Part 5 — Structure of School Authorities Division 1 Creation of Public School Districts
101 Separate school establishment area
separate school board and the public school board must meet to
collectively determine the boundaries of the separate school
establishment area in accordance with the regulations and, if
agreement is reached, notify the Minister in writing in a form
acceptable to the Minister respecting the proposed separate school
establishment area.
(2) If the proposed separate school establishment area meets the
requirements of the regulations, the Minister shall approve the
proposed separate school establishment area as the area that will
form the separate school district if it is established in accordance
with this Division.
(3) If the initiating separate school electors, the operating separate
school board and the public school board are not able to agree
within the time limits set out in the regulations on the boundaries of
the area that will form the separate school district, or if the
proposed separate school establishment area does not meet the
requirements of the regulations, the Minister shall declare a
separate school establishment area, and may, subject to the
regulations, declare the separate school establishment area to be
(a) the public school district in which the initiating separat e
school electors reside, and
(b) all the public schoo l districts that are
(i) contiguous to the public school district in which the
initiating separate school electors reside,
(ii) located in the separate school region, and
(iii) located within the boundar ies of the public school board.
(4) The Minister may make regulations
(a) respecting the process and criteria for determining a separate
school establishment area;
(b) respecting the requirem ents for a separate school
establishment area;
(c) respecting the time within which agreement must be reached
on the boundaries of a proposed separate school
establishment area;
(d) respecting the provision of a proposed separate school
establishment area to the Minister.
2012 cE-0.3 s101;2019 c7 s18