School Act

[RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 412

Contents
Section
Part 1 — Interpretation
 1 Definitions and interpretation
Part 2 — Students and Parents
 Division1   —  Students
 2 Access to educational program
 3 Entry to educational program
 3.1 Students in grades 10 to 12
 4 Consultation
 5 Language of instruction
 6 Duties of students
 Division2   —  Parents
 7 Parents' entitlements and responsibilities
 7.1 Parent volunteers
 8 Parents' advisory council
 8.1 School planning council
 8.2 Role of a school planning council
 8.3 School plan
 8.4 District parents' advisory council
 8.5 Purpose and operation of district parents' advisory council
 Division3   —  Joint Rights and Duties
 9 Examination of student records
 10 Liability for damage to property
 11 Appeals
 11.1 Appeals to superintendent of achievement
 11.2 Powers and duties of superintendent of achievement on appeal
 11.3 Board decision may be suspended
 11.4 Adjudication of appeals
 11.5 Reconsideration by board
 11.6 Decision final
 11.7 Application of the Administrative Tribunals Act
 11.8 Immunity protection for superintendent of achievement, mediator or adjudicator
 Division4   —  Home Education
 12 Home education
 13 Registration
 14 Power to report
Part 3 — School Personnel
 Division1   —  General
 15 Employees
 16 Report of dismissal, suspension and discipline regarding applicable persons
 16.1 Report of dismissal, suspension and discipline regarding superintendents
 17 Teachers' responsibilities
 18 Teachers' assistants
 19 Employee  qualifications
 20 Principal, vice principal and director of instruction
 21 Offer of teaching position and seniority
 22 Superintendent of schools
 23 Secretary treasurer
 24 Notification of appointment
 25 Act prevails
 26 Powers to suspend
 26.1 Board use of volunteers
 Division2   —  Teachers' Collective Agreements
 27 Terms and conditions of teachers' employment and restricted scope of bargaining
 27.1 Repealed
 28 Scope of bargaining
 29 Application of the Labour Relations Code
Part 4 — School Trustees
 Division1   —  Establishment of Boards of Education
 30 Composition of board
 31 First members of board
 Division2   —  Trustee Qualifications
 32 Who may hold office
 33 Disqualifications
 34 Disqualification of board employees
 Division3   —  Elections
 35 General school election
 36 By-elections
 37 Responsibility for conducting elections
 38 Costs of trustee election conducted by municipality
 Division4   —  Electors
 39 Who may vote at an election
 40 Resident electors
 41 Non-resident property electors
 42 Rules for determining residence
 43 Registration as an elector
 44 Repealed
 Division5   —  Election Proceedings
 45 Elections conducted by board
 46 Elections conducted by municipality
 47 Counting of the vote
 48 Election offences
 Division6   —  Holding Office
 49 General term of office
 50 Oath of office
 51 Resignation from office
 52 Disqualification for failure to make oath or attend meetings
 53 Removal of trustee following conviction for offence
 54 Questions as to trustee qualifications
Part 5 — Conflict of Interest
 55 Definitions
 56 Indirect pecuniary interest
 57 Deemed pecuniary interest
 58 Duty of trustee
 59 Exceptions
 60 Record of disclosure
 61 Remedy for lack of quorum
 62 Application to court
 63 Remedy
 64 Proceedings voidable
Part 6 — Boards of Education
 Division1   —  Corporate Status and Meetings
 65 Board is a corporation
 66 Quorum
 67 Meetings and chair
 68 Passage of bylaws
 69 Attendance of public and secretary treasurer at meeting
 70 Improper conduct at meetings
 71 Remuneration and expense allowance
 72 Minutes
 Division2   —  Powers and Duties
 73 Establishment and closure of schools
 74 Management of schools and property
 74.1 Enrollment in an educational program
 75 Provision of educational program
 75.1 Catchment areas
 76 Conduct
 76.1 Class size
 76.2 Organization of classes — consultation at the beginning of the school year
 76.3 Organization of classes — report
 76.4 Organization of classes — changes after date on report
 76.5 Special administrator — class size compliance
 76.6 Special administrator — compliance with consultation and reporting requirements
 76.7 Special administrator — general
 76.8 Authority of vice principal under sections 76.1 to 76.6
 77 School calendar
 78 Standard school calendar
 78.1 Extended day and year-round schooling
 79 Student records
 79.1 Transmitting records
 79.2 Achievement contracts
 79.3 Report on student achievement
 79.4 Administrative directives
 80 Repealed
 81 Reports
 81.1 District literacy plans
 82 Fees and deposits
 82.1 Specialty academies
 82.2 Trades programs
 82.3 Musical instruments
 82.4 Requirement for financial hardship policy
 83 Financial assistance
 84 Insurance
 85 Power and capacity
 86 Agreements
 87 Training of student teachers
 Division3   —  Health and Other Support Services
 87.1 Definition
 88 Support services for schools
 89 School medical officer
 90 Inspection and closure of school
 91 Examinations and reports by school medical officer
 92 Board may require employee to undergo examination
 Division4   —  Limitation of Actions and Indemnification
 93 Interpretation
 94 Actions against board
 95 Indemnification against proceedings
Part 6.1 — Companies
 Division1   —  Interpretation
 95.1 Definitions
 95.11 Definitions — application of Business Corporations Act
 95.12 Repealed
 Division2   —  Incorporation
 95.2 Formation of company
 95.21 Formation of companies — signature on articles
 95.22 Effect of incorporation
 95.23 Formation of companies — application of the Business Corporations Act
 95.231 Company without a member
 95.24 Corporate name
 95.25 Share capital
 95.26 Member of one company
 95.27 Capacity and powers — application of the Business Corporations Act
 95.28 Repealed
 95.29 Company offices — application of the Business Corporations Act
 Division3   —  Finance
 95.3 Share transfer
 95.31 Guarantees and indemnities
 95.32 Shares and liabilities of members — application of the Business Corporations Act
 95.33 Loans and transfers to a company
 95.34 Borrowings — application of the Business Corporations Act
 Division4   —  Management
 95.4 Number of directors
 95.41 Management — application of the Business Corporations Act
 95.411 Residence of majority of directors
 95.412 Financial assistance restricted
 95.413 When loans and guarantees prohibited
 95.414 Contract enforceable
 95.42 Annual general meetings
 95.43 Attendance of public and secretary treasurer at meetings
 95.44 Improper conduct at meetings
 95.45 Minutes of proceedings
 Division5   —  Records
 95.5 Examination of records
 95.51 Inspection of accounting records
 95.52 Records — application of the Business Corporations Act
 95.53 Annual report
 Division6   —  Audits
 95.6 Audit committee
 95.61 Audits — application of the Business Corporations Act
 95.62 Appointment of auditors
 95.63 Duties and rights of auditor
 Division7   —  Company Alterations
 95.7 Conversion of a company
 95.71 Liabilities unaffected by conversion
 95.72 Company alterations — application of the Business Corporations Act
 95.73 Special resolution must be approved by bylaw
 Division8   —  Proceedings, Dissolution and Restoration and Administration
 95.8 Proceedings — application of the Business Corporations Act
 95.81 Member of more than one company
 95.82 Dissolution and restoration — application of the Business Corporations Act
 95.83 Administration — application of the Business Corporations Act
 Division9   —  Regulations
 95.9 Regulations — application of Business Corporations Act
 95.91 Transition
Part 7 — School Property
 Division1   —  Acquisition and Disposal of Land and Improvements
 96 Acquisition and disposal of land
 97 Assets in board's name
 98 Sites
 99 Grants of Crown land
 100 Disposition of proceeds on alienation
 100.1 Disposition of proceeds from a lease
 101 School sites under the Local Government Act
 Division2   —  School District Housing
 102 Authority to provide housing
 103 Repealed
 104 Financing
 105 Rent
 106 Application of Division
Part 8 — Finance
 Division1   —  Provincial Funding
 106.1 Definitions
 106.2 Provincial funding for boards
 106.3 Operating grants to boards
 106.4 Targeted grant
 107 and 108 Repealed
 109 Repealed
 Division2   —  Establishment of Board Budgets
 110 Financial information
 111 Preparation of annual budget
 112 Referendum
 112.1 Referendum bylaw
 113 Adoption of budget
 Division3   —  Grants
 114 Payment of grants
 115 Special purpose grants
 115.1 Annual facility grant
 116 Support of Provincial schools
 117 Conditions of grant payment
 Division4   —  Taxation
 118 Grants in place of taxes
 119 Provincial levy of tax on land and improvements
 120 Variable tax rate system for taxation
 121 Adjustments
 122 Liability for taxation
 123 Application of other Acts for rural areas
 124 Collection of school taxes by municipality
 125 Interest on unpaid taxes
 126 Inspection
 127 Application of other Acts for municipalities
 128 General provisions on collection of school taxes
 129 Taxation of school property
 130 Agricultural land reserve exemption
 131 Other exemptions
 131.1 School tax exemptions and refunds for approved and eligible alternative energy power projects
 132 Corporations
 133 Assessor may require information in rural area
 134 Collector to apply Taxation (Rural Area) Act
 135 Appeal
 136 Assessment to repay borrowed money
 137 School referendum taxes
 Division5   —  General
 138 Regulations
 139 Short term borrowing
 140 First charges
 Division6   —  Capital Plans and Money Bylaws
 141 Capital projects
 142 Capital plan
 143 Capital bylaws
 144 Borrowing for capital expenditures
 145 Sinking fund debentures
 146 Issue of debentures to certain special purchasers
 Division7   —  Debentures
 147 Issue of debentures
 148 Signature and corporate seal
 149 Debentures guaranteed
 150 Registration of debentures and transfers
 151 Validity of debentures
 152 Issue of duplicate debenture
 153 Provincial repayments to board
 154 Repayment of debentures
 Division8   —  Accounts and Audits
 155 Repealed
 156 Accounting practices
 157 Financial statements
 157.1 Financial information
 158 Appointment of auditor
 159 Rescission of auditor's appointment
 160 Minister may remove auditor
 161 Duties of auditor
 162 Auditor to report irregularities
 163 Unauthorized expenditures
 164 Duty to assist auditor
 165 Auditor's power to obtain records
 166 Elector may object
Part 8.1 — Francophone Education Authorities
 Division1   —  Interpretation
 166.1 Definitions
 166.11 Interpretation
 Division2   —  Establishment and Membership
 166.12 Establishment of francophone education authorities
 166.13 Membership in a francophone education authority
 166.14 Members' right to vote
 166.15–166.16 Repealed
 Division3   —  Regional Trustees
 166.17 Appointment of first regional trustees
 166.18 General election of regional trustees
 166.19 Oath of office
 166.2 Vacancy in office of regional trustee
 166.21 Powers, functions and duties of board of regional trustees
 166.211 Francophone literacy plan
 166.22 Meetings of the board of regional trustees
 166.23 Conflict of interest
 Division4   —  Francophone Educational Programs
 166.24 Enrollment in a francophone educational program
 166.241 Priority of enrollment
 166.25 Provision of francophone educational programs
 166.251 Francophone catchment areas
 166.26 Rights and duties of enrolled children and their parents
 Division5   —  Personnel
 166.27 Directeur général and secrétaire trésorier
 166.28 Francophone school personnel
 Division6   —  School Property
 166.29 Acquisition and disposal of land and improvements
 166.3 Housing accommodation
 Division7   —  Finance
 166.31 Establishment of budgets for francophone education authorities
 166.32 Grants
 166.33 Taxation of francophone school property
 166.34 Short term borrowing and first charges
 166.35 Capital plans and money bylaws
 166.36 Debentures
 166.37 Accounts and audits
 166.38 Member may object
 166.39 Right of action preserved
 Division8   —  General
 166.4 Additional powers and duties of a francophone education authority
 166.41 Health and other support services
 166.42 Limitation of actions against francophone education authority
 166.43 Indemnification against proceedings
 166.431 Appointment of special advisor to a francophone school district
 166.432 Powers of special advisor to a francophone school district
 166.433 Responsibilities of the francophone education authority
 166.44 Appointment of official trustee
 166.45 Powers of official trustee
 166.46 Maintenance of order
Part 9 — General
 Division1   —  Ministry of Education
 167 Ministry of Education
 168 Jurisdiction of minister
 168.1 Reimbursement of expenses for designated educational activities
 169 Annual report and ministerial statement
 170 Non-disclosure of student records
 170.1 Personal education numbers
 170.2 Public post-secondary students
 170.3 Not in force
 170.4 Student financial assistance
 170.5 Removal or destruction of individual identifiers
 Division2   —  Education Advisory Council
 171 Education advisory council
 Division2.1   —  Special Advisor
 171.1 Appointment of special advisor
 171.2 Powers of special advisor
 171.3 Responsibilities of the board
 Division2.2   —  Superintendents of Achievement
 171.4 Appointment and duties of superintendent of achievement
 171.5 Powers of inspection
 171.6 Responsibilities of board or francophone education authority
 Division3   —  Official Trustee
 172 Appointment of official trustee
 173 Powers of official trustee
 Division4   —  Examiners
 174 Appointment of boards of examiners
 Division5   —  Lieutenant Governor in Council Regulations and Orders
 175 Power to make regulations and orders
 176 Creation and alteration of school districts
 Division6   —  Offences
 177 Maintenance of order
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