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O. Reg. 293/18: ELECTRONIC MEETINGS

filed April 20, 2018 under Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2

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ontario regulation 293/18

made under the

Education Act

Made: April 18, 2018
Filed: April 20, 2018
Published on e-Laws: April 23, 2018
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: May 5, 2018

Amending O. Reg. 463/97

(ELECTRONIC MEETINGS)

1. Section 3 of Ontario Regulation 463/97 is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) The policy shall ensure that appropriate processes are put in place to ensure the security and confidentiality of proceedings that are closed to the public in accordance with the Act.

2. (1) Paragraph 1 of subsection 5 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. The chair of the board or his or her designate, subject to subsection 5.1 (1).

(2) Paragraph 1 of subsection 5 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. The chair of the committee or his or her designate, subject to subsection 5.1 (1).

1.1 If the chair of the committee or his or her designate participates in a meeting by electronic means pursuant to subsection 5.1 (1), at least one additional member of the committee.

3. (1) The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

5.1 (1) The policy may provide that the chair of the board or of a committee of the board or his or her designate may participate in a meeting of the board or of a committee of the board by electronic means if,

(a) the distance from the chair’s or designate’s current residence to the meeting location is 200 kilometers or more;

(b) weather conditions do not allow the chair or designate to travel to the meeting location safely; or

(c) the chair or designate cannot be physically present at a meeting due to health-related issues.

(2) If there is a policy described in subsection (1), it shall provide that the chair or designate must be physically present for at least half of the meetings of the board for any 12-month period beginning December 1, or for the period beginning December 1, 2021 and ending November 14, 2022 and may provide that the chair or designate must be physically present for a greater proportion of meetings.

(2) Subsection 5.1 (2), as made by subsection (1), is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) If there is a policy described in subsection (1), it shall provide that the chair or designate must be physically present for at least half of the meetings of the board for any 12 month period beginning November 15 and may provide that the chair or designate must be physically present for a greater proportion of meetings.

Commencement

4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Subsection 3 (2) comes into force on November 15, 2022.

 

 

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