Education Act (amended)

BILL NO. 28

(as introduced)

1st Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
58 Elizabeth II, 2009

Government Bill

Education Act
(amended)

The Honourable Marilyn More
Minister of Education

First Reading: October 2, 2009

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: October 27, 2009

Third Reading: November 2, 2009 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Explanatory Note

This Bill

(a) amends the Education Act to require a school board to fill a vacancy in the office of vice-chair in the same manner as a vacancy in the office of chair is filled, and clarifies that a member elected in this manner serves for the remaining balance of the term of the person who vacated either of those offices; and

(b) repeals provisions enacted in 2008 that would have provided for two-year terms of office for chairs and vice-chairs of school boards.

An Act to Amend Chapter 1
of the Acts of 1995-96,
the Education Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 56(2) of Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1995-96, the Education Act, is repealed and the following subsection substituted:

(2) Where a vacancy occurs in the office of the chair or of the vice-chair, the school board shall, at its first meeting after the vacancy occurs, elect one of its members to fill the vacant office for the balance of the term of office of the person who vacated the office.

2 Sections 7 and 8 of Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2008, An Act to Amend Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1995-96, the Education Act, Respecting the Governance of School Boards, are repealed.

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