Bill 55 (Legislature 26, Session 1)

L26 S1 479

Alberta — Bills

Bill BILL 55 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING AMENDMENT ACT, 2005 (NO. 2) ( A s s e n t e d t o , 2 0 0 5 ) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends SA cP-19.5 The Post-secondary Learning Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 1(

a) is amended by adding “or 47.1” after “section 46”. 3

Section 46(1) is amended by striking out “For each public” and substituting “Subject to

section 47.1, for each public”. 4 The following is added after

section 47: Alternative academic council 47.1(1) Instead of having an academic council established under

section 46, a public college or technical institute may, with the written approval of the Minister, establish an academic council in accordance with the procedures established in the regulations under subsection (4).

(2) Section does not apply to an academic council established under this section.

(3) If a public college or technical institute establishes an academic council under this section, any academic council established for that public college or technical institute under

section or continued for that public college or technical institute under

Part is dissolved.

(4) The Lieutenant Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this section, including regulations (

a) respecting the procedures for establishing and dissolving academic councils under this section, (

b) respecting the composition of academic councils established under this section, and (

c) prescribing the powers and duties that academic councils established under this

section may exercise or perform. 5 This Act comes into force on Proclamation. Explanatory Notes Amends

chapter P-19.5 of the Statutes of Alberta, 2003. 2

Section 1(

a) presently reads: 1 In this Act, (a) “academic council” me ans the academic council of a public college or technical institute established under

section or continued under

Part 5; 3

Section 46(1) presently reads: 46(1) For each public college and technical institute there is to be an academic council consisting of (

a) the president, who is the chair unless a chair is elected under subsection (5); (

b) not more than senior officials, appointed as members of the council by the board; (

c) subject to subsection (2), not more than academic staff members, elected by the academic staff association of the public college or technical institute; (

d) not more than students, elected by the students association; (

e) not more than additional members, appointed by the board. 4 New

section providing another way to establish academic councils. 5 Coming into force. Title: 2005 (26th, 1st) Bill 55, Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2)

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