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Second Session, 44th General Assembly 49 Elizabeth II, 2000 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOLS ACT, 1997 |
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Received and Read the First Time |
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Second Reading |
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Committee |
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Third Reading |
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Royal Assent |
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HONOURABLE LLOYD MATTHEWS Minister of Education |
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Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
EXPLANATORY NOTES This Bill would amend the Schools Act, 1997 to provide the minister with the authority to enter into agreements respecting schools outside Canada.
A BILL AN ACT TO AMEND THE SCHOOLS ACT, 1997 Analysis 1. S.51.1 Added 2. S.117 Amdt. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: SN1997 cS-12.2 1. #9; The Schools Act, 1997 is amended by adding the following immediately after section 51: Foreign schools 51.1 The minister may enter into an agreement providing for (a) recognition by the province of credits given by schools located outside Canada; (b) the granting of a secondary school diploma by the province to persons who have attended a school located outside Canada; (c) minimum standards for the operation of schools referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) and the inspection of those schools; and (d) other matters necessary for the purpose of paragraphs (a) and (b).
2. Paragraph 117(b) of the Act is amended by striking out the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (viii), striking out the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (ix) and substituting a comma and the word "and" and by adding immediately after that subparagraph the following: (x) an agreement under section 51.1; ©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer |