E-8.1 - Act respecting public elementary and secondary education

Section 407 Disposition versions

2999-12-31

407. The Council shall consist of members designated or appointed in the following manner:

(1)  the Commission scolaire de (insert here the name of the French school board having jurisdiction over the territory of the Commission des écoles catholiques de Montréal on 30 June 1986) shall designate, within 30 days following the election of its members, five persons from among its members;

(2)  each of the other school boards on the Island of Montréal shall designate, within 30 days following the election of its members, one person from among its members;

(3)  the Government, on the recommendation of the Minister, who shall hold the appropriate consultations, shall appoint to the Council, within 30 days following the election of the school commissioners, three other members from among persons domiciled on the Island of Montréal.

If a school board fails to designate such members within the prescribed time, the Government may appoint them from among the members of that school board on the recommendation of the Minister.

Each school board having only one member on the Council may designate another of its commissioners as a regular substitute to sit and vote in place of the member when he is absent from the Council and for the same term of office. Such a substitute may also attend all sittings of the Council, but is not entitled to vote nor to participate in the proceedings.

1984, c. 39, s. 407.