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O. Reg. 262/19: FIRST NATIONS REPRESENTATION ON BOARDS
filed August 9, 2019 under Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2
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made under the
Education Act
Made: July 26, 2019
Filed: August 9, 2019
Published on e-Laws: August 9, 2019
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 24, 2019
Amending O. Reg. 462/97
(FIRST NATIONS REPRESENTATION ON BOARDS)
1. (1) Subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 462/97 is revoked and the following substituted:
First Nations representation on boards
(1) Subject to subsection (4), a council of a band or councils of bands may name one person to represent, on a board, the interests of pupils who belong to the band or bands if,
(a) under subsection 188 (1) of the Act, the board has admitted pupils who belong to the band or bands; or
(b) under section 188 of the Act, the board has entered into one or more agreements to provide instruction to pupils who belong to the band or bands, including one or more agreements entered into before September 1, 2019.
(2) The English version of subsection 1 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “appoint the person a member” and substituting “appoint the person as a member”.
(3) Subsections 1 (4) to (6) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:
(4) If the number of pupils referred to in clauses (1) (a) and (b) who are enrolled in schools operated by the board or in schools to which the board provides instruction exceeds 25 per cent of the average daily enrolment in the schools of the board, two persons may be named under subsection (1) and subsections (2) and (3) apply with necessary modifications in respect of the two persons.
(5) The appointment under subsection (2) may be made at the discretion of the board if the number of pupils referred to in clauses (1) (a) and (b) who are enrolled in schools operated by the board or in schools to which the board provides instruction is fewer than the lesser of 10 per cent of the average daily enrolment in the schools of the board and 100.
(4) Subsection 1 (7) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “Where the agreement is, or the agreements are” at the beginning and substituting “If the enrolment of the pupils referred to in clause (1) (a) or (b) is”.
(5) Subsection 1 (9) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “Indian pupils” and substituting “pupils referred to in clause (1) (a) or (b)”.
Commencement
2. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day subsection 3 (1) of Schedule 9 to the Plan for Care and Opportunity Act (Budget Measures), 2018 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.