BILL NO. 96
(as introduced)
1st Session, 65th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
3 Charles III, 2025
Private Member's Public Bill
Education Act
(amended)
Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
Cumberland North
First Reading: March 19, 2025
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill provides school principals with the exclusive authority to make weather-related school closure decisions.
An Act to Amend Schedule A
of Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2018,
the Education Act,
Respecting School Weather Closings
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Schedule A of Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2018, the Education Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 72 the following Section:
- 72A Notwithstanding Section 72, a decision to temporarily close, delay the opening of or cancel or suspend classes at a school for reasons related to weather conditions may only be made by the principal of that school.
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