Part 5 — Structure of School Authorities Division 1 Creation of Public School Districts
110 Disestablishment of separate school district
112(2) or a board of a separate school division
(a) may pass a resolution reques ting the Minister to disestablish
a separate school district within the boundaries of the school
division established under
(i) section 112(2), or
(ii) a separate school division, or
(b) may of its own volition or m ust, if at least 25% of the
separate school electors of the separate school district
petition the board to disestablish the district, conduct a
plebiscite to determine whether the separate school district
should be disestablished.
(2) A board must conduct a plebiscite not more than 60 days after
(a) the date on which it passes a resolution under subsection
(1)(a), or
(b) the petition is made under subsection (1)(b).
(3) A board must
(a) provide notice of a plebisc ite as set out in the regulations,
and
(b) conduct a plebiscite as set out in the regulations.
(4) After a plebiscite, a board must, as required in the regulations,
provide a report to the Minister respecting
(a) the notice given before the plebiscite,
(b) the process by which the plebiscite was conducted, and
(c) the outcome of the plebiscite.
(5) The Minister
(a) shall, on receiving the repo rt of a board made pursuant to
subsection (4), or
(b) may, if there are no separate school electors or the Minis ter
receives a resolution under subsection (1)(a),
by order, disestablish the separate school district, and on that
disestablishment, the former separate school district residents
become residents of the public school board within which they
reside.
(6) The Minister may make regulations respecting a plebiscite,
including, without limitation, regulations
(a) respecting who may vote;
(b) respecting the wording of the question for the plebiscite;
(c) respecting notice of the plebiscite;
(d) respecting the process and requirements for conducting the
plebiscite;
(e) respecting reporting to the Minister after the plebiscite.
2012 cE-0.3 s111;2019 c7 s18
111 Repealed 2019 c7 s18.