended by striking out "Division scolaire de Red River Valley" and substituting "Division scolaire Vallée de la Rivière-Rouge". Submitted by: ____________________________________ Mr. Doug MARTINDALE, Chairperson June 26, 2002