Student development plan
 23. (1) A student support counsellor of the lodging who is responsible for the student shall create a student development plan for the student. (2) In creating a student development plan for a student, the student support counsellor shall consult with, (a)  the student; (b)  the student’s parents, except where the student is at least 18 and is able to participate in consultation respecting the creation of the plan or is 16 or 17 and has withdrawn from parental control; (c)  the student support manager; and (d)  other staff of the school. (3) The student support counsellor shall take into account the following factors in creating a student development plan for a student: 1.  The student’s safety, security, dignity and privacy. 2.  The student’s views about matters that affect their interests. 3.  The student’s need for continuity of care and for stable relationships within a family and cultural environment. 4.  The student’s physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, academic and developmental needs. 5.  The student’s identity characteristics and whether the student is from a region that is different from the region in which the student’s lodging is located. (4) The student development plan for a student shall include, (a)  a description of the student’s strengths, and of the factors described in subsection (3), developed with reference to the findings of current or previous assessments of the student, and a description of how the student’s needs will be met; (b)  the desired outcomes that have been identified for the student by the student and by any persons who were consulted in the creation of the plan, based on the student’s strengths and on the factors described in subsection (3); (c)  a description of how the lodging programs and services will take into account the student’s identity characteristics and whether the student is from a region that is different from the region in which the student’s lodging is located; (d)  a description of how the lodging programs and services will support a First Nation, Metis, or Inuit student’s culture, heritage, tradition, and connection to community and extended family; (e)  how the matters mentioned in subsections 2 (1) and (2) will be taken into account in decision-making; (f)  details of any specialized services to be provided to the student by the school or arranged for by the school; (g)  a description of any arrangements required to meet the student’s needs in the lodging programs and services; (h)  a statement of the ways in which the student’s parents will be involved in the lodging programs and services, including arrangements that will be made for contact between the student and the student’s parents and other family members; (i)  a description of goals and activities related to a student’s transition out of the lodging; (j)  the student’s comments; and (k)  the signatures of the student support counsellor and the persons set out in clauses (2) (a), (b), and (c) or, in the absence of the signature of a student or the student’s parent, the reason for its absence. (5) The student support counsellor shall review the student development plan for each student at the end of each semester and shall update the plan as needed. (6) A student development plan for a student and any updated plan shall not be implemented until it is approved by the student support manager. (7) The student support manager shall approve a student development plan for a student within 30 days of the student’s admission to the lodging of a school. (8) Each student support counsellor shall be responsible for creating, reviewing and updating the student development plans of no more than eight students. Records