I-13.3 - Education Act

Section 193.1 Disposition versions

2023-12-07

193.1. The school service centre’s board of directors must establish the following committees:

(1)  a governance and ethics committee;

(2)  an audit committee; and

(3)  a human resources committee.

The governance and ethics committee shall, among other things, assist the members of the school service centre’s board of directors in applying the standards of ethics and professional conduct. It shall also develop the criteria and terms for evaluating the operation of the school service centre’s board of directors. Lastly, it shall ensure that all the members of the board of directors and of the governing boards undergo the training developed by the Minister under the second paragraph of section 459.5.

The audit committee shall, among other things, assist the members of the school service centre’s board of directors in seeing to the establishment of internal control mechanisms and to the optimal use of the school service centre’s resources. The committee must secure the assistance of at least one member of the school service centre’s staff with accounting or financial expertise.

The human resources committee shall, among other things, assist the school service centre’s director general in developing an expertise and experience profile and selection criteria for persons to be appointed by the director general under sections 96.8 and 110.5. In addition, it shall develop a management succession planning program for the school service centre.

The school service centre’s board of directors may establish other committees to assist it in the exercise of its functions or the examination of specific matters.

2008, c. 29, s. 22; 2020, c. 1, s. 88; 2023, c. 32, s. 19.

This section, insofar as it concerns an English-language school service centre, comes into force on the date or dates to be set by the Government (2023, c. 32, s. 85, par. 2).

2020-06-15

193.1. The school service centre’s board of directors must establish the following committees:

(1)  a governance and ethics committee;

(2)  an audit committee; and

(3)  a human resources committee.

The governance and ethics committee shall, among other things, assist the members of the school service centre’s board of directors in applying the standards of ethics and professional conduct. It shall also develop the criteria and terms for evaluating the operation of the school service centre’s board of directors. Lastly, it shall ensure that all the members of the board of directors and of the governing boards undergo the training developed by the Minister under the second paragraph of section 459.5.

The audit committee shall, among other things, assist the members of the school service centre’s board of directors in seeing to the establishment of internal control mechanisms and to the optimal use of the school service centre’s resources. The committee must secure the assistance of at least one member of the school service centre’s staff with accounting or financial expertise.

The human resources committee shall, among other things, assist the members of the school service centre’s board of directors in developing an expertise and experience profile and selection criteria for persons to be appointed by the school service centre under section 96.8, 110.5 or 198. It shall also propose to the school service centre’s board of directors criteria for evaluating the school service centre’s director general. In addition, it shall develop a management succession planning program for the school service centre.

The school service centre’s board of directors may establish other committees to assist it in the exercise of its functions or the examination of specific matters.

2008, c. 29, s. 22; 2020, c. 1, s. 88.

2009-07-01

193.1. The council of commissioners must establish the following committees:

(1)  a governance and ethics committee;

(2)  an audit committee; and

(3)  a human resources committee.

The governance and ethics committee shall, among other things, assist the commissioners, if necessary, in selecting persons whose competence and qualifications are considered to be useful for the administration of the school board for the purposes of co-optation under paragraph 3 of section 143, and in developing and updating the code of ethics and professional conduct provided for in section 175.1.

The audit committee shall, among other things, assist the commissioners in seeing to the establishment of internal control mechanisms and the optimal use of the school board’s resources. The committee must secure the assistance of at least one person who has competency in accounting or financial matters.

The human resources committee shall, among other things, assist the commissioners in developing an expertise and experience profile and selection criteria for persons to be appointed by the school board under sections 96.8, 110.5 and 198.

The council of commissioners may establish other committees to assist it in the exercise of its functions or the examination of specific matters.

2008, c. 29, s. 22.