BILL 72

An Act to Amend the Education Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Section 36.2 of the Education Act, chapter E-1.12 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1997, is amended by adding after subsection (3) the following:

36.2(3.1) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Minister shall appoint to each District Education Council in accordance with the regulations, if any, one additional councillor who is a pupil and who resides in the school district.

2 Section 36.7 of the Act is amended

(a)  by adding after subsection (3) the following:

36.7(3.1) Subject to subsection (4), the term of office of a councillor appointed under subsection 36.2(3.1) commences on the first day of July in the year in which the councillor is appointed and ends on the thirtieth day of June the following year.

(b)  by adding after subsection (9) the following:

36.7(10) Notwithstanding subsection (7), where the position of a councillor appointed under subsection 36.2(3.1) is vacated under subsection (4), the Minister shall appoint a councillor who is a pupil and who resides in the school district to fill the vacant position for the balance of the term of the councillor replaced.

3 Subsection 57(1) of the Act is amended by adding after paragraph (ee.5) the following:

(ee.6)  prescribing the process by which the Minister appoints a councillor for the purpose of subsection 36.2(3.1);

4 The New Brunswick Advisory Council on Youth Act, chapter N-3.06 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 2003, is repealed.