BILL NO. 66
1st Session, 57th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
47 Elizabeth II, 1998
Education Act
(amended)
Eileen O'Connell
Halifax Fairview
First Reading: November 5, 1998
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
(a) requires the Minister of Education and Culture to determine the most cost-effective financing option before constructing, altering or adding to buildings or other works for school purposes; and
(b) requires a separate item in the Appropriations Act for each year that there is an expenditure respecting a lease for a term of five years or more of a public school.
An Act to Amend Chapter 1
of the Acts of 1995-96,
the Education Act,
to Ensure Fiscal Responsibility
Respecting School Construction
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Section 88 of Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1995-96, the Education Act, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following subsections:
(1B) Every lease for a term of five years or more of any public school is subject to the expenditures respecting that lease being included as a separate item in the Appropriations Act for each fiscal year in which the expenditures are made.
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