BILL NO. 100

(as introduced)

1st Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
67 Elizabeth II, 2018

 

Private Member's Bill

 

Education Act
(amended)

 

Tim Halman
Dartmouth East

First Reading: March 27, 2018

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

This Bill requires the Minister to include a mandatory Grade 12 civics course in the public school program and prevents persons from being granted a high school leaving certificate without having completed that course.

An Act to Amend Schedule A
of Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2018,
the Education Act,
Respecting a Mandatory Civics Course

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 9 of Schedule A of Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2018, the Education Act, is amended by adding “(1)” immediately after the Section number and adding the following subsection:

(2) The Minister shall ensure that

(a) the public school program includes a mandatory Grade 12 civics course that focuses on political literacy, the importance of civic engagement, the value of diversity and the acceptance of different cultures and governmental systems; and

(b) no person is granted a high school leaving certificate without having completed the civics course referred to in clause (a).

 

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