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Interim Language Instruction Act, 2012

This Act temporarily changes how language-of-instruction rules apply, requires the Minister to table annual progress reports and finish a report by January 31, 2025, and preserves Inuit Language instruction in any grade.

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Jurisdiction: Canada — Nunavut
Structure: 1 provisions
Official identity: Year 2012
Dates: Enacted 2012

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“This Act temporarily changes how language-of-instruction rules apply, requires the Minister to table annual progress reports and finish a report by January 31, 2025, and preserves Inuit Language instruction in any grade.”

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Interim Language of Instruction Act Chapter 9 INTERIM LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ACT (Assented to June 13, 2022) The Commissioner, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly, enacts as follows: Suspension of certain provisions 1. While this section is in force, (a) section 24 of the Education Act does not apply except to give effect to paragraphs (b) and (c); (b) only the following provisions of the Language of Instruction Regulations, R.Nu. R-014-2012, apply in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3: (i) sections 2 to 5, (ii) sections 24 to 26, (iii) the Schedule; (c) the bilingual education model or models that apply to a school are the same as the model or models that applied to it during the 2021-2022 school year; and (d) the Language of Instruction Regulations, R.Nu. R-014-2012, do not apply in grades 4 to 12. Annual progress report 2. The Minister must table a progress report in the Legislative Assembly during the first sitting of each school year on (a) the development of new Language of Instruction Regulations; and (b) the development and implementation of curricula in the Inuit Language. Provision of Inuit Language instruction 3. Nothing in this Act is to be interpreted as preventing Inuit Language instruction in any grade. Report 4. The Minister must complete the review and publication of the report required under section 35 of the Language of Instruction Regulations, R.Nu. R-014-2012, as it read on the day this Act received Assent, by January 31, 2025. Repeal – section 125 of S.Nu. 2020,c.14 5. Section 125 of An Act to Amend the Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection Act, S.Nu. 2020,c.14, is repealed. 1 S.Nu. 2022,c.9 Interim Language of Instruction Act Repeal – sections 1 to 3 6. (1) Sections 1 to 3 of this Act are repealed on the earlier of (a) July 1, 2025; and (b) a date set by order of the Minister. Repeal – section 4 (2) Section 4 of this Act is repealed on the day following the publication of the report referred to in that section. This is an official copy published by the authority of the Territorial Printer ©2022 GOVERNMENT OF NUNAVUT 2 S.Nu. 2022,c.9

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