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O. Reg. 42/10: Elections to and Representation on District School Boards
filed February 26, 2010 under Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2
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made under the
Education Act
Made: February 24, 2010
Filed: February 26, 2010
Published on e-Laws: March 2, 2010
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 13, 2010
Amending O. Reg. 412/00
(Elections to and Representation on District School Boards)
1. Ontario Regulation 412/00 is amended by striking out the following heading before section 1:
PART I
GENERAL
2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section after the heading “Determination of Number of Members”:
2.1 The number of members of a board for the purposes of a regular election is the number of members determined under subsection 58.1 (10.0.1) or (10.0.3) of the Act, subject to,
(a) any reduction in the number of members pursuant to a resolution passed under subsection 58.1 (10.1) of the Act; and
(b) the rules set out in section 3 of this Regulation.
3. (1) Subsection 3 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(1) If there has been a demographic change in a board’s geographical area of jurisdiction or a change in the size of the board’s geographical area of jurisdiction, a board may, not later than March 31 in an election year, determine the number of members to be elected to the board in accordance with this section.
(2) Subsection 3 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting the following:
(2) For the purposes of this section, the number of members of a board is determined as follows:
. . . . .
(3) Paragraphs 5 and 6 of subsection 3 (2) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:
5. Take the number of members based on population determined under paragraph 2, plus the number of additional members determined under paragraph 3 or 4, whichever is greater.
6. Take the greater of,
i. the number determined under paragraph 5, and
ii. the number set out in Table 6 for the day school average daily enrolment of pupils of the board within the meaning of the most recent regulations made under section 234 of the Act, not counting pupils enrolled in junior kindergarten.
7. The number of members of the board is the greater of the numbers determined under paragraph 6 and section 2.1, subject to any reduction in the number of members pursuant to a resolution passed under subsection 58.1 (10.1) of the Act.
(4) Subsection 3 (3) of the Regulation is revoked.
4. Section 5 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:
(2) If a board requests the Minister to increase its number of members under subsection 58.1 (10.0.2) of the Act, the board shall, not later than May 3, 2010, distribute the positions of the members to be elected to the board at the 2010 regular election in accordance with section 6 or 7, whichever is applicable.
5. The definition of “b” in paragraph 1 of subsection 6 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
b = the total number of members determined for the board under section 2.1,
6. The definition of “b” in paragraph 1 of subsection 7 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
b = the total number of members determined for the board under section 2.1,
7. Section 8 of the Regulation is revoked.
8. (1) Subsection 9 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:
(2) The board shall send a copy of the report to,
. . . . .
(2) Section 9 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:
(3) The copy of the report referred to in subsection (2) shall be sent by,
(a) May 3, 2010, for the purposes of the 2010 regular election, if a board requests the Minister to increase its number of members under subsection 58.1 (10.0.2) of the Act; or
(b) April 3 in the election year, in all other cases.
9. (1) Subsection 10 (4) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(4) The appeal must be commenced not later than,
(a) May 20, 2010, for the purposes of the 2010 regular election, if a board requests the Minister to increase its number of members under subsection 58.1 (10.0.2) of the Act; or
(b) April 21 in the election year, in all other cases.
(2) Subsection 10 (6) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(6) The secretary of the board shall forward any notices of appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board by,
(a) May 25, 2010, for the purposes of the 2010 regular election, if a board requests the Minister to increase its number of members under subsection 58.1 (10.0.2) of the Act; or
(b) April 25 in the election year, in all other cases.
10. Part II (ss. 12, 13) of the Regulation is revoked.
11. Table 1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
TABLE 1
BOARD AREAS
|
Item |
Name of Board |
Area (km2) |
|
1. |
District School Board Ontario North East |
24,922 |
|
2. |
Algoma District School Board |
9,623 |
|
3. |
Rainbow District School Board |
14,757 |
|
4. |
Near North District School Board |
17,020 |
|
5. |
Keewatin-Patricia District School Board |
7,245 |
|
6. |
Rainy River District School Board |
10,552 |
|
7. |
Lakehead District School Board |
5,274 |
|
8. |
Superior-Greenstone District School Board |
18,959 |
|
9. |
Bluewater District School Board |
8,686 |
|
10. |
Avon Maitland District School Board |
5,639 |
|
11. |
Greater Essex County District School Board |
1,872 |
|
12. |
Lambton Kent District School Board |
5,505 |
|
13. |
Thames Valley District School Board |
7,278 |
|
14. |
Toronto District School Board |
634 |
|
15. |
Durham District School Board |
1,963 |
|
16. |
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board |
6,998 |
|
17. |
Trillium Lakelands District School Board |
12,133 |
|
18. |
York Region District School Board |
1,774 |
|
19. |
Simcoe County District School Board |
4,901 |
|
20. |
Upper Grand District School Board |
4,192 |
|
21. |
Peel District School Board |
1,255 |
|
22. |
Halton District School Board |
973 |
|
23. |
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board |
1,127 |
|
24. |
District School Board of Niagara |
1,883 |
|
25. |
Grand Erie District School Board |
4,067 |
|
26. |
Waterloo Region District School Board |
1,383 |
|
27. |
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board |
2,806 |
|
28. |
Upper Canada District School Board |
12,112 |
|
29. |
Limestone District School Board |
7,193 |
|
30. |
Renfrew County District School Board |
8,740 |
|
31. |
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board |
7,200 |
|
32. |
Northeastern Catholic District School Board |
25,464 |
|
33. |
Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board |
10,597 |
|
34. |
Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board |
9,815 |
|
35. |
Sudbury Catholic District School Board |
9,317 |
|
36. |
Northwest Catholic District School Board |
11,965 |
|
37. |
Kenora Catholic District School Board |
3,070 |
|
38. |
Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board |
4,936 |
|
39. |
Superior North Catholic District School Board |
18,716 |
|
40. |
Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board |
8,686 |
|
41. |
Huron Perth Catholic District School Board |
5,639 |
|
42. |
Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board |
1,872 |
|
43. |
London District Catholic School Board |
7,278 |
|
44. |
St. Clair Catholic District School Board |
5,505 |
|
45. |
Toronto Catholic District School Board |
634 |
|
46. |
Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board |
10,324 |
|
47. |
York Catholic District School Board |
1,774 |
|
48. |
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board |
2,751 |
|
49. |
Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board |
10,640 |
|
50. |
Durham Catholic District School Board |
1,963 |
|
51. |
Halton Catholic District School Board |
973 |
|
52. |
Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board |
1,127 |
|
53. |
Wellington Catholic District School Board |
2,696 |
|
54. |
Waterloo Catholic District School Board |
1,383 |
|
55. |
Niagara Catholic District School Board |
1,883 |
|
56. |
Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board |
4,067 |
|
57. |
Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario |
12,112 |
|
58. |
Ottawa Catholic District School Board |
2,806 |
|
59. |
Renfrew County Catholic District School Board |
7,851 |
|
60. |
Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board |
16,101 |
|
61. |
Conseil scolaire de district du Nord-Est de l’Ontario |
46,499 |
|
62. |
Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l’Ontario |
65,681 |
|
63. |
Conseil scolaire de district du Centre Sud-Ouest |
68,014 |
|
64. |
Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario |
38,041 |
|
65. |
Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Grandes Rivières |
25,452 |
|
66. |
Conseil scolaire de district catholique Franco-Nord |
10,597 |
|
67. |
Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario |
19,226 |
|
68. |
Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales |
38,587 |
|
69. |
Conseil scolaire de district des écoles catholiques du Sud-Ouest |
28,980 |
|
70. |
Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud |
40,407 |
|
71. |
Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien |
5,326 |
|
72. |
Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Centre-Est de l’Ontario |
33,543 |
12. Item 13 of Table 5 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
|
13. |
Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario |
11.9 |
13. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.
(2) Section 10 comes into force on December 1, 2010.