BILL NO. 76
(as introduced)
3rd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
66 Elizabeth II, 2017
Education Act
(amended)
The Honourable Jamie Baillie
Cumberland South
First Reading: February 14, 2017
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill requires students to meet expected learning outcomes appropriate to their grade level and to meet acceptable behaviour standards and permits teachers to fail students who do not do so.
An Act to Amend Chapter 1
of the Acts of 1995-96,
the Education Act,
Respecting Expectations
for Student Performance
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Section 27 of Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1995-96, the Education Act, is amended by
(a) adding "(1)" immediately after the Section number; and
(b) adding the following subsection:
(2) A teacher may fail a student who does not meet the expected learning outcomes for the student's current grade level or who does not meet acceptable behaviour standards for a student.
2 Chapter 1 is further amended by adding immediately before Section 121 the following Section:
120A A student must meet all expected learning outcomes appropriate to the student's grade level and meet acceptable behaviour standards in order to be considered for promotion to the next grade level.
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