Bill 51 – Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (2009) – In Brief

Bill 51 – Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (2009)

(Explanation provided by the Public School Boards’ Association of Alberta)

 

Among other matters, the Bill would amend the School Act as follows:

7(1) The School Act is amended in section 71 by adding the
following after subsection (4):

(5) A trustee may participate in a meeting of the board by
electronic means or other communication facilities if the
electronic means or other communication facilities enable the
trustees participating in the meeting and members of the public
attending the meeting to hear each other.

(6) Trustees participating in a meeting of the board by
electronic means or other communication facilities are deemed
to be present at the meeting.

The affected section of the School Act presently reads:

71(1) No act or proceeding of a board is binding unless it is
adopted at a meeting at which a quorum of the board is present.
(2) The quorum of a board is a majority of the trustees that, as
specified under section 247, are to be elected to the board.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may order that
when the number of trustees has fallen below the quorum the
remaining trustees are deemed to be a quorum until elections are
held to fill the number of vacancies required to achieve a normal
quorum.

 

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