Part 4 — Board Powers and Elections Division 1 Board Powers
55 School council
be established in accordance with the regulations.
(2) The majority of the members of a school council must be
parents of students enrolled in the school.
(3) A board of a separate school division may by resolution require
that the parents of students enrolled in a school operated by the
board who are members of the school council declare themselves to
be of the same faith as the electors of the separate school division,
whether Protestant or Roman Catholic.
(4) A school council may, at its discretion,
(a) advise the principal and the board respecting any matter
relating to the school,
(b) perform any duty or function delegated to it by the board in
accordance with the delegation,
(c) consult with the principal s o that the principal may ensure
that students in the school have the opportunity to meet the
standards of education set by the Minister,
(d) consult with the principal s o that the principal may ensure
that the fiscal management of the school is in accordance
with the requirements of the board and the superintendent,
and
(e) do anything it is authorized under the regulations to do.
(5) Subject to the regulations, a school council may establish and
implement policies in the school that the school council considers
necessary to carry out its functions.
(6) A school council may make bylaws governing its meetings and
the conduct of its affairs.
(7) Subject to the regulations, a board may establish and
implement policies respecting school councils.
(8) A board shall establish a dispute resolution process to address
disputes between the principal and the school council with respect
to policies proposed or adopted for a school.
(9) The Minister, on the request of the board, may dissolve a
school council without notice at any time if the Minister is of the
opinion that the school council is not carrying out its
responsibilities in accordance with this Act and the regulations.
(10) Where a school council has been dissolved by the Minister
pursuant to subsection (9), a school council must, in accordance
with the regulations, be established after the start of the school year
immediately following the year in which the school council was
dissolved.
(11) The Minister may make regulations
(a) respecting the establishment of school councils, the elect ion
or appointment of the members of a school council, the term
or other conditions of election or appointment and the
dissolution of a school council;
(b) respecting the roles of the principal and the school counc il
of a school and their respective powers, duties and
responsibilities;
(c) respecting the re-establishment of school councils that ha ve
been dissolved by the Minister pursuant to subsection (9);
(d) respecting any other matte r the Minister considers necessary
respecting school councils;
(e) exempting a school or class of schools from the application
of this section.