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School trustees are the members of their school district’s board of education. They are locally-elected representatives of the public and are the community’s advocates for public education. They are required to carry out their responsibilities in a manner that assists the board in fulfilling its duties under the School Act. A trustee’s ...
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School trustees are responsible for the operation of the public school system. They are elected in accordance with the Education Act at each municipal election, by the electoral group the board represents. In the case of the Peel board, the electoral group is made up of the public school tax supporters residing in the Peel Region.
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Individuals may be elected or appointed to various positions. Some examples of elected or appointed officials include mayors, municipal councillors, school commissioners, chiefs of Indian bands, band councillors, executors, liquidators, or administrators of estates, members of a board of referee at the Commission of Canada Employment Insurance, corporation directors, or any other position when a person is elected or appointed to that office. These individuals are said to be in tenure of office. If you paid stipends, fees or remuneration to these individuals you have to deduct the following amounts:
Generally, there are no employment insurance (EI) premiums deducted from these amounts. For more information, see EI premiums.
Deduct CPP contributions from the following amounts:
•honorariums from employment or office
•a share of profit that an employer paid
•incentive payments
•directors’ fees, management fees, fees paid to board or committee members, and executor’s, liquidator’s, or administrator’s fees earned to administer an estate (as long as the executor, liquidator, or administrator does not act in this capacity in the regular course of business)
•stipends, fees or remuneration paid to elected or appointed officials
Deduct EI premiums from the following amounts:
•employment income of a person holding an office in the private sector where the individual is in a tenure of office in a union or an association of unions
•stipends, fees or remuneration paid to elected or appointed officials who hold an office in any federal department or agency listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV or V of the Financial Administration Act
•the employment income of individuals who hold an office in the provincial government if they are appointed and remunerated under an act governing the public service of a province
•the employment income of individuals who hold an office for a corporation, a commission, or another body that is an agent to Her Majesty in right of a province, even if they are not appointed and remunerated under an act governing the public service of a province
Do not deduct EI premiums from the income you pay to:
Deduct income tax from the following amounts:
•salary, wages, bonuses, taxable stock option benefits or other remuneration
•honorariums, share of profits an employer pays, incentive payments, directors’ fees, management fees, fees paid to board or committee members, and executor’s, liquidator’s, or administrator’s fees earned to administer an estate (as long as the executor, liquidator, or administrator does not act in this capacity in the regular course of business)
•stipends, fees or remuneration paid to elected or appointed officials
Trustees have one overarching responsibility – a shared public duty to advance the work of the School Board. A trustee’s fiduciary duties are owed to the School Board (not to themselves, their family or friends) which is, in turn, accountable to the electorate.
Mar 4, 2012 · A school trustee is a member of a board of education elected (a few are appointed) for terms ranging from 2 to 4 years. Membership varies from 5 to more than 20 on some large boards. There are roughly 6000 to 8000 trustees in Canada; the number is decreasing in accordance with a trend toward fewer boards.
School Board trustees collectively and individually have a public duty to carry out their responsibilities and the work of the Board in good faith and with reasonable diligence. Trustees have one overarching responsibility – a shared public duty to advance the work of the school Board. A trustee’s fiduciary duties are owed to the
