Third

Session, 48th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2018

BILL 10

ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOLS ACT, 1997

Received and Read the First Time .................................................................................................

Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

Committee ..........................................................................................................................................

Third Reading .....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE

AL HAWKINS

Minister of Education and Early Childhood

Development

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Schools Act, 1997 to allow the director

to refuse to admit a student to a school where the director is of the opinion

that the presence of the student in the school is detrimental to the physical

or mental well-being of the students or staff.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOLS ACT, 1997

Analysis

S.5 Amdt.

Excused from attendance

S.35.1 Added

Refusal to admit

Commencement

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL1997 cS-12.2

as amended

Section 5 of the Schools Act, 1997 is amended by adding immediately after paragraph

(

a) the following:

(a.1) has been refused admission to school under

this Act;

2. The Act is amended by adding immediately after

section 35 the following:

Refusal to admit

35.1

(1) Where

the director is of the opinion that the presence of a student in a school is detrimental

to the physical or mental well-being of the students or staff, he or she may

refuse to admit the student to the school.

(2) Where the director refuses to admit a student to

a school under subsection (1), he or she shall

(

a) notify the student and the student's parent,

in writing, of the refusal and the circumstances giving cause for the refusal;

(

b) notify the student's parent or, where the

student is 19 years of age or older, the student, of the right to appeal the refusal;

and

(

c) direct the principal of the school to provide alternate

delivery of the educational program for the student.

(3) The director shall review his or her decision under

subsection (1) at least every 15 days and determine whether the student should

be re-admitted to the school.

(4) A student who is refused admission to a school

under subsection (1) shall not enter the school.

Commencement

3. This Act comes into force on September 1, 2018.

Queen's Printer