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May 25, 2022 · The School Trustee Election Procedures in British Columbia guide is intended to bring together the relevant features of the acts and regulations governing Board of Education elections, making them more accessible to the lay-person and Board of Education officials.
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Trustee Elections in School District No. 39 (Vancouver) For...
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- General School Election Significant Dates
- Tuesday, July 5
- Objective of This Guide
- Costs of Trustee Elections
- CHAPTER 3 - continued
- Board Employee Running for Trustee
- What is the Relevant Legislation?
- The Role of Elections BC
- Appendix 1.1: Trustee Variation Guidelines
- Procedures
- Appendix 1.2: School District Boundary Change Guidelines
- Additional Definitions:
- Procedures
- Appendix 1.3: Election Conduct Guidelines
- Procedures
- Appendix 1.5: Trustee Appointment Guidelines
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Please note that this document is not intended as legal advice and should not be relied upon for that purpose. The dates below are subject to the Interpretation Act.
• Last day to apply to the Minister of Education and Child Care requesting an Advance Voting Exemption Order [Advance Voting Exemption Guidelines]
The objective of this guide is to bring together all relevant features of the Acts and Regulations governing board of education elections, making them more accessible and comprehensible to the lay-person and board of education official. It is organized as a sequential overview of the principal stages of election procedures and is intended to serve ...
In summary, the board of education is responsible for all costs of trustee elections conducted by the board or by a municipality except:
The School Act stipulates that a person may be the resident of only one trustee electoral area at a time, that being the area where the person lives and to which, whenever absent, the person intends to return. Moreover, the person does not cease to be a resident of that area until becoming a resident of a new trustee electoral area. In the case of ...
Before being nominated for office as trustee, the employee must give notice in writing to the board of education of intention to consent to nomination. The employee then takes a leave of absence beginning on the first day of the nomination period (see Chapter 8), or when the employee's notice is given to the board, if later. Unless the employer agr...
The legislation relevant to campaign contributions, candidates' election expenses, and disclosures by candidates for elections as school trustees is contained in the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act and the Local Elections Campaign Financing Regulation. In addition, the Financial Disclosure Act requires the disclosure of financial interests o...
Under the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, Elections BC is the body which administers campaign financing, election advertising and third party advertising in local elections. More specifically, Elections BC is responsible for managing campaign financing disclosure requirements conducting investigations and enforcing campaign financing, elec...
Note: "person" in the Interpretation Act, includes a corporation, partnership or party, and the personal or other legal representatives of a person to whom the context can apply according to law. These guidelines provide assistance to persons or boards of education when they wish to vary the numbers of trustees in a school district, or to vary the ...
The following procedure is provided as a guide: A person or a board should have a stated rationale for requesting a variation in the number of trustees in a school district, any trustee electoral areas and/or the number of trustees assigned to trustee electoral areas. The rationale should be brought to public attention and the views of the public o...
These guidelines provide assistance to a person or a board of education when they wish to change their school district outside boundaries. From time to time, the Ministry receives requests for changes to school district boundaries. Since a change in one district boundary will affect the boundary of at least one other school district, a person or a ...
For the purpose of the procedures below “person” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act. “Person” includes a corporation, partnership or party, and the personal or other legal representatives of a person to whom the context can apply according to law.
The following guidelines are provided to assist a person or a board of education in the preparation of the information that the Lieutenant Governor in Council requires before exercising the authority under section 176 (1) of the School Act. The person or board of education seeking the change should have a stated rationale for altering the existing ...
The School Act states that where a trustee electoral area includes both all or part of a single municipality, and all or part of a rural area, the Minister of Education and Child Care, if requested by the board of education, may order that the municipal council must conduct the trustee elections for the trustee electoral area.
The following procedure is provided as a guide to assist school districts in an application for an order exempting a board of education from its obligation to hold one or both of the mandatory advance voting opportunities, otherwise required under the Local Government Act. The secretary treasurer or the board of education chairperson, no later than...
The purpose of these guidelines are to clarify under what circumstances the Minister of Education and Child Care may appoint board of education trustees to fill vacancies.
The School Act states that the Minister of Education and Child Care may appoint persons as trustees to fill vacancies if: an election is not held as required by or under the School Act, or the electors fail to elect the number of trustees that are to be elected. In situations where either of the above events occurs, the following procedure is p...
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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.
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Sep 22, 2022 · School trustees are the individual members of a school board, the governance body for each of the 60 public school districts in the province. Like municipal councillors, members of the...
May 17, 2022 · School trustees are ordinary citizens elected by other citizens to represent the interest of the entire public in the education process of creating our next generation of citizens to strengthen Canadian democracy.
School trustees are elected members of a Board of Education, they represent the public and advocate for public education in their community. They are responsible for making major policy decisions governing all aspects of education within the school district as mandated in the School Act.
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Trustees engage their communities in building and maintaining a school system that reflects local priorities, values and strategic goals. School trustees listen to their communities, guide the work of their school district and set plans, policies and the annual budget.
