Other members of society also have a responsibility to contribute to the education of young people and an important role to play in education. Everyone has a role and everyone's role is important. In an education system, few decisions can be made by one person or group alone. Parents, students, teachers, principals, superintendents, trustees, government, business and other community members are all participants in the educational endeavour and have a responsibility to work together, cooperate and communicate with one another. Section 17 of the School Act recognizes and reaffirms the right of parents and the school community to have meaningful involvement in the education of their children through school councils.
School councils are responsible to the parents and the community they serve.
In each school operated by a board or a charter school board, parents and the school community have an opportunity through the school council, as one means, to advise and consult with the principal and to advise the board or the charter board on any matter relating to the school. A school council shall be established in accordance with the regulations for each school operated by a board. The majority of the members of a school council shall be parents of students enrolled in the school. A board of a separate school district or a division made up only of separate school districts, by resolution, may require that the parents of students enrolled in a school operated by the board who are members of the school council must also be of the same faith as those who established the separate school districts, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic. A school council may make by-laws governing its meetings and the conduct of its affairs.