PART II.1 MISCELLANEOUS
Student trustees
55 (1) The Minister may make regulations providing for elected student trustees to represent, on district school boards and on boards established under section 67, the interests of pupils in the last two years of the intermediate division and in the senior division.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. No membership or binding vote (2) A student trustee is not a member of the board and is not entitled to exercise a binding vote on any matter before the board or any of its committees.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Recorded vote (3) A student trustee is entitled to require that a matter before the board or one of its committees on which the student trustee sits be put to a recorded vote, and in that case there shall be, (a) a recorded non-binding vote that includes the student trustee’s vote; and (b) a recorded binding vote that does not include the student trustee’s vote.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Motion (4) A student trustee is not entitled to move a motion, but is entitled to suggest a motion on any matter at a meeting of the board or of one of its committees on which the student trustee sits, and if no member of the board or committee, as the case may be, moves the suggested motion, the record shall show the suggested motion.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Certain closed meetings (5) A student trustee is not entitled to be present at a meeting that is closed to the public under clause 207 (2) (b).  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Participation (6) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), a student trustee shall have the same opportunities for participation at meetings of the board and of its committees as a member has.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Resources and training (7) A student trustee has the same status as a board member with respect to access to board resources and opportunities for training.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Honorarium (8) A student trustee is entitled to receive an honorarium from the board in accordance with the regulations, if the specified conditions are satisfied.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Regulations (9) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a regulation under that subsection may, (a) provide for and govern the student trustee election process, which may be direct or indirect; (b) specify qualifications for electors of student trustees; (c) specify qualifications for student trustees and the consequences of becoming disqualified; (d) govern the number of student trustees who may sit on a board; (e) govern student trustees’ terms of office; (f) authorize boards to reimburse student trustees for all or part of the out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with carrying out their responsibilities, subject to such limitations or conditions as may be specified in the regulation; (g) provide for transitional matters that, in the Minister’s opinion, are necessary or desirable in connection with the implementation of section 6 of the Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Student Performance), 2006.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Same (10) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a regulation under that subsection dealing with the honorarium described in subsection (8) may, (a) specify a method for calculating the amount of the honorarium; (b) specify conditions for the purposes of subsection (8); (c) provide that the honorarium for a student trustee who serves two or more terms shall be multiplied by the number of terms served or increased in some other way; (d) relate the amount of the honorarium to the honoraria received by members of the board; (e) govern the manner and timing of payment of the honorarium; (f) provide for the payment of the honorarium to a third party on the former student trustee’s behalf; (g) prescribe classes of student trustees or former student trustees and treat the members of different classes differently.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Same (11) Without limiting the generality of clause (9) (a), a regulation under subsection (1) may provide for and govern, (a) student trustee elections at different times in the school year; and (b) by-elections to fill vacancies.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Same (12) In a regulation under subsection (1), the Minister may provide for any matter by authorizing a board to develop and implement a policy with respect to the matter, and may require that the policy comply with policies and guidelines established under paragraph 3.5 of subsection 8 (1).  2006, c. 10, s. 6. General or particular (13) A regulation under subsection (1) may be general or particular.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Transition (14) The pupil representatives elected or appointed under Ontario Regulation 461/97 for the 2006-2007 school year are deemed to be student trustees elected under this section for that school year.  2006, c. 10, s. 6. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1997, c. 31, s. 30 - 01/01/1998 2006, c. 10, s. 6
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