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Jun 25, 2024 · The SCC held that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter) applies to Ontario public school boards and that all actions carried on by Ontario public school boards, including their agents and delegates, are subject to Charter scrutiny.
- Introduction
- The Board – Working Together
- Codes of Conduct
- Enforcement of The Code of Conduct
- Sample Process - Enforcement of Code of Conduct
- Conclusion
School board trustees are leaders of their school boards and advocates for a strong education system. A clear understanding of a school board trustee’s role and responsibilities is fundamental to good governance. A trustee is a member of a board, not a member of a parliament, and it is important for both trustees and the general public to understan...
Boards of trustees provide policy direction to their schools to ensure opportunity, excellence and accountability in the education system. By modeling collaboration and cooperation, they promote public confidence in the board and in the public school system. A board of trustees is a group of individual members who can only be effective when they ar...
Boards are required in Ontario Regulation 246/18: Members of School Boards – Code of Conductto adopt a code of conduct that applies to the members of the board. The code of conduct is designed for trustees by trustees. It is a policy that demonstrates how trustees have determined to regulate themselves. Student trustees are not required by law to h...
The enforcement provisions relating to a trustee code of conduct are set out in the Education Act [s.218.3]. A trustee who has reasonable grounds to believe that another trustee, who is a member of their board, has breached the board’s code of conduct may bring the alleged breach to the attention of the board of trustees. If an alleged breach of th...
Note: what follows is a sample enforcement process adapted from the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association’s Trustee Code of Conduct and Enforcement Policy Template. This sample process is presented in “plain language” and builds on the code of conduct enforcement requirements found in the Education Act [s.218.3]. Boards can seek legal counsel w...
The code of conduct should contain well-articulated guidelines for appropriate interaction, participation and respectful communication. Trustees may ask the question: “Is our board behaviour a model for how the children in our district should behave now and in the future?”An effective board is a cohesive, collaborative decision-making body that set...
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Feb 15, 2022 · School board members across the United States have endured a rash of terroristic threats and hostile messages ignited by roiling controversies over policies on curtailing the coronavirus,...
Oct 5, 2021 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday directed federal authorities to hold strategy sessions in the next 30 days with law enforcement to address the increasing threats targeting school board members, teachers and other employees in the nation’s public schools.
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Oct 20, 2021 · A limited federal response targeting lawbreakers, in their view, is responsible support for educators afraid for their own safety. Yet others see a different imbalance of power: local school ...
