PART X TEACHERS, DESIGNATED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS, PUPIL RECORDS AND EDUCATION NUMBERS
Duties of principal
265 (1) It is the duty of a principal of a school, in addition to the principal’s duties as a teacher, discipline (a) to maintain proper order and discipline in the school; co-operation (b) to develop co-operation and co-ordination of effort among the members of the staff of the school; register pupils and record attendance (c) to register the pupils and to ensure that the attendance of pupils for every school day is recorded either in the register supplied by the Minister in accordance with the instructions contained therein or in such other manner as is approved by the Minister; pupil records (d) in accordance with this Act, the regulations and the guidelines issued by the Minister, to collect information for inclusion in a record in respect of each pupil enrolled in the school and to establish, maintain, retain, transfer and dispose of the record; timetable (e) to prepare a timetable, to conduct the school according to the timetable and relevant school year calendar, to make the timetable and calendar accessible to pupils, teachers, designated early childhood educators and supervisory officers, to assign classes and subjects to teachers and to assign junior kindergarten or kindergarten classes or extended day program units to designated early childhood educators; examinations and reports (f) to hold, subject to the approval of the appropriate supervisory officer, such examinations as the principal considers necessary for the promotion of pupils or for any other purpose and report as required by the board the progress of the pupil to his or her parent or guardian where the pupil is a minor and otherwise to the pupil; promote pupils (g) subject to revision by the appropriate supervisory officer, to promote such pupils as the principal considers proper and to issue to each such pupil a statement thereof; textbooks (h) to ensure that all textbooks used by pupils are those approved by the board and, in the case of subject areas for which the Minister approves textbooks, those approved by the Minister; reports (i) to furnish to the Ministry and to the appropriate supervisory officer any information that it may be in the principal’s power to give respecting the condition of the school premises, the discipline of the school, the progress of the pupils and any other matter affecting the interests of the school, and to prepare such reports for the board as are required by the board; care of pupils and property (j) to give assiduous attention to the health and comfort of the pupils, to the cleanliness, temperature and ventilation of the school, to the care of all teaching materials and other school property, and to the condition and appearance of the school buildings and grounds; report to M.O.H. (k) to report promptly to the board and to the medical officer of health when the principal has reason to suspect the existence of any communicable disease in the school, and of the unsanitary condition of any part of the school building or the school grounds; persons with communicable diseases (l) to refuse admission to the school of any person who the principal believes is infected with or exposed to communicable diseases requiring an order under section 22 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act until furnished with a certificate of a medical officer of health or of a legally qualified medical practitioner approved by the medical officer of health that all danger from exposure to contact with such person has passed; access to school or class (m) subject to an appeal to the board, to refuse to admit to the school or classroom a person whose presence in the school or classroom would in the principal’s judgment be detrimental to the physical or mental well-being of the pupils; and visitor’s book (n) to maintain a visitor’s book in the school when so determined by the board.  R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, s. 265; 1991, c. 10, s. 6; 2010, c. 10, s. 17; 2021, c. 4, Sched. 11, s. 7 (1). (2), (3) Repealed:  2009, c. 25, s. 39. (4) Repealed:  2001, c. 14, Sched. A, s. 8. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1991, c. 10, s. 6 - 01/01/1991 2001, c. 14, Sched. A, s. 8 - 01/07/2001 2009, c. 25, s. 39
- 15/12/2009 2010, c. 10, s. 17
- 03/06/2010 2021, c. 4, Sched. 11, s. 7 (1) - 19/04/2021 Pupil Records