A questionnaire circulated to member boards shows strong support for the cooperative development of templates for the policies boards will be required to develop and administer under the Safe Schools Act umbrella.
Planning is underway to form an ad hoc working group to undertake the project.
Legal support will be provided by Brenda Bowlby and Craig Rix of Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie. Regular updates on the progress of this working group will be provided in Fast Reports. The morning meeting was principally devoted to a review and discussion of the parts of the draft regulation dealing with the mandatory expulsion of students, and the conditions for re-entry of fully expelled students. Association representatives present requested that the implementation of the new regulation be delayed until the 2001-2002 school year so that boards can have the opportunity to develop local policies and provide staff training on the new regulation and policies. She will be the guest speaker at lunch on Friday, January 26 and you are encouraged to take this opportunity to meet the Minister at the 2001 Public Education Symposium .