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Canada — Quebec legislation

Education Act

For the English-language school service centre context, the provisions come into force on a date or dates the Government will تعیین.

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Jurisdiction: Canada — Quebec
Structure: 1,129 provisions
Dates: Source version 23 Jul 2026

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Section 110.5

The director general of a school service centre appoints the principal, after consulting the governing board and applying the director general’s criteria. The director general may also temporarily designate someone to act as principal,…

Section 110.5

Section 143

A French-language school service centre must be administered by a 15-member board of directors.

Section 143

Section 175

Board members are not remunerated, but they may receive an attendance allowance and reimbursement of reasonable expenses under Government standards.

Section 175

Section 196

A committee member may not be prosecuted for a good-faith act done in the discharge of functions.

Section 196

Section 220.1

A school service centre must hold a public information meeting at least once a year and give notice at least 15 days in advance.

Section 220.1

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§ 110.5Section 110.5Provision

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110.5. The principal of a centre shall be appointed by the director general of the school service centre in accordance with the criteria established by the director general after consulting with the governing board. The director general of the school service centre may designate a person to fill the position of principal temporarily, having regard to the provisions of the applicable collective agreements or regulations of the Minister. 1997, c. 96, s. 13; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2023, c. 32, s. 11. 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).

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§ 110.6Section 110.6Provision

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The director general of the school service centre may appoint one or more vice principals after consulting with the principal.

110.6. The director general of the school service centre may appoint one or more vice principals after consulting with the principal. 1997, c. 96, s. 13; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2023, c. 32, s. 12. 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).

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§ 110.7Section 110.7Provision

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A vice principal must assist the principal. If the principal is absent or unable to act, the vice principal, or one designated by the director general of the school service centre, must exercise the principal’s functions and powers.

110.7. A vice principal shall assist the principal in the exercise of his functions and powers. The vice principal, or the vice principal designated by the director general of the school service centre, shall exercise the functions and powers of the principal if the principal is absent or unable to act. 1997, c. 96, s. 13; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2023, c. 32, s. 13. 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).

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§ 110.8Section 110.8Provision

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The principal must not have an interest in an enterprise that conflicts with the centre’s interest, or office may be forfeited.

110.8. The principal may not, on pain of forfeiture of office, have any direct or indirect interest in an enterprise which places the principal’s personal interest in conflict with the interest of the centre. However, forfeiture of office is not incurred if the interest is acquired by succession or gift, provided the principal renounces or disposes of it promptly. 1997, c. 96, s. 13.

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§ 110.9Section 110.9Provision

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The principal must ensure educational services meet proper quality standards and carry out governing board decisions, the centre’s rules, and other governing provisions.

110.9. The principal, under the authority of the director general of the school service centre, shall ensure that educational services provided at the centre meet the proper standards of quality. The principal is the academic and administrative director of the centre and shall see to the implementation of the decisions of the governing board, of the centre’s rules of conduct and of the other provisions governing the centre. The principal shall also see to compliance with democratic values and Québec values, including the equality of women and men, and with State laicity within the centre. 1997, c. 96, s. 13; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2025, c. 29, s. 29. This section, as concerns the obligation to see to it that the rules of conduct of centres are complied with, see 2025, c. 29, s. 76 (1).

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§ 110.10Section 110.10Repeal

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The principal must assist the governing board and, for that purpose, coordinate centre analysis and educational-project work, prepare and submit required proposals, and ensure the board has necessary information before approving proposals. If the principal does not submit a requested proposal within 15 days, the governing board may act without it.

110.10. The principal shall assist the governing board in the exercise of its functions and powers and, for that purpose, the principal shall (1) coordinate the analysis of the situation prevailing at the centre and the development, implementation and periodical evaluation of the centre’s educational project; (1.1) (subparagraph repealed); (2) ensure that the proposals required under this chapter are prepared and submitted to the governing board for approval; (2.1) ensure that the governing board is provided all necessary information before approving the proposals made under this chapter. If the principal fails or refuses to submit to the governing board a proposal concerning a matter within the purview of the governing board within 15 days of the date on which the governing board requests the proposal, the governing board may act without such a proposal. 1997, c. 96, s. 13; 2002, c. 63, s. 21; 2016, c. 26, s. 19.

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§ 110.11Section 110.11Provision

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For certain vocational training centre students, the principal must establish an individualized education plan adapted to the student’s needs and abilities.

110.11. In the case of a handicapped student or a student with a social maladjustment or a learning disability attending a vocational training centre, the principal, with the assistance of the student’s parents, of the staff providing services to the student, and of the student, unless the student is unable to do so, shall establish an individualized education plan adapted to the student’s needs and abilities. The principal shall see to the implementation and periodical evaluation of the education plan and inform the student’s parents on a regular basis. 1997, c. 96, s. 13.

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§ 110.12Section 110.12Provision

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110.12. The principal is also responsible for approving, on the proposal of the teachers or, in the case of the matters referred to in subparagraph 4, of the staff members concerned, (1) the criteria for the introduction of new instructional methods; (2) in keeping with the budget of the centre, the textbooks and instructional material required for the teaching of programs of studies; (3) the standards and procedures for the evaluation of student achievement in keeping with the prescriptions of the basic regulation and subject to the examinations that may be imposed by the Minister or the school service centre; (4) the measures selected to achieve the objectives and targets set out in the educational project. The proposals of the teachers or of the staff members concerned under this section shall be made according to the procedure determined by the teachers at a meeting called for that purpose by the principal or, failing that, according to the procedure determined by the principal. A proposal of the teachers or of the staff members concerned concerning a subject referred to in this section must be made within 30 days after the proposal is requested by the principal, failing which the principal may act without such proposal. If the principal does not approve a proposal of the teachers or of the staff members concerned, the principal shall give reasons for the decision. The standards and procedures for the evaluation of achievement referred to in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph may not have the effect of allowing a student’s result to be reviewed by the principal. However, they must allow the principal to ask the teacher to whose care the student is entrusted to review the result assigned to the student or, if the teacher is absent or unable to act, to entrust the review to another teacher, in accordance with the conditions and procedures determined by regulation of the Minister. The principal must give reasons in writing for his or her request for the grade review. 1997, c. 96, s. 13; 2016, c. 26, s. 20; 2020, c. 1, s. 44.

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§ 110.13Section 110.13Provision

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Referenced rules apply to the principal of a centre, as adapted as required.

110.13. Section 96.7.1, the third, fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs of section 96.12, subparagraph 1.2 of the first paragraph of section 96.13 and sections 96.20 to 96.26, adapted as required, apply to the principal of a centre. 1997, c. 96, s. 13; 2020, c. 1, s. 45.

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§ 111Section 111Provision

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The Government must divide Québec into French-language and English-language school service centre territories, excluding the listed boards and centre, and an order must establish a school service centre in each territory, name it, and be published by 31 August.

111. The Government shall, by order, divide the territory of Québec into two groups of territories: one of territories for French-language school service centres and the other, of territories for English-language school service centres. The territory of the Cree School Board, that of the Kativik School Board and that of Centre de services scolaire du Littoral established by chapter 125 of the statutes of Québec, 1966-67, are excluded from such division, however. A school service centre shall be established in each territory. The order shall determine the name of the school service centre. The order shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec not later than 31 August and comes into force on the date of its publication. 1988, c. 84, s. 111; 1990, c. 78, s. 1; 1997, c. 47, s. 2; 2020, c. 1, s. 320; 2020, c. 1, s. 46.

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§ 111.1Section 111.1Provision

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The Government must consult each relevant school service centre before determining its name.

111.1. After consulting each school service centre established by the territorial division order, the Government shall determine its name. The order comes into force 10 days after the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date indicated therein. 1997, c. 47, s. 3; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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§ 112Section 112Provision

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112. School service centres established pursuant to this division belong to only one of the following categories: French language school service centres or English language school service centres. 1988, c. 84, s. 112; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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§ 113Section 113Provision

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A school service centre is a legal person established in the public interest.

113. A school service centre is a legal person established in the public interest. 1988, c. 84, s. 113; 1997, c. 96, s. 14; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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§ 114Section 114Provision

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The Government may, by order, change the name of a school service centre if the centre requests it.

114. The Government may, by order, change the name of any school service centre requesting it. The order comes into force ten days from the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date indicated therein. 1988, c. 84, s. 114; 2018, c. 5, s. 1; 2019, c. 5, s. 1; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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§ 115Section 115Provision

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A school service centre may choose the location of its head office within its territory, and it must notify the Minister and give public notice of that location or any new address.

115. The head office of a school service centre shall be located at such place in its territory as it shall determine. The school service centre shall inform the Minister and give public notice of the location or of any new address of its head office. 1988, c. 84, s. 115; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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§ 116Section 116Provision

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116. The Government may, by order, at the request of a school service centre or of a majority of parents of students or electors, as applicable, domiciled in the territory of a same school service centre, or of its own motion after consulting with the interested school service centres, make any change to the school service centre territories concerned. The Government shall determine the school service centre having jurisdiction over any changed or new territory and may, to that end, prescribe that a school service centre cease to exist or establish a new school service centre. It shall determine, after consulting with the interested school service centres, the name of the new school service centre, if applicable. The order comes into force on 1 July following the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date indicated in the order. Until the coming into force of the territorial changes, a school service centre established under the second paragraph shall exercise only the functions necessary to prepare its first school year. On the coming into force of the territorial changes, it shall acquire all the attributes conferred on a school service centre under this Act. Similarly, until the coming into force of the territorial changes, an existing school service centre whose territory is changed in accordance with the first paragraph or that acquires jurisdiction over a new territory in accordance with the second paragraph shall exercise, with respect to the new territory, only the functions necessary to prepare the school year as of which the territorial changes come into force. On the coming into force of the territorial changes, it shall fully exercise its jurisdiction over the entirety of the new territory. The termination of a school service centre ordered pursuant to the second paragraph takes effect on the date of coming into force of the territorial changes. 1988, c. 84, s. 116; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 47.

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§ 117Section 117Provision

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The Minister may make regulations establishing a transitional scheme for school service centres affected by territorial changes.

117. The Minister may, by regulation, establish a transitional scheme applicable to the school service centres affected by the territorial changes for the period beginning on the day of publication of the order, or on any later date indicated in the order, and ending one year after the day of coming into force of those changes. The scheme may prescribe rules relating to the transition, which may, in particular, concern the establishment, composition or operation of a transitional board of directors. If applicable, such rules apply despite the Act respecting school elections to elect certain members of the boards of directors of English-language school service centres (chapter E-2.3). Such rules may also concern a school service centre’s functions and powers during the transition period. In particular, the Minister may, in the scheme, specify the rules allowing a school service centre to succeed another and the manner in which the rights and obligations of a school service centre whose territory is changed are transferred. 1988, c. 84, s. 117; 1990, c. 8, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 47.

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§ 117.1Section 117.1Provision

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Section 117.1 is marked as replaced.

117.1. (Replaced). 1991, c. 27, s. 1; 2020, c. 1, s. 47.

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§ 118Section 118Provision

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The Minister must rule on disputes among school service centres during the transition period before the territorial changes take effect, except certain employee-distribution and transfer disputes.

118. The Minister shall rule on any dispute among the school service centres during the transition period preceding the coming into force of the territorial changes, except disputes relating to the distribution and transfer of employees who are represented by a certified association within the meaning of the Labour Code (chapter C-27) or of employees for whom a regulation of the Minister made under section 451 provides a special recourse. 1988, c. 84, s. 118; 1991, c. 27, s. 2; 2018, c. 5, s. 2; 2019, c. 5, s. 2; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 47.

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§ 118.1Section 118.1Provision

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Section 118.1 is marked “Replaced.”

118.1. (Replaced). 1991, c. 27, s. 3; 1997, c. 96, s. 15; 2008, c. 29, s. 9; 2013, c. 15, s. 6; 2020, c. 1, s. 313; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 47.

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§ 118.2Section 118.2Provision

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118.2. (Replaced). 1991, c. 27, s. 3; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 47.

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§ 118.3Section 118.3Provision

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This section is marked as replaced.

118.3. (Replaced). 1991, c. 27, s. 3; 2008, c. 29, s. 10; 2016, c. 26, s. 21; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 47.

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§ 119Section 119Provision

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If territorial changes transfer ownership to a school service centre, the school service centre becomes the owner of the immovable once a notice is registered in the land register.

119. In the event of territorial changes that cause a transfer of ownership to a school service centre, the latter becomes the owner of the immovable covered by the registration in the land register of a notice stating the facts which resulted in the transfer, including the order for territorial changes, and describing the immovable concerned. 1988, c. 84, s. 119; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 47.

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§ 120Section 120Provision

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Proceedings involving a school service centre that stops existing when territorial changes take effect continue under the school service centre chosen by the Government.

120. Any judicial or administrative proceedings to which a school service centre that ceases to exist on the coming into force of the territorial changes is a party are continued by the school service centre determined by the Government under section 116, without continuance of suit. 1988, c. 84, s. 120; 1997, c. 96, s. 16; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 47.

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§ 121Section 121Repeal

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Section 121 is repealed.

121. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 121; 1999, c. 40, s. 158; 2000, c. 42, s. 179; 2020, c. 1, s. 48.

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§ 122Section 122Repeal

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Section 122 is repealed.

122. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 122; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 123Section 123Repeal

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Section 123 is repealed.

123. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 123; 1990, c. 78, s. 2; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 123.1Section 123.1Repeal

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123.1. (Repealed). 1990, c. 78, s. 3; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 124Section 124Repeal

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Section 124 is repealed.

124. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 124; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 125Section 125Repeal

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Section 125 is repealed.

125. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 125; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 126Section 126Repeal

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Section 126 is repealed.

126. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 126; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 127Section 127Repeal

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Section 127 is repealed.

127. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 127; 1989, c. 36, s. 260; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 128Section 128Repeal

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Section 128 is repealed.

128. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 128; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 129Section 129Repeal

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Section 129 is repealed.

129. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 129; 1990, c. 8, s. 12; 1990, c. 78, s. 4; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 130Section 130Repeal

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Section 130 is repealed.

130. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 130; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 131Section 131Repeal

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Section 131 is repealed.

131. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 131; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 132Section 132Repeal

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Section 132 is repealed.

132. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 132; 1990, c. 78, s. 5; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 133Section 133Repeal

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Section 133 is repealed.

133. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 133; 1990, c. 78, s. 6; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 134Section 134Repeal

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Section 134 is repealed.

134. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 134; 1990, c. 78, s. 7; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 135Section 135Repeal

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Section 135 is repealed.

135. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 135; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 136Section 136Repeal

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Section 136 is repealed.

136. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 136; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 137Section 137Repeal

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Section 137 is repealed.

137. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 137; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 138Section 138Repeal

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138. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 138; 1991, c. 27, s. 5; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 138.1Section 138.1Repeal

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Section 138.1 is repealed.

138.1. (Repealed). 1991, c. 27, s. 6; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 138.2Section 138.2Repeal

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Section 138.2 is repealed.

138.2. (Repealed). 1991, c. 27, s. 6; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 138.3Section 138.3Repeal

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Section 138.3 is repealed.

138.3. (Repealed). 1991, c. 27, s. 6; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 139Section 139Repeal

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Section 139 is repealed.

139. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 139; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 140Section 140Repeal

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140. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 140; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 141Section 141Repeal

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Section 141 is repealed.

141. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 141; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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§ 142Section 142Repeal

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Section 142 is repealed.

142. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 142; 1997, c. 47, s. 4.

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A French-language school service centre must be administered by a 15-member board of directors.

143. A French-language school service centre shall be administered by a board of directors composed of 15 members, as follows: (1) five parent representatives who are parents of students attending an institution under the school service centre’s jurisdiction, who are members of the parents’ committee, who are not members of the school service centre’s staff and each of whom represents a district; (2) five members of the school service centre’s staff, including one teacher, one non-teaching professional staff member, one support staff member, one principal of an educational institution and one member of the executive staff; and (3) five community representatives who are domiciled in the school service centre’s territory and who are not members of the school service centre’s staff, that is, (a) one person with expertise in governance, in ethics, in risk management or in human resources management; (b) one person with expertise in finance or accounting or in financial or physical resources management; (c) one person from the community, sport or cultural sector; (d) one person from the municipal, health, social services or business sector; and (e) one person aged 18 to 35. The members are designated in accordance with this Act and the regulation made under section 455.2. 1988, c. 84, s. 143; 1997, c. 47, s. 5; 1997, c. 96, s. 17; 2008, c. 29, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, ss. 307 and 313; 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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An English-language school service centre must be run by a board of directors with specified parent, community, and staff members.

143.1. An English-language school service centre shall be administered by a board of directors composed of the following members: (1) between 8 and 17 parent representatives who are parents of students attending an institution under the school service centre’s jurisdiction, who are not members of the school service centre’s staff and who sit as parent representatives on the governing board of a school or vocational training centre; (2) between 4 and 13 community representatives who are domiciled in the school service centre’s territory and who are not members of the school service centre’s staff, including (a) at least one person with expertise in governance, in ethics, in risk management or in human resources management; (b) at least one person with expertise in finance or accounting or in financial or physical resources management; (c) at least one person from the community, municipal, sport, cultural, health, social services or business sector; and (d) at least one person aged 18 to 35; and (3) four members of the school service centre’s staff, including one teacher, one non-teaching professional staff member, one support staff member and one principal of an educational institution. The members referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph are elected or appointed in accordance with the Act respecting school elections to elect certain members of the boards of directors of English-language school service centres (chapter E-2.3), whereas those referred to in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph are designated in accordance with this Act and the regulation made under section 455.2. 2008, c. 29, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, s. 307; 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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Certain board candidates must also meet conditions set by regulation, on top of the qualifications already required by sections 143 and 143.1.

143.2. In addition to having the qualifications required by sections 143 and 143.1, candidates for a seat on a French-language school service centre’s board of directors and candidates for a staff representative seat on an English-language school service centre’s board of directors must meet the conditions prescribed by the regulation made under section 455.2. 2008, c. 29, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, s. 313; 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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Board members are appointed for three-year terms and must swear an oath within 30 days after taking office, with stated exceptions.

143.3. The members of a school service centre’s board of directors are designated for three-year terms. Designation processes shall be held in two of every three years to allow two or three members of each category to be designated each time. The members designated shall take office on 1 July following their designation, except those referred to in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 143, who shall take office as and when they are designated. They must, within 30 days after taking office, swear an oath before the school service centre’s director general, or before the person designated by the latter, to fulfill the duties of their office faithfully and to the best of their judgment and ability. An entry of the oath is made in the Minutes of Proceedings of the school service centre. This section does not apply to members whose election is governed by the Act respecting school elections to elect certain members of the boards of directors of English-language school service centres (chapter E-2.3), which provides for the duration of their term and for their taking office. The second paragraph does not apply to representatives of English-language school service centre staff. 2020, c. 1, ss. 50 and 313; 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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A parent representative who is no longer on the parents’ committee may apply to renew the term as a parent representative on the school service centre board if one of the representative’s children is still attending the school involved.

143.4. Despite subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 143, a parent representative who is no longer a member of the parents’ committee may apply for the renewal of his or her term as a parent representative on the school service centre’s board of directors, provided that one of his or her children is still attending the school of whose governing board he or she was a member. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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A shortfall in the required number of group representatives does not stop the school service centre’s board of directors from being formed.

143.5. The fact that the representatives of a group fall short of the required number shall not prevent the formation of the school service centre’s board of directors. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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The parents’ committee must designate the parent representatives referred to in section 143, subject to the regulation made under section 455.2.

143.6. The parent representatives referred to in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 143 shall be designated by the parents’ committee, in accordance with the regulation made under section 455.2. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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The director general must ensure the parent representatives are designated on time and must apply the rules set by the Act and the regulation under section 455.2.

143.7. The French-language school service centre’s director general must ensure that the parent representatives to the board of directors are designated within the required time. The director general must see to the application of the rules prescribed by this Act and by the regulation made under section 455.2. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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The school service centre’s director general must divide the territory into five districts.

143.8. The school service centre’s director general shall divide the school service centre’s territory into five districts, in accordance with the criteria and terms determined by the regulation made under section 455.2. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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The school service centre’s director general must send the Minister a report naming the persons designated as parent representatives on the board of directors, and must publish the report on the school service centre’s website.

143.9. The school service centre’s director general shall send the Minister a report indicating the names of the persons designated to sit on the school service centre’s board of directors as parent representatives and shall publish it on the school service centre’s website. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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These school service centre staff members must be designated by their peers under the regulation made under section 455.2.

143.10. The school service centre staff members referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 143 shall be designated by their peers, in accordance with the regulation made under section 455.2. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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§ 143.11Section 143.11Substitution

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The school service centre’s director general must ensure the staff representatives and their substitutes are designated on time, and must apply the rules under the Act and the regulation made under section 455.2.

143.11. The school service centre’s director general must ensure that the staff representatives to the board of directors as well as their substitutes are designated within the required time. The director general must see to the application of the rules prescribed by this Act and by the regulation made under section 455.2. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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§ 143.12Section 143.12Substitution

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The school service centre’s director general must send the Minister a report naming the staff representatives and their substitutes on the board of directors, and publish the report on the school service centre’s website.

143.12. The school service centre’s director general shall send the Minister a report indicating the names of the persons designated to sit on the school service centre’s board of directors as staff representatives and the names of their substitutes and shall publish it on the school service centre’s website. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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§ 143.13Section 143.13Provision

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The specified community representatives must be designated by the specified members, under the regulation made under section 455.2.

143.13. The community representatives referred to in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 143 shall be designated by the members referred to in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the first paragraph of that section, in accordance with the regulation made under section 455.2. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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§ 143.14Section 143.14Provision

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The school service centre’s director general must ensure the community representatives to the board of directors are designated on time, and must apply the rules in the Act and the regulation under section 455.2.

143.14. The school service centre’s director general must ensure that the community representatives to the board of directors are designated within the required time. The director general must see to the application of the rules prescribed by this Act and by the regulation made under section 455.2. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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§ 143.15Section 143.15Provision

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The school service centre’s director general must send the Minister a report naming the community representatives designated to sit on the school service centre’s board of directors, and must publish the report on the school service centre’s website.

143.15. The school service centre’s director general shall send the Minister a report indicating the names of the persons designated as community representatives to sit on the school service centre’s board of directors and shall publish it on the school service centre’s website. 2020, c. 1, s. 50.

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§ 144Section 144Repeal

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Section 144 is repealed.

144. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 144; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 51.

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§ 145Section 145Repeal

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Section 145 is repealed.

145. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 145; 1989, c. 36, s. 261; 1997, c. 96, s. 18; 2006, c. 51, s. 93; 2008, c. 29, s. 12; 2016, c. 26, s. 25; 2020, c. 1, s. 313; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 51.

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§ 146Section 146Repeal

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This section is repealed.

146. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 146; 1989, c. 36, s. 262; 1990, c. 8, s. 64; 1997, c. 47, s. 6.

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§ 147Section 147Repeal

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Section 147 is repealed.

147. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 147; 1997, c. 96, s. 19; 1997, c. 47, s. 7; 2020, c. 1, s. 313; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 51.

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§ 148Section 148Repeal

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Section 148 is repealed.

148. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 148; 1997, c. 47, s. 8; 2008, c. 29, s. 13; 2016, c. 26, s. 26; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 51.

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§ 149Section 149Repeal

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Section 149 is repealed.

149. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 149; 1997, c. 96, s. 20; 1997, c. 47, s. 9; 2008, c. 29, s. 14; 2013, c. 15, s. 6; 2020, c. 1, s. 313; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 51.

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§ 150Section 150Repeal

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Section 150 is repealed.

150. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 150; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 51.

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§ 151Section 151Repeal

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Section 151 is repealed.

151. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 151; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 51.

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§ 152Section 152Repeal

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Section 152 is repealed.

152. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 152; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 51.

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§ 153Section 153Repeal

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Section 153 is repealed.

153. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 153; 1997, c. 47, s. 10; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 51.

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§ 154Section 154Provision

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The board chair, or the director general if the chair is absent, must call the board members to a first meeting held by 1 September each school year.

154. The chair of the school service centre’s board of directors or, in the chair’s absence, the director general, shall call the members of the school service centre’s board of directors to a first meeting which must be held not later than 1 September of each school year. 1988, c. 84, s. 154; 2020, c. 1, s. 52.

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§ 155Section 155Provision

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At its first meeting, the board must appoint a chair and vice-chair if those seats are vacant, choosing from its parent-representative members.

155. At its first meeting, the school service centre’s board of directors shall appoint a chair and a vice-chair, if those seats are vacant, from among its members sitting as parent representatives. The terms of office of the chair and the vice-chair end at the same time as their terms as members of the school service centre’s board of directors, unless they are removed by a vote of at least two-thirds of the board members. 1988, c. 84, s. 155; 2006, c. 51, s. 94; 2008, c. 29, s. 15, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, s. 52.

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§ 155.1Section 155.1Repeal

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Section 155.1 is repealed.

155.1. (Repealed). 2008, c. 29, s. 16; 2020, c. 1, s. 53.

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§ 156Section 156Repeal

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Section 156 is repealed.

156. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 156; 2008, c. 29, s. 17.

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§ 157Section 157Provision

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A vacancy in the office of chair or vice-chair must be filled within 30 days.

157. Any vacancy in the office of chair or vice-chair shall be filled within 30 days in accordance with the rules governing the appointment of the member to be replaced. 1988, c. 84, s. 157; 2008, c. 29, s. 18, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, s. 54.

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§ 158Section 158Provision

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If the chair is absent or unable to act, the vice-chair must exercise the chair’s functions and powers. If the vice-chair is absent or unable to act, the board of directors must designate a member to exercise those functions and powers, with a preference for a parent representative.

158. Where the chair is absent or unable to act, the vice-chair shall exercise his functions and powers. Where the vice-chair is absent or unable to act, the board of directors shall designate, to exercise the chair’s functions and powers, a member sitting as a parent representative or, if all the members sitting as parent representatives are absent or unable to act or if all the seats in that category are vacant, any other board member. 1988, c. 84, s. 158; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 21; 1999, c. 40, s. 158; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, s. 55; 2023, c. 32, s. 14. 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).

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§ 159Section 159Provision

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The chair must preside over the school service centre board of directors and maintain order at council sittings.

159. The chair shall preside over the sittings of the school service centre’s board of directors. He shall maintain order at sittings of the council. 1988, c. 84, s. 159; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, s. 163.

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§ 160Section 160Provision

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A majority of the board’s members in office makes a quorum.

160. A majority of the members in office constitutes a quorum of the school service centre’s board of directors. 1988, c. 84, s. 160; 2020, c. 1, s. 56; 2023, c. 32, s. 15.

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§ 161Section 161Provision

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161. The decisions of the school service centre’s board of directors are taken by a majority of the votes cast by the members present. If votes are equally divided, the chair has the casting vote. 1988, c. 84, s. 161; 1997, c. 96, s. 22;

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§ 162Section 162Provision

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The board of directors of a school service centre must set its operating rules by by-law, hold at least four regular meetings each school year, and send the meeting agenda and accompanying documents to members at least seven days before the meeting.

162. The school service centre’s board of directors must, by by-law, set its operating rules. The school service centre’s board of directors must hold at least four regular meetings every school year. The agenda for a meeting and the accompanying documents must be sent to the members at least seven days before the meeting is to be held. 1988, c. 84, s. 162; 2020, c. 1, s. 58; 2023, c. 32, s. 16.

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§ 163Section 163Provision

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The chair or two board members may ask for a special board meeting. If one is called, the secretary general must send notice to each board member at least two days before the meeting and give public notice of the date, place, time, and matters to be discussed; newspaper publication is not required.

163. The chair or two members of the school service centre’s board of directors may ask that a special meeting of the board be called. The meeting is called by a notice sent to each member of the school service centre’s board of directors by the secretary general, at least two days before the meeting is to be held. The notice must be accompanied by the documents necessary for the meeting. Within the same period, the secretary general shall give a public notice of the date, place and time of the meeting and of the matters to be discussed. However, no publication in a newspaper is required. 1988, c. 84, s. 163; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, s. 59.

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§ 164Section 164Provision

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At a special meeting, only matters named in the meeting notice may be dealt with and decided, unless all board members are present and decide otherwise.

164. At a special meeting, only the matters mentioned in the notice calling the meeting may be dealt with and decided, unless all the members of the school service centre’s board of directors are present at the special meeting and decide otherwise. 1988, c. 84, s. 164; 2020, c. 1, s. 60.

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§ 165Section 165Provision

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165. At the opening of a special meeting, the chair shall ascertain that the procedure for calling the meeting has been complied with; in case of non-compliance, the meeting shall be closed forthwith on pain of absolute nullity of any decision which may be made thereat. The mere presence of a member of the school service centre’s board of directors constitutes a waiver of the notice calling the meeting unless he specifically attends the meeting to object to the holding of the meeting. 1988, c. 84, s. 165; 1999, c. 40, s. 158; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, s. 61.

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§ 166Section 166Provision

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A regular or special meeting may be adjourned to later the same day or to a later day.

166. Any regular or special meeting may be adjourned to another hour of the same day or to a subsequent day, without it being necessary to give notice of the adjournment to the absent members. 1988, c. 84, s. 166.

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§ 167Section 167Provision

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The school service centre board’s meetings are public, but the council may order an in camera meeting to examine a matter that could prejudice a person.

167. The meetings of the school service centre’s board of directors are public; however, the council may order that they be held in camera for the purpose of examining any matter liable to be prejudicial to a person. 1988, c. 84, s. 167; 2020, c. 1, s. 163.

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§ 167.1Section 167.1Provision

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The director general and a designated executive staff member must take part in the board of directors’ meetings, but they cannot vote.

167.1. The school service centre’s director general and a member of the centre’s executive staff designated by his or her peers shall take part in the meetings of the centre’s board of directors but they are not entitled to vote. 2020, c. 1, s. 62.

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§ 168Section 168Provision

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168. Only board members, the school service centre’s director general, the executive staff member referred to in section 167.1, and the persons authorized to do so by the board of directors may take part in the deliberations of the school service centre’s board of directors. However, a question period must be provided at each public meeting during which the persons present may put oral questions to the members of the school service centre’s board of directors. The school service centre’s board of directors shall establish the rules relating to the time for question period, its duration and the procedure to be followed for putting questions. 1988, c. 84, s. 168; 2020, c. 1, s. 63.

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§ 168.1Section 168.1Repeal

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Section 168.1 is repealed.

168.1. (Repealed). 1997, c. 96, s. 23; 2004, c. 38, s. 1.

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§ 169Section 169Provision

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Board members may attend meetings remotely if the operating rules do not say otherwise; at least one board member or the director general must be physically present, and the director general must equip the meeting place for direct communication.

169. The members of the school service centre’s board of directors may participate in a meeting of the school service centre’s board of directors through a means that allows the persons participating in or attending the meeting to communicate directly with each other, unless the operating rules provide otherwise. At least one board member or the director general must however be physically present at the place of the meeting. The director general must ensure that the place of the meeting is equipped with means that allow the persons participating in or attending the meeting to communicate directly with each other. A board member who participates in a meeting through such a means is deemed to be present at the meeting. 1988, c. 84, s. 169; 2002, c. 63, s. 22; 2004, c. 38, s. 2; 2016, c. 26, s. 27; 2020, c. 1, s. 64; 2023, c. 32, s. 17.

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§ 170Section 170Provision

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The board of directors must record meeting minutes in the Minutes of Proceedings register, and the minutes must be read, approved, signed by the chair, and countersigned by the secretary general at the next meeting. The board may excuse the secretary general from reading the minutes if each member present received a copy at least six hours before the approving meeting.

170. The minutes of each meeting of the school service centre’s board of directors shall be entered in the register known as the “Minutes of Proceedings”. After having been read and approved at the beginning of the following meeting, they shall be signed by the person presiding over the meeting and countersigned by the secretary general. The school service centre’s board of directors, by resolution, may excuse the secretary general from reading the minutes provided that a copy thereof has been given to each member present at least six hours before the opening of the meeting at which they are approved. 1988, c. 84, s. 170; 2020, c. 1, s. 163.

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§ 171Section 171Repeal

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When a by-law or resolution of the school service centre’s board of directors is amended, replaced, or repealed, the change must be noted in the margin of the Book of By-laws or Minutes of Proceedings, with the date.

171. Whenever a by-law or a resolution of the school service centre’s board of directors is amended, replaced or repealed, mention shall be made thereof in the margin of the Book of By-laws or of the Minutes of Proceedings, opposite such by-law or resolution, together with the date of its amendment, replacement or repeal. 1988, c. 84, s. 171; 2020, c. 1, s. 163.

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§ 172Section 172Provision

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172. The minutes of each meeting, approved by the school service centre’s board of directors and signed by the chair of the meeting and the secretary general, are authentic. The same applies to documents and copies emanating from the school service centre or forming part of its records if they have been certified by the chair of the school service centre, the secretary general or a person authorized to do so by by-law of the school service centre. The information included in the register of the minutes is public. 1988, c. 84, s. 172; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312.

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§ 173Section 173Provision

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The signature of certain school service centre officers or designees may be reproduced with a signature stamp or facsimile.

173. The signature of the chair, director general, secretary general or any person designated by the school service centre may be affixed by means of a signature stamp or replaced by an engraved, lithographed or printed facsimile. 1988, c. 84, s. 173; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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§ 174Section 174Provision

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The school service centre’s board of directors may delegate some functions and powers by by-law, and those delegated functions must be performed under the director general’s direction.

174. The school service centre’s board of directors may, by by-law, delegate some of its functions and powers to the director general, an assistant director general, a school principal, the principal of a centre or any other member of the executive staff. The functions and powers so delegated shall be performed under the direction of the director general. The school service centre’s board of directors may also delegate certain functions and powers to a governing board, to the resource allocation committee or to the commitment-to-student-success committee. 1988, c. 84, s. 174; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 24; 2016, c. 26, s. 28; 2020, c. 1, s. 65.

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§ 175Section 175Provision

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Board members are not remunerated, but they may receive an attendance allowance and reimbursement of reasonable expenses under Government standards.

175. The members of the school service centre’s board of directors are not remunerated. However, they are entitled, according to the standards established by the Government, to an attendance allowance and to the reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred in the exercise of their functions. The allowance and reimbursement are borne by the school service centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 175; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 2020, c. 1, s. 66.

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The board of directors must adopt a code of ethics and professional conduct by by-law, and the school service centre must make the code publicly accessible and include it in its annual report.

175.1. The English-language school service centre’s board of directors must, by by-law, adopt a code of ethics and professional conduct for its members sitting as parent representatives or community representatives. The code shall set out the duties and obligations of the members of the school service centre’s board of directors referred to in the first paragraph, and may prescribe standards that vary according to the categories of members or that apply only to certain categories of members. The code must, among other things, (1) include preventive measures, in particular rules for the disclosure of interests held by the members of the school service centre’s board of directors; (2) deal with the identification of situations of conflict of interest; (3) (paragraph repealed); (4) specify the duties and obligations of members of the school service centre’s board of directors even after they leave office; (5) include enforcement mechanisms, in particular the designation of the persons charged with the enforcement of the code and provide for penalties. No member of the school service centre’s board of directors or employee of the centre may be responsible for determining if the code has been contravened or for imposing a penalty. The school service centre must ensure public access to the code, and publish it in its annual report. The annual report shall, in addition, state the number of cases dealt with and the follow-up thereon and set out any breaches determined during the year by the disciplinary authorities, the determination thereof, any penalties imposed by the competent authorities and the names of any members of the school service centre’s board of directors divested of office by a court during the year. This section must not be construed so as to restrict the freedom of speech inherent in a board member’s function. 1997, c. 6, s. 2; 2006, c. 51, s. 95; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 67.

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§ 175.2Section 175.2Offence

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People or authorities who examine or inquire into alleged or actual ethics or professional conduct issues, or who determine or impose penalties, cannot be prosecuted for acts done in good faith while performing their duties.

175.2. Persons or authorities charged with examining or inquiring into alleged or actual conduct that may be contrary to standards of ethics or professional conduct, or charged with determining or imposing appropriate penalties, may not be prosecuted by reason of acts performed in good faith in the performance of their duties. 1997, c. 6, s. 2.

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§ 175.3Section 175.3Provision

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A person who gains a benefit from failing to comply with an ethics or professional conduct standard under section 175.1 or 457.8 is liable to the State for the value of that benefit.

175.3. Any person who derives a benefit as a result of a failure to comply with any standard of ethics or professional conduct established under section 175.1 or 457.8 is liable to the State for the value of the benefit derived. 1997, c. 6, s. 2; 2020, c. 1, s. 68.

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§ 175.4Section 175.4Provision

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Certain board members with a conflicting interest must disclose it in writing, abstain from voting, avoid influencing the decision, and leave the sitting while the matter is discussed or voted on.

175.4. Any member of an English-language school service centre’s board of directors sitting on the board as a parent representative or community representative who has a direct or indirect interest in any enterprise which places the member’s personal interest in conflict with the interest of the school service centre must, on pain of forfeiture of office, disclose the interest in writing to the director general of the school service centre, abstain from voting on any matter concerning the enterprise and avoid influencing the decision relating to it. The member must, in addition, withdraw from a sitting while the matter is discussed or voted on. A disclosure under the first paragraph must be made at the first sitting of the board (1) after a person having such an interest becomes a member of the board; (2) after a member of the board acquires such an interest; (3) during which the matter is dealt with. Forfeiture of office incurred under this section shall subsist for five years after the date on which the judgment in which the forfeiture is declared acquires the authority of res judicata. 1997, c. 96, s. 25; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 69.

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This section says the subdivision applies to certain French-language and English-language school service centre board members.

175.5. This subdivision applies to members of a French-language school service centre’s board of directors and to members of an English-language school service centre’s board of directors referred to in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 143.1. The rules concerning a vacancy in another seat on an English-language school service centre’s board of directors are provided for in Chapter IX of the Act respecting school elections to elect certain members of the boards of directors of English-language school service centres (chapter E-2.3). 2020, c. 1, ss. 70 and 313; 2020, c. 1, s. 70.

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A vacancy on a school service centre board happens if a member loses required qualification, becomes ineligible or incapable, resigns, dies, or has the term revoked.

175.6. A vacancy on a school service centre’s board of directors occurs when a member no longer has a qualification required by section 143 or 143.1, becomes ineligible for the seat he or she holds, is disqualified from sitting, becomes incapable, resigns, dies or has his or her term revoked. However, the following do not entail the loss of qualification as a member: (1) in the case of a parent representative, the fact that the representative’s child ceases to attend a school that comes under the school service centre’s jurisdiction or that the representative ceases to be a member of the parents’ committee; or (2) in the case of a community representative, the fact that the representative establishes his or her domicile outside the school service centre’s territory or that the representative no longer meets the profile for the seat to which he or she was designated. 2020, c. 1, s. 70.

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A board member’s seat becomes vacant if the member misses three consecutive board meetings without a reason the board considers valid.

175.7. A vacancy on a school service centre’s board of directors occurs when a member fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the board of directors without a reason considered valid by the board. The member’s term ends at the close of the next meeting, unless the member attends that meeting. However, the board of directors may, at that meeting, grant the member a period of grace until the next regular board meeting if he or she was in fact unable to attend the meetings. In such a case, the member’s term ends on the day of that next meeting, unless the member attends that meeting. 2020, c. 1, s. 70.

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A board member may resign by giving written notice to the school service centre’s secretary general.

175.8. A member of a school service centre’s board of directors may resign from office by notifying the school service centre’s secretary general in writing. The member’s term ends on the date the notice is sent or on any later date indicated in it. The secretary general shall send the notice to the school service centre’s board of directors at the next meeting. 2020, c. 1, s. 70.

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If the secretary general of the school service centre learns a fact mentioned in section 175.6 or 175.7, they must notify the board of directors at the next meeting.

175.9. On ascertaining a fact referred to in either section 175.6 or 175.7, the school service centre’s secretary general shall notify the board of directors accordingly at the next meeting. 2020, c. 1, s. 70.

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175.10. A vacancy in a parent representative seat on a school service centre’s board of directors is filled, for the unexpired portion of the term, by following the prescribed procedure for designating the member to be replaced. 2020, c.

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If a community representative seat on a school service centre’s board becomes vacant, the board’s members must designate a qualified person who meets the required conditions to fill it for the rest of the term.

175.10.1. A vacancy in a community representative seat on a school service centre’s board of directors is filled, for the unexpired portion of the term, by all the members of the school service centre’s board of directors designating a person who has the required qualifications and meets the conditions required to fill the seat. 2020, c. 1, s. 70.

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A vacancy in a staff representative seat on a school service centre board is filled by a previously designated substitute member, or otherwise by the prescribed procedure.

175.11. A vacancy in a staff representative seat on a school service centre’s board of directors is filled, for the unexpired portion of the term, by a substitute member previously designated for that purpose or, where there is no designated substitute, by following the prescribed procedure for designating the member to be replaced. 2020, c. 1, s. 70.

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If a vacancy under sections 175.10 to 175.11 is not filled within a reasonable time, the Minister may designate a qualified person who meets the required conditions to fill the seat.

175.12. If a vacancy referred to in any of sections 175.10 to 175.11 is not filled within a reasonable time, the Minister may designate a person who has the required qualifications and meets the conditions required to fill the seat. 2023, c. 32, s. 18.

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A person convicted of certain corrupt electoral or referendum offences is disqualified from serving as a parent or community representative on an English-language school service centre board.

176. A person is not qualified to hold office as a member of an English-language school service centre’s board of directors as a parent representative or a community representative if convicted of an offence that is a corrupt electoral or referendum practice under the Referendum Act (chapter C-64.1), the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E-2.2), the Act respecting school elections to elect certain members of the boards of directors of English-language school service centres (chapter E-2.3) or the Election Act (chapter E-3.3). Disqualification continues for five years from the day on which the judgment convicting the person becomes res judicata. Sections 306 to 312 of the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E-2.2) apply to members of an English-language school service centre's board of directors sitting as parent representatives or community representatives in the same manner as they apply to the members of the council of a municipality. For the purposes of those sections, an English-language school service centre's board of directors is deemed to be a municipal council and an English-language school service centre is deemed to be a municipality. 1988, c. 84, s. 176; 1997, c. 96, s. 26; 2006, c. 51, s. 96; 2020, c. 1, s. 313; 2020, c. 1, s. 71.

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176.1. The members of the school service centre’s board of directors shall exercise their functions and powers, with due regard for everyone’s role and responsibilities, with a view to improving the educational services provided for by this Act and by the basic school regulations made by the Government. To that end, the role of the board members includes (1) (paragraph repealed); (1.1) ensuring that the schools and centres receive adequate support; (2) seeing to the relevance and quality of the educational services offered by the school service centre; (3) making sure that the school service centre’s human, material and financial resources are managed effectively and efficiently; (4) carrying out any mandate entrusted to them by the school service centre’s board of directors, on a proposal by the chair, for the purpose of providing information to the other board members on any specific matter. They must, as soon as possible after taking office for a first term, undergo the training developed by the Minister for members of boards of directors, in accordance with the second paragraph of section 459.5. 2008, c. 29, s. 19; 2016, c. 26, s. 29; 2020, c. 1, s. 73.

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A board member of a school service centre cannot be prosecuted for an act done in good faith while carrying out the member’s functions.

177. No member of the school service centre’s board of directors may be prosecuted for an act performed in good faith in the discharge of his functions. 1988, c. 84, s. 177; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 2020, c. 1, s. 163.

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177.1. The members of the school service centre’s board of directors must act within the scope of the functions and powers conferred on them, and exercise the care, prudence and diligence that a reasonable person would exercise in similar circumstances; they must also act with honesty and loyalty and in the interest of the school service centre and the population served by the school service centre. Their conduct must be guided both by democratic values and Québec values, including the equality of women and men, and by State laicity. 1997, c. 96, s. 27; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2025, c. 29, s. 32.

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The school service centre must defend certain board members sued by a third person for acts done in council functions.

177.2. The school service centre shall assume the defence of any member of the school service centre’s board of directors who is prosecuted by a third person for an act done in the exercise of council functions. In the case of penal or criminal proceedings, the school service centre may require a member who has been prosecuted to repay the defence expenses, except if the member had reasonable grounds to believe that the act was in conformity with the law, if the proceedings were withdrawn or dismissed or if the member was discharged or acquitted. As well, the school service centre may require repayment of the defence expenses by the member if the member was found liable for damage caused by an act done in bad faith in the exercise of council functions. 1997, c. 96, s. 27; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312.

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Section 177.3 is repealed.

177.3. (Repealed). 2008, c. 29, s. 20; 2020, c. 1, s. 74.

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The school service centre may buy liability insurance for its employees.

178. The school service centre may take out liability insurance for the benefit of its employees. Members of the school service centre’s board of directors, of a governing board or of any committee of the school service centre may, while they remain in office, and on the same conditions as those applicable to the employees of the school service centre, be a party to the liability insurance taken out by the school service centre under this section. 1988, c. 84, s. 178; 1997, c. 96, s. 28; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312.

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Section 179 is repealed.

179. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 179; 1990, c. 8, s. 13; 1997, c. 96, s. 29; 1997, c. 47, s. 11; 2008, c. 29, s. 21; 2016, c. 26, s. 30; 2020, c. 1, s. 313; 2020, c. 1, s. 76.

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Section 180 is repealed.

180. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 180; 1990, c. 8, s. 14; 2020, c. 1, s. 76.

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Section 181 is repealed.

181. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 181; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 2020, c. 1, s. 76.

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182. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 182; 1997, c. 96, s. 30; 2020, c. 1, s. 76.

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Every school service centre must establish an advisory committee on management under the director general’s direction.

183. For the purposes of sections 96.25 and 110.13, every school service centre shall establish, under the direction of the director general, an advisory committee on management composed of the school principals, the principals of vocational training centres, the principals of adult education centres and of members of the executive staff of the school service centre. The principals shall constitute the majority of the members of the committee. Where the advisory committee on management acts in the place and stead of the resource allocation committee under section 193.5, it shall add to its members the person responsible for educational services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities appointed under section 265 if that person is not already a member of the advisory committee on management. 1988, c. 84, s. 183; 1989, c. 36, s. 275; 1997, c. 96, s. 31; 2016, c. 26, s. 31; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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A school service centre may replace the advisory committee on management with regional and central advisory committees, and it must decide their composition, operation, and function distribution after consulting school principals and principals of centres.

184. Every school service centre may replace the advisory committee on management by an advisory committee for each region and a central advisory committee composed of delegates from the regional committees and of members of the executive staff of the school service centre. The school service centre shall determine, after consultation with the school principals and the principals of centres, the composition, mode of operation and the distribution of functions of each committee. The school principals shall constitute the majority of the members of each regional committee and of the central committee. 1988, c. 84, s. 184; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 32; 2020, c. 1, s. 78.

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Every school service centre must establish an advisory committee for students with handicaps, social maladjustments, or learning disabilities.

185. Every school service centre shall establish an advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities. The committee shall be composed of (1) parents of the students concerned, designated by the parents’ committee; (2) representatives of the teachers, of the members of the non-teaching professional staff and of the members of the support staff, designated by the associations which represent them in their dealings with the school service centre and elected from among the persons who provide services to the students concerned; (3) representatives of bodies which provide services to handicapped students or to students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities, designated by the school service centre’s board of directors after consulting with those bodies; (4) a school principal designated by the director general. The director general or his representative shall take part in the sittings of the committee but he is not entitled to vote. 1988, c. 84, s. 185; 1990, c. 8, s. 16; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312.

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The school service centre’s board of directors must determine how many representatives each group has.

186. The school service centre’s board of directors shall determine the number of representatives from each group. The representatives of the parents shall constitute the majority of the members of the committee. 1988, c. 84, s. 186; 2020, c. 1, s. 163.

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The advisory committee may advise the school service centre and other named committees on education services, financial resources, the commitment-to-success plan, and individualized education plans for certain students.

187. The functions of the advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities are (1) to advise the school service centre on a policy for the organization of educational services to handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities; (2) to advise the resource allocation committee on the allocation of financial resources to the services intended for those students; (3) to advise the commitment-to-student-success committee on the commitment-to-success plan. The committee may also advise the school service centre on the implementation of an individualized education plan for a handicapped student or a student with social maladjustments or learning disabilities. 1988, c. 84, s. 187; 1990, c. 78, s. 37, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 33; 2016, c. 26, s. 32; 2020, c. 1, s. 80.

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Each year, the school service centre must inform the advisory committee about funding for certain students’ services and how those resources are allocated, and must report to the committee and the Minister on complaints about those services.

187.1. Each year, the school service centre shall inform the advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities of the amount of the financial resources available for services intended for those students and of the allocation of those resources in light of the policies defined by the Minister. The school service centre shall report each year to the committee and the Minister on complaints filed with the person in charge of processing complaints regarding services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities. 2005, c. 43, s. 43; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2022, c. 17, s. 83.

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School service centres that provide student transportation must establish an advisory committee on transportation.

188. Every school service centre which provides student transportation shall establish an advisory committee on transportation the composition, operation and functions of which shall meet the norms established by government regulation. 1988, c. 84, s. 188; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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Each school service centre must have a parents’ committee with specified representatives.

189. A parents’ committee composed of the following persons shall be established for each school service centre: (1) one representative from each school, elected by the meeting of parents pursuant to the third paragraph of section 47; (2) one representative of the advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities, designated by and from among the parents who are members of that committee. A representative from a school whose child no longer attends the school may remain on the parents’ committee. The parents who are members of the advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities may designate a second representative as a substitute to attend and vote at meetings of the parents’ committee when their representative is unable to do so. A vacancy resulting from the departure of a member representing a school shall be filled, for the unexpired portion of the representative’s term, by a parent designated by and from among the parents’ representatives on the school’s governing board. An unfilled school representative position that is not filled by the meeting of parents in accordance with the third paragraph of section 47 shall be filled using the same rules. 1988, c. 84, s. 189; 1989, c. 36, s. 263; 1997, c. 47, s. 12; 1997, c. 96, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; O.C. 816-2021 of 16.06.2021, (2021) 153 G.O. 2, 2103.

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Each year, before the first Sunday in November, the chair of the parents’ committee must call a meeting to elect the chair of the parents’ committee; if the chair is absent, the secretary general of the school service centre must do so.

190. Each year, before the first Sunday in November, the chair of the parents’ committee or, in his absence, the secretary general of the school service centre shall call a meeting of the parents’ committee to elect the chair of the parents’ committee. 1988, c. 84, s. 190; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2016, c. 26, s. 33; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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A school service centre may replace the parents’ committee with regional and central parents’ committees, and must decide their functions, operation, and financing after consulting the regional committees.

191. Every school service centre may replace the parents’ committee by a regional parents’ committee for each region and a central parents’ committee composed of delegates from the regional parents’ committees and a representative of the advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities, designated by and from among the parents who are members of that committee. Section 190 applies to the election of the chair of the central parents’ committee and the chair of each regional parents’ committee. The school service centre, after consulting with the members of the regional parents’ committees, shall determine the allocation of functions and the mode of operation and financing of the regional and central committees. 1988, c. 84, s. 191; 1989, c. 36, s. 264; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 47, s. 13; 1997, c. 96, s. 35; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, s. 83.

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The parents’ committee must carry out several functions, including promoting public education, supporting parent involvement and communication, informing the school service centre of parents’ needs, helping develop a financial-contributions policy, and advising on school projects and related matters.

192. The functions of the parents’ committee are (1) to raise awareness of the value of public education among all the parents of students attending one of the school service centre’s schools; (2) to propose to the school service centre ways of supporting parents’ involvement in their role with their child in order to foster their child’s success at school; (3) to propose to the school service centre ways of facilitating communication between parents and school staff members; (4) to promote parents’ participation in the activities of the school and of the school service centre and, to that end, to designate parents to take part in the various committees established by the school service centre; (5) to inform the school service centre of parents’ needs, especially their training needs, as identified by the school representatives and by the representative of the advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities; (6) to develop, with the school service centre’s support, a policy on financial contributions and propose the policy to the school service centre for adoption; and (7) to advise the school service centre on the special school projects offered or considered in its schools, on any matter likely to ensure the best possible operation of the school service centre and on any matter on which it must be consulted. 1988, c. 84, s. 192; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 36; 2020, c. 1, s. 84.

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193. The parents’ committee shall be consulted on the following matters: (1) the division, annexation or amalgamation of the territory of the school service centre; (1.1) the school service centre’s commitment-to-success plan; (2) the three-year plan of allocation and destination of the immovables of the school service centre, the list of schools and the deeds of establishment; (3) the policy adopted under section 212 on the continued operation or closure of schools and on other changes made to the educational services provided in a school; (3.1) (subparagraph repealed); (4) (subparagraph repealed); (5) the distribution of educational services among the schools; (5.1) the school service centre’s by-law on the complaint examination procedure established under section 220.2; (6) the criteria referred to in section 239 for the enrollment of students in schools; (6.1) the dedication of a school to a special project pursuant to section 240 and the criteria for the enrollment of students in that school; (7) the school calendar; (7.1) the childcare provided at school; (8) (subparagraph repealed); (9) (subparagraph repealed); (10) (subparagraph repealed). Moreover, the parents’ committee may, on its own initiative, make recommendations to the school service centre regarding the matters referred to in the first paragraph. It may also waive a consultation on a matter referred to in subparagraph 1, 2, 3, 5, 5.1, 6 or 6.1 of the first paragraph. In such a case, it must so inform the school service centre in writing, and it shall do the same if it wishes to put an end to the waiver. 1988, c. 84, s. 193; 1990, c. 8, s. 17; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 47, s. 14; 1997, c. 96, s. 37; 2002, c. 63, s. 23; 2005, c. 16, s. 8; 2006, c. 51, s. 97; 2016, c. 26, s. 34; 2018, c. 5, s. 3; 2020, c. 1, s. 85.

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At the parents’ committee’s request, the school service centre must send parents any document the committee addresses to them, and must forward to the committee any document a parent wants to send to it.

193.0.1. At the request of the parents’ committee, the school service centre shall send parents any document that the parents’ committee addresses to them. The school service centre shall also forward to the parents’ committee any document that a parent wishes to send to the committee. 2020, c. 1, s. 86.

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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).

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193.2. The school service centre must establish a resource allocation committee composed of not more than 15 members, including the director general of the school service centre, who is responsible for its direction. Subject to the third paragraph, the committee members must be members of the school service centre’s executive staff. The majority of the committee members must be school principals or principals of centres, including at least one principal of a school providing preschool education or elementary education, one principal of a school providing secondary education and one principal of a centre. These principals of institutions shall be chosen by their peers. The person responsible for educational services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities, appointed under section 265, must also be on the committee. At least one committee member must be a member of the school service centre’s executive staff not expressly mentioned in any of the first three paragraphs. At the committee’s request, other members of the school service centre's personnel may also take part in committee sittings, but are not entitled to vote. 2016, c. 26, s. 35; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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The resource allocation committee must run a consultation process and, through designated members, make recommendations to the school service centre’s board of directors on revenue allocation and student services.

193.3. The function of the resource allocation committee is to make recommendations to the school service centre’s board of directors with a view to establishing objectives and principles governing the annual allocation of revenues in accordance with section 275, determining how those revenues are to be allocated in accordance with section 275.1, including by setting out the criteria to be used to determine the amounts allocated, and determining how student services are to be distributed in accordance with section 261. To that end, the committee shall set up a consultation process allowing it to obtain all the necessary information on the needs of the various sectors. In addition to student services, the committee may also submit the distribution of other professional services to the consultation process. Under the consultation process, each school service centre and educational institution must provide the committee with any information or document necessary for the exercise of its functions. At the conclusion of the consultation process, the director general or any other member designated by the committee must present recommendations at a meeting of the school service centre’s board of directors concerning the objectives and principles to govern the allocation of revenues, the annual allocation of those revenues and the distribution of student services and other professional services, as applicable. If the school service centre’s board of directors fails to implement a recommendation, it must give reasons for its decision at the meeting at which the recommendation is rejected. A copy of the minutes of the meeting of the school service centre’s board of directors containing the decision with reasons must be sent to the resource allocation committee. 2016, c. 26, s. 35; 2020, c. 1, s. 90.

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The resource allocation committee must make an annual recommendation to the school service centre’s board of directors about how to allocate surplus funds from the centre’s educational institutions.

193.4. The resource allocation committee must annually make a recommendation to the school service centre’s board of directors regarding the allocation of the surpluses of the school service centre’s educational institutions in accordance with section 96.24. 2016, c. 26, s. 35; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312.

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A school service centre may give the advisory committee on management the functions of the resource allocation committee if composition requirements are met.

193.5. A school service centre may entrust the functions assigned to the resource allocation committee under this Act to the advisory committee on management provided the latter complies with the composition requirements set out in section 193.2. It may also do so if it must add the person responsible for educational services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities to its members in order to comply with the composition requirements of section 193.2. The advisory committee on management shall then act in the place and stead of the resource allocation committee. 2016, c. 26, s. 35; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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The school service centre must establish a commitment-to-student-success committee of no more than 18 members.

193.6. The school service centre must establish a commitment-to-student-success committee composed of not more than 18 members, as follows: (1) the school service centre’s director general or the person the director general designates; (2) at least two members of a school’s teaching staff; (3) at least one member of an adult education centre’s teaching staff; (4) at least one member of a vocational training centre’s teaching staff; (5) at least one non-teaching professional staff member; (6) at least one support staff member; (7) at least one principal of a school providing preschool education or elementary education; (8) at least one principal of a school providing secondary education; (9) at least one principal of a vocational training centre; (10) at least one principal of an adult education centre; (11) one member of the executive staff responsible for educational services; and (12) one member from the education research sector. One of the members must have experience working with handicapped students or students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities. The leadership of the commitment-to-student-success committee is entrusted to the school service centre’s director general or the person the director general designates under subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph. 2020, c. 1, s. 91.

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The committee must develop and propose a commitment-to-success plan, analyze student results, promote research-based educational practices, and advise the school service centre on student success matters.

193.7. The functions of the commitment-to-student-success committee are (1) to develop and propose to the school service centre a commitment-to-success plan in accordance with section 209.1; (2) to analyse students’ results and make recommendations to the school service centre on the implementation of the commitment-to-success plan approved by the school service centre; (3) to promote, among the institutions of the school service centre, educational practices, including evaluation practices, that are based on research and relevant to the policy directions set out in the commitment-to-success plan; and (4) to advise the school service centre on any matter relating to student success. 2020, c. 1, s. 91.

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When developing a commitment-to-success plan, the committee must consult specified committees, boards, teachers, staff, and student committees.

193.8. In developing the commitment-to-success plan, the commitment-to-student-success committee shall consult with, in particular, the parents’ committee, the advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities, the advisory committee on management, the governing boards, the teachers and other staff members, and the student committees. The parents’ committee and advisory committee on management may, among other things, make recommendations on the content of the school service centre’s commitment-to-success plan. 2020, c. 1, s. 91.

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The director general or a designated committee member must present the committee’s proposed commitment-to-success plan to the school service centre’s board of directors for approval.

193.9. The director general or any other member designated by the commitment-to-student-success committee must present the commitment-to-success plan proposed by the committee to the school service centre’s board of directors for approval. If the board of directors does not approve the plan, it must give reasons for its decision at the meeting where the plan is rejected. A copy of the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors containing the decision with reasons must be sent to the commitment-to-student-success committee. 2020, c. 1, s. 91.

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The committees may hold meetings on the premises of the school service centre.

194. The committees may hold their meetings on the premises of the school service centre. The committees may also use, free of charge the administrative support services and the facilities of the school service centre in accordance with the terms and conditions established by the director general. 1988, c. 84, s. 194; 1997, c. 96, s. 38; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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The committees must establish internal rules, and those rules must require at least three sittings each school year.

195. The committees shall establish their rules of internal procedure. The rules shall provide for at least three sittings every school year. A member may take part in and vote at a meeting of the committee by any means allowing all the participants to communicate with each other. 1988, c. 84, s. 195; 1997, c. 96, s. 39.

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A committee member may not be prosecuted for a good-faith act done in the discharge of functions.

196. No committee member may be prosecuted for an act performed in good faith in the discharge of his functions. Sections 177, 177.1 and 177.2, adapted as required, apply to members of the parents’ committee and to members of the advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities. 1988, c. 84, s. 196; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 40.

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The committees must adopt an annual operating budget, manage it, and report on its administration to the school service centre.

197. The parents’ committee and the advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities shall adopt their annual operating budget, see to its administration and give an account thereof to the school service centre. The budget shall maintain a balance between the expenditures of each committee on the one hand and the financial resources allocated to each committee by the school service centre and each committee’s own other revenues, on the other. 1988, c. 84, s. 197; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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The Government appoints each school service centre’s director general on the Minister’s recommendation, for a term of up to five years.

198. The director general of each school service centre is appointed by the Government, on the recommendation of the Minister, for a term not exceeding five years. In his recommendation, the Minister must take into account the local needs expressed by the school service centre’s board of directors. At the expiry of his term, the director general shall remain in office until replaced or reappointed. 1988, c. 84, s. 198; 1990, c. 8, s. 18; 1997, c. 96, s. 41; 1997, c. 47, s. 15; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2023, c. 32, s. 20. Insofar as they concern an English-language school service centre, see 2023, c. 32, s. 85 (3).

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The Government determines the remuneration, employee benefits, and other employment conditions of a school service centre’s director general.

198.1. The remuneration, employee benefits and other conditions of employment of the director general of a school service centre are determined by the Government. 2023, c. 32, s. 20. Insofar as they concern an English-language school service centre, see 2023, c. 32, s. 85 (3).

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The director general must designate an assistant director general under the Minister’s regulation made under section 451.

198.2. The director general shall designate an assistant director general in accordance with the regulation of the Minister made under section 451. In the cases prescribed by the regulation, the director general may appoint, in the same manner, more than one assistant director general. 2023, c. 32, s. 20. Insofar as they concern an English-language school service centre, see 2023, c. 32, s. 85 (3).

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The director general and the assistant director general must take Minister-developed training as soon as possible after taking office.

198.3. The director general and the assistant director general must, as soon as possible after taking office, undergo the training developed by the Minister for them under the third paragraph of section 459.5. 2023, c. 32, s. 20. Insofar as they concern an English-language school service centre, see 2023, c. 32, s. 85 (3).

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The director general or assistant director general must not be a member of the governing board of a school or centre under the school service centre’s authority.

199. In no case may the director general or the assistant director general be a member of the governing board of a school or a centre under the authority of the school service centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 199; 1997, c. 96, s. 42; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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Section 200 is repealed.

200. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 200; 1989, c. 36, s. 265, s. 276; 1990, c. 8, s. 19; 1997, c. 96, s. 43; 2020, c. 1, s. 92; 2023, c. 32, s. 21.

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The director general must assist and manage the school service centre’s operations, carry out board decisions and ministerial mandates, maintain municipal partnerships, meet certain municipal representatives at least twice a year, and publicly state the school service centre’s position as its spokesperson.

201. The director general shall assist the school service centre’s board of directors in the exercise of its functions and powers. The director general is responsible for the day-to-day management of the school service centre’s activities and resources. He shall see that the decisions of the school service centre’s board of directors are carried out and shall perform the duties that the board assigns to him. The director general shall also carry out any mandate entrusted to him by the Minister. The director general shall also see to the establishment of such relations as are conducive to the implementation of partnerships with the municipalities for the benefit of communities and more specifically, in this regard, to compliance with section 211 and subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph of section 266. To that end, he shall meet, at least twice per year, with the representatives of the following municipalities whose territory is situated entirely or partially within the school service centre’s territory: (1) the regional county municipalities; (2) the local municipalities whose territory is not situated within the territory of a regional county municipality or within that of an urban agglomeration referred to in subparagraph 3; and (3) the central municipality of the urban agglomerations of Îles-de-la-Madeleine, La Tuque, Longueuil, Montréal and Québec. The director general is the school service centre’s official spokesperson. As such, the director general shall publicly state the position of the school service centre on any matter affecting it, such as when the director general is involved, on the school service centre’s behalf, in various organizations devoted to local and regional development. 1988, c. 84, s. 201; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 44; 2020, c. 1, s. 93; 2023, c. 32, s. 22. Insofar as they concern an English-language school service centre, see 2023, c. 32, s. 85 (3).

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The assistant director general must exercise the office’s functions exclusively, subject to sanctions up to revocation. With the director general’s consent, the assistant director general may hold another office or position or provide a service, paid or unpaid.

201.1. The assistant director general shall, on pain of sanctions up to and including revocation, exercise the functions of that office exclusively. The assistant director general may, however, with the director general’s consent, hold an office or position or provide a service, whether or not remunerated. 1997, c. 96, s. 45; 2020, c. 1, s. 163; 2023, c. 32, s. 23. Insofar as they concern an English-language school service centre, see 2023, c. 32, s. 85 (3).

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The director general and assistant director general must not have a direct or indirect interest in an enterprise that conflicts with the school service centre’s interest.

201.2. The director general and the assistant director general may not, on pain of sanctions up to and including revocation, have any direct or indirect interest in an enterprise that places their personal interest in conflict with the interest of the school service centre. However, such sanctions do not apply if the interest is acquired by succession or gift, provided they renounce or dispose of it promptly. 1997, c. 96, s. 45; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2023, c. 32, s. 24.

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The director general must account for his management to the school service centre’s board of directors.

202. The director general shall render account of his management to the school service centre’s board of directors. 1988, c. 84, s. 202; 2020, c. 1, s. 94.

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An assistant director general must assist and act under the director general’s authority, and may step in to exercise the director general’s functions and powers when the director general is absent, unable to act, or when the office is vacant.

203. An assistant director general shall assist the director general in the exercise of his functions and powers. An assistant director general shall perform his functions under the authority of the director general. The assistant director general, or the particular assistant director general designated by the Minister, shall exercise the functions and powers of the director general if he is absent or unable to act. If the assistant director general is absent or unable to act, the person designated for that purpose by the Minister shall exercise the functions and powers of the director general. If the office of director general becomes vacant, the assistant director general, or the assistant director general designated by the Minister, shall act as interim director general until the Government appoints a new director general. 1988, c. 84, s. 203; 1990, c. 8, s. 20; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 46; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2023, c. 32, s. 25. Insofar as they concern an English-language school service centre, see 2023, c. 32, s. 85 (3).

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This section sets when people come under a school service centre’s jurisdiction.

204. For the purposes of this division relating to the educational services referred to in section 1 and for the purposes of Division II of Chapter I, the persons who reside in the territory of a school service centre or who are committed or placed under custody therein pursuant to the Youth Protection Act (chapter P-34.1), the Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system (chapter G-1.021), the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi (chapter S-4.2), except persons to whom Part IV.1 of that Act applies, or the Youth Criminal Justice Act (S.C. 2002, c. 1) come under the jurisdiction of the school service centre. To that end, despite the first paragraph, any person residing in the territory of another school service centre to whom the school service centre provides services comes under the jurisdiction of the school service centre. For the purposes of the provisions of this division relating to vocational training or adult education, any person entitled and wishing to be enrolled in vocational training or adult education, whether or not resident in the territory of the school service centre, comes under the jurisdiction of a school service centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 204; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1992, c. 21, s. 175; 1994, c. 23, s. 17; 1997, c. 96, s. 47; 2017, c. 23, s. 5; 2020, c. 1, s. 95; I.N. 2024-10-01; 2023, c. 34, s. 1077.

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Certain people entitled to English-language instruction may choose to come under the jurisdiction of an English language school service centre.

205. Only those persons who, according to law, are entitled to receive instruction in the English language and who elect to come under the jurisdiction of an English language school service centre, including for the purpose of being exempted from compulsory school attendance, come under the jurisdiction of that school service centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 205; 2017, c. 23, s. 6; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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Section 206 is repealed.

206. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 206; 1997, c. 47, s. 16.

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An election to come under the jurisdiction of an English language school service centre is made through an admission application, or for a homeschooled child through the notice referenced in section 15.

207. The election to come under the jurisdiction of an English language school service centre is made upon an application for admission to the educational services of the school service centre or, in the case of a homeschooled child, by sending the notice provided for in subparagraph a of subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph of section 15. An election made under the first paragraph remains in force until the person makes a new election. 1988, c. 84, s. 207; 1997, c. 47, s. 17; 2017, c. 23, s. 7; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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207.1. The mission of a school service centre is to establish educational institutions in its territory, to support those institutions and to accompany them by procuring access to the goods and services and offering the optimal conditions enabling them to provide students with quality educational services and see to their educational success, so that the population may attain a higher level of knowledge, social development and qualification. The school service centre carries out its mission in compliance with democratic values and Québec values, including the equality of women and men, and with State laicity. To that end, while showing due regard for the principle of subsidiarity, the school service centre organizes the educational services offered in its institutions and ensures their quality as well as the effective, efficient, fair and environmentally responsible management of its human, physical and financial resources. The school service centre also sees to the promotion and enhancement of public education in its territory, in collaboration with its educational institutions and the parents’ committee, and contributes, to the extent provided for by law, to its region’s social, economic and cultural development. For the purposes of the second paragraph, “principle of subsidiarity” means the principle whereby powers and responsibilities must be delegated to the appropriate level of authority so that decision-making centres are adequately distributed and brought as close as possible to the students. 2008, c. 29, s. 23; 2016, c. 26, s. 36; 2020, c. 1, s. 96; 2025, c. 29, s. 33.

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A school service centre must contribute, as provided by the Act, to children attending school as required.

207.2. A school service centre shall contribute, to the extent provided for by this Act, to children’s attending school as required. 2017, c. 23, s. 8; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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Every school service centre must provide entitled educational services to persons under its jurisdiction.

208. Every school service centre shall ensure that the persons who come under its jurisdiction are provided the educational services to which they are entitled under this Act. The Minister may, in exceptional circumstances, relieve any school service centre in whole or in part from that function in respect of persons committed or placed under custody in its territory. 1988, c. 84, s. 208; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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A school service centre must admit, organize, refer, and provide certain educational services under specified conditions.

209. In order to carry out that function, the school service centre shall, in particular, (1) admit persons who come under its jurisdiction to educational services; (2) organize educational services or, if the school service centre can establish that its resources are insufficient or if the school service centre agrees to grant the request of parents, entrust the organization of educational services to another school service centre, a body or a person with which or whom it has entered into an agreement pursuant to any of sections 213, 214, 214.3 or 215.1, while making sure the services are provided as near the students’ place of residence as possible; (3) if it does not arrange certain vocational education programs or adult education services for which it receives no subsidies following a decision of the Minister pursuant to section 466 or 467, refer persons to a school service centre which provides such services. In addition, a school service centre shall provide the educational services provided for in an agreement referred to in section 213 or 214. It shall also provide the services provided for in a decision of the Minister pursuant to section 468, to the extent indicated in that decision. 1988, c. 84, s. 209; 1990, c. 8, s. 21; 1990, c. 78, s. 38; 1997, c. 96, s. 48; 2020, c. 1, s. 97.

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If a school service centre learns that a student from one of its institutions has been admitted to another school service centre or a private educational institution, it must send that institution the student information needed to organize and provide educational services, as soon as possible.

209.0.1. A school service centre that is informed that a student who attends one of its institutions has been admitted to the educational services of another school service centre or of an educational institution governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1) shall communicate, as soon as possible, to the other school service centre or the educational institution the information concerning the student that is necessary for the organization and provision of the educational services. 2023, c. 32, s. 26.

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A school service centre must approve, publish, and present a commitment-to-success plan that fits the department’s strategic plan and any communicated expectations.

209.1. For the exercise of its functions and powers, every school service centre shall approve, on the proposal of the commitment-to-student-success committee, a commitment-to-success plan that is consistent with the strategic directions and objectives of the department’s strategic plan. The commitment-to-success plan must also meet any expectations communicated under section 459.2. In addition, the period covered by the plan must be harmonized with the period covered by the department’s strategic plan in accordance with any terms prescribed under the first paragraph of section 459.3. The commitment-to-success plan that the school service centre may update as needed, on the recommendation of the commitment-to-student-success committee, must contain (1) a description of the context in which the school service centre acts, particularly the needs of its institutions, the main challenges it faces, and the characteristics and expectations of the community it serves; (2) the directions and objectives selected; (3) the targets for the period covered by the plan; (4) the indicators, particularly Québec-wide indicators, to be used to measure achievement of those objectives and targets; (5) a service statement setting out its objectives with regard to the level and quality of the services it provides; and (6) any other element determined by the Minister. The school service centre shall send its commitment-to-success plan to the Minister and make it public on the expiry of 60 to 90 days after sending it or of another period if the school service centre and the Minister so agree. The commitment-to-success plan takes effect on the date of its publication. The school service centre shall present the content of its commitment-to-success plan to the public at the meeting following the effective date of the plan. Public notice specifying the date, time and place of the meeting must be given not less than 10 days before it is held. 2002, c. 63, s. 24; 2005, c. 28, s. 195; 2008, c. 29, s. 24; 2016, c. 26, s. 37; 2020, c. 1, s. 98.

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The school service centre must comply with any terms prescribed by the Minister under the first paragraph of section 459.3.

209.2. The school service centre must ensure that any terms prescribed by the Minister under the first paragraph of section 459.3 are complied with. 2008, c. 29, s. 25; 2016, c. 26, s. 37; 2020, c. 1, s. 99.

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French language school service centres must provide educational services in French, and English language school service centres must provide them in English.

210. A French language school service centre shall provide educational services in French; an English language school service centre shall provide educational services in English. However, vocational training and adult education services shall be provided in French or in English according to law; the same applies in respect of educational services provided to persons coming under the jurisdiction of a school service centre of another category pursuant to section 213 or 468. Nothing in this section shall prevent the teaching of a second language in that language. 1988, c. 84, s. 210; 1997, c. 47, s. 19; 1997, c. 96, s. 49; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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The school service centre must ensure its institutions provide a healthy, secure learning environment free from bullying and violence.

210.1. The school service centre shall see to it that each of its institutions provides a healthy and secure learning environment that allows every student to develop his or her full potential, free from any form of bullying or violence. To that end, it shall support the principals of its institutions in their efforts to prevent and stop bullying and violence. 2012, c. 19, s. 15; 2020, c. 1, s. 100.

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The school service centre must make a yearly three-year immovable-allocation plan, send it to consulted municipalities or metropolitan communities, prepare the related institution list and deeds, and, in certain shared-premises situations, allocate premises or use and may create a coordinating committee or appoint shared leadership.

211. Each year, after consulting any municipality or metropolitan community whose territory is situated entirely or partially within its own, the school service centre shall establish a three-year plan for the allocation and destination of its immovables. The plan must specify, for each school and each vocational training and adult education centre, the name and address of the school or centre, the premises at its disposal, the level of instruction provided, any purpose it may have other than its educational purpose, its capacity and the school enrolment forecast for the duration of the plan. The school service centre shall transmit the plan to every municipality or metropolitan community consulted. The school service centre shall then draw up, in accordance with the plan, a list of its schools, and of its vocational training and adult education centres, if any, and shall issue a deed of establishment to them. Where two or more educational institutions are established in the same premises or immovables, the school service centre shall determine the allocation of the premises or immovables, or the allocation of the use of such premises or immovables among such educational institutions. In the case described in the fourth paragraph, the school service centre may, at the request of the governing boards concerned, establish a coordinating committee composed of representatives of the governing boards and determine the distribution of powers and functions between the governing boards and the coordinating committee, as well as the administrative and operating rules applicable to the coordinating committee. The school service centre may also appoint a single principal for all the institutions and one or more vice principals for each institution. In such a case, the school service centre, after consulting with the governing boards concerned, shall determine the distribution of powers and functions between the principal and the vice principals. 1988, c. 84, s. 211; 1990, c. 8, s. 22; 1997, c. 96, s. 50; 2000, c. 56, s. 159; 2002, c. 68, s. 52; 2003, c. 19, s. 203; 2006, c. 51, s. 98; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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The school service centre must adopt a policy on introducing students to democracy in schools, subject to any policy directions the Minister may establish.

211.1. Subject to any policy directions the Minister may establish, the school service centre must adopt a policy on introducing students to democracy in schools, providing, in particular, for a form of student representation with the school service centre’s board of directors. 2006, c. 51, s. 99; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312.

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The school service centre must adopt a policy on school closures and related changes, and the policy must include a public consultation process with notice deadlines.

212. Subject to any policy directions the Minister may establish and after holding a public consultation and consulting the parents’ committee, the school service centre shall adopt a policy on (1) the continued operation or closure of schools; (1.1) the change in destination of an immovable placed at the disposal of one of its schools; and (2) changes to the level of instruction provided by a school, or to cycles or parts of cycles of the level of instruction, and on the cessation of preschool education services provided by a school. The policy must include a public consultation process, to take place prior to any change, that must provide for (1) the consultation timetable; (2) the manner in which the public, and more particularly the parents and the students of full age concerned, are to be informed, including the place where relevant information on the project, particularly its budgetary and educational impact, may be consulted by any person interested, and the place where additional information may be obtained; (3) at least one public consultation meeting and the related procedure; and (4) the presence at the consultation meetings of the chair of the school service centre’s board of directors and of a parent representative sitting on that board. The policy must also specify that the public consultation process must start with a public notice of the consultation meeting, to be issued (1) not later than 1 July of the year preceding the year during which the school would be closed; or (2) not later than 1 April of the year preceding the year during which a change under subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph would be made. 1988, c. 84, s. 212; 1997, c. 96, s. 51; 2006, c. 51, s. 100; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2020, c. 1, s. 101; 2023, c. 32, s. 27.

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The school service centre must adopt a policy on certain financial contributions when proposed by the parents’ committee.

212.1. On the proposal of the parents’ committee, the school service centre shall adopt a policy on the financial contributions that may be made for the documents and objects mentioned in the third and fourth paragraphs of section 7, or that may be claimed for services referred to in sections 256 and 292. This policy must respect the powers of the governing board and promote accessibility to the educational services provided for in this Act and prescribed by the basic regulations established by the Government. If the parents’ committee fails or refuses to submit a proposal to the school service centre within the period specified by the school service centre, which must be of at least 30 days, the latter may act without such a proposal. 2005, c. 16, s. 9; 2019, c. 9, s. 5; 2020, c. 1, s. 102.

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The school service centre must ensure its schools and vocational training centres comply with the conditions for required financial contributions and must not require fees that are contrary to law, including administrative fees.

212.2. The school service centre shall see to it that its schools and vocational training centres comply with the conditions applicable to required financial contributions and that the schools and centres do not, under any circumstances, require payment of fees contrary to law, including administrative fees. 2019, c. 9, s. 6; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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The school service centre must ensure its schools’ and centres’ rules of conduct comply with the Act and, where applicable, the Minister’s regulation.

212.3. The school service centre shall see to it that the rules of conduct of its schools and its centres are in conformity with this Act and, where applicable, with the regulation made by the Minister. It must also see to it that the functions and powers of a school’s or centre’s governing board and of the parents’ committee of the school service centre are respected, and that their operating rules are complied with. 2025, c. 29, s. 35. This section, as concerns the obligation to ensure the application of the rules of conduct of centres, see 2025, c. 29, s. 76 (1).

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A school service centre may enter into certain agreements for instructional, student, special education, literacy, or popular education services, but agreements under this section must be written and include specified ethics, face-covering, and consultation requirements.

213. A school service centre may enter into an agreement, for the provision of instructional services at the preschool, elementary or secondary level, with another school service centre or an educational institution governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1), or an educational body in Canada which provides educational services equivalent to those referred to in this Act. A school service centre may enter into an agreement with another school service centre, a body or a person for the provision of student services and special educational services, literacy services or popular education services or for any purposes other than the provision of services referred to in the first paragraph. An agreement entered into under the first or second paragraph must be made in writing and, if it is entered into with a body or a person other than a school service centre or than an educational institution governed by the Act respecting private education, must be accompanied by the code of ethics provided for in section 258.0.1 and provide that any person who would be required to work with minor or handicapped students or be in contact with them must undertake to comply with that code. The agreement must, in addition, provide that any person who would be required to provide the services covered by the agreement to students must ensure the students’ compliance with the obligation to have their face uncovered. The agreement must also provide that the person must have their face uncovered when providing those services to the students, unless their face must be covered for health reasons or because of a handicap or of requirements tied to their functions or to the performance of certain tasks, and undertake to have conduct that is guided both by democratic values and Québec values, including the equality of women and men, and by State laicity. Before entering into such an agreement, the school service centre shall consult every student of full age and the parents of every student likely to be concerned by such an agreement. In the case of a handicapped student or a student with a social maladjustment or a learning disability, the school service centre shall consult the advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities. Under the terms of an agreement entered into under this section, a school service centre may also organize on-the-job training and apprenticeship internships. 1988, c. 84, s. 213; 1990, c. 8, s. 23; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1992, c. 68, s. 144, s. 156; 1997, c. 96, s. 52; 1997, c. 47, s. 20; 1997, c. 96, s. 52; 2020, c. 1, s. 103; 2025, c. 29, s. 36.

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A school service centre may make certain agreements, but it cannot agree to provide educational services covered by the basic regulations unless the Minister finds the offered services equivalent.

214. A school service centre may, according to law, enter into an agreement with a foreign government or one of its departments, an international organization, or an agency of such government or organization. A school service centre may also enter into an agreement with a department or agency of the Government or, with the authorization of the Government and subject to the conditions the latter determines, with a department or agency of the Government of Canada or the government of another province of Canada. However, it cannot enter into an agreement concerning the provision of educational services to which students who come under the jurisdiction of the school service centre are entitled under the basic regulations except where the Minister judges that the services offered are equivalent to those provided for by such regulations. 1988, c. 84, s. 214; 1990, c. 8, s. 24; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 164; 2008, c. 29, s. 26; 2020, c. 1, s. 104.

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A school service centre and the relevant police authority must make an agreement on emergency and bullying/violence response and on prevention/investigation cooperation.

214.1. A school service centre and each competent authority in respect of a police force in its territory shall enter into an agreement to determine how the officers of that police force will intervene in an emergency and when an act of bullying or violence is reported to them, and to establish a mode of collaboration for prevention and investigation purposes. The Government may, by regulation, determine the essential elements and the special stipulations that the agreement must include. In the absence of an agreement between the school service centre and the competent authority in respect of a police force in the territory of the school service centre, the Minister and the Minister of Public Security shall jointly determine how the members of the police force will intervene in an emergency and when an act of bullying or violence is reported, and establish a mode of collaboration for prevention and investigation purposes, to stand in lieu of such an agreement. The director general of the school service centre shall send a copy of the agreement to the principals of the educational institutions and a regional student ombudsman assigned to the region in which the institutions are located. 2012, c. 19, s. 16; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2022, c. 17, s. 84; 2026, c. 12, s. 286.

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A school service centre must make agreements for student services after bullying or violence is reported, may also use a community organization in its territory, and the agreement must cover joint actions.

214.2. A school service centre shall enter into an agreement with Santé Québec or with another body in the health and social services network for the provision of services to students after an act of bullying or violence is reported. It may also enter into an agreement with a community organization operating in its territory. Any agreement under this section must stipulate, among other things, the actions to be taken jointly in such cases. The director general of the school service centre shall send a copy of the agreement to the principals of the educational institutions and a regional student ombudsman assigned to the region in which the institutions are located. 2012, c. 19, s. 16; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2022, c. 17, s. 85; 2023, c. 34, s. 1078; 2026, c. 12, s. 286.

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A school service centre must make an agreement with Santé Québec for certain youth protection cases involving educational neglect.

214.3. A school service centre must enter into an agreement with Santé Québec, with regard to the youth protection services it provides in the centre’s territory, concerning the services to be provided to a child and his parents by the health and social services network and the education network if the child is the subject of a report for a situation of educational neglect in connection with the schooling the child receives or with the child’s compliance with compulsory school attendance under subparagraph iii of subparagraph 1 of subparagraph b of the second paragraph of section 38 of the Youth Protection Act (chapter P-34.1). The agreement must establish a method of cooperation to ensure the child’s situation is monitored. The agreement must cover, among other aspects, the continuity and complementarity of the services provided and the actions to be taken jointly. The parties are required to share the information necessary for the implementation of the agreement. 2017, c. 18, s. 94; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2023, c. 34, s. 1079.

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A school service centre must enter into an annual management and accountability agreement with the Minister.

214.4. A school service centre shall enter into an annual management and accountability agreement with the Minister. The management and accountability agreement shall include (1) the national indicators determined under section 459.1; (2) the policy directions, objectives or targets that must be taken into account in preparing the school service centre’s commitment-to-success plan in accordance with section 459.2; (3) the terms governing the coordination of the entire strategic planning process that are prescribed under section 459.3; (4) the objectives or targets relating to the administration, organization or operation of the school service centre that are determined under section 459.5.4; (5) the measures recommended or required by the Minister under section 215.2; (6) the ministerial policy directions and priorities applicable to the school service centre; and (7) any other objective, target or priority specific to the school service centre for the duration of the agreement. The agreement must set out, with regard to the objectives, targets, priorities and policy directions referred to in subparagraphs 4, 6 and 7 of the second paragraph, the means to be implemented to follow up on them and the main indicators to be used in reporting to the Minister on the results. 2023, c. 32, s. 28. Insofar as they concern an English-language school service centre, see 2023, c. 32, s. 85 (3).

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Agreements for extracurricular services or special school projects must be in writing and must include bullying-prevention measures, reporting and training requirements, the code of ethics, and face-uncovered and values-based conduct clauses.

215. Any agreement between a school service centre and a body or person as part of providing extracurricular services or carrying out a special school project for the provision of services other than educational services must be made in writing. The agreement must provide for measures to prevent and stop any form of bullying or violence during the provision of extracurricular services or implementation of the special school project and, where applicable, require that persons who would be required to work with minor or handicapped students and persons regularly in contact with minor or handicapped students inform the principal of the school attended by the students directly involved of any act of bullying or violence that they observe. The agreement must also require that, in collaboration with the educational institution, persons who would be required to work with minor or handicapped students and persons regularly in contact with minor or handicapped students complete proper anti-bullying and anti-violence training as soon as possible. The agreement must be accompanied by the code of ethics provided for in section 258.0.1 and provide that any person required to work with minor or handicapped students or be in contact with them must undertake to comply with that code. Lastly, the agreement must provide that any person who would be required to provide the services covered by the agreement to students must ensure the students’ compliance with the obligation to have their face uncovered. The agreement must also provide that the person must have their face uncovered when providing those services to the students, unless their face must be covered for health reasons or because of a handicap or of requirements tied to their functions or to the performance of certain tasks, and undertake to have conduct that is guided both by democratic values and Québec values, including the equality of women and men, and by State laicity. 1988, c. 84, s. 215; 1992, c. 68, s. 145, s. 156; 2008, c. 29, s. 27; 2022, c. 17, s. 86; 2024, c. 9, s. 12; 2025, c. 29, s. 37.

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A school service centre may enter a contract of association with a general and vocational college only with the Minister’s authorization and conditions, and the contract must be in writing and include specified terms about ethics, student face-covering, and conduct.

215.1. A school service centre may, with the authorization of and subject to the conditions determined by the Minister, enter into a contract of association with a general and vocational college. Such a contract must be made in writing, be accompanied by the code of ethics provided for in section 258.0.1 and provide that any person who would be required to work with minor or handicapped students or be in contact with them must undertake to comply with the contract. The contract must also provide that any person who would be required to provide the services covered by the contract to students must ensure the students’ compliance with the obligation to have their face uncovered. The contract must also provide that the person must have their face uncovered when providing those services to the students, unless their face must be covered for health reasons or because of a handicap or of requirements tied to their functions or to the performance of certain tasks, and undertake to have conduct that is guided both by democratic values and Québec values, including the equality of women and men, and by State laicity. A general and vocational college that enters into a contract of association with a school service centre in accordance with the first paragraph may provide educational services provided for by this Act and prescribed by the basic regulations established by the Government under sections 447 and 448; the college is entitled to such benefits granted by this Act to schools, vocational training centres or adult education centres as are determined by the Minister. Likewise, a school service centre that enters into a contract of association with a general and vocational college may provide college studies programs established by the Minister under the General and Vocational Colleges Act (chapter C-29); the school service centre is entitled to such benefits granted by the General and Vocational Colleges Act to general and vocational colleges as are determined by the Minister. 1997, c. 96, s. 53; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2025, c. 29, s. 38.

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School service centres must facilitate sharing resources and services in certain cases; the Minister may ask for an analysis and may then recommend or require measures.

215.2. The school service centres must facilitate the sharing of resources and services, especially administrative resources and services, with each other, with other public bodies, including municipalities, or with educational institutions governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1) if sharing allows them, in pursuing their mission, to fulfill efficiency and cost-benefit requirements in the management of human, financial and physical resources. For those purposes, the Minister may request a school service centre to produce an analysis evaluating opportunities to share resources and services with another school service centre. Following this analysis, the Minister may make recommendations or require that measures facilitating the sharing of resources or services be put in place between two school service centres. 2020, c. 1, s. 105.

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A school service centre may delegate in writing, in the context of a services agreement with another school service centre, any power needed to carry out that agreement.

215.3. A school service centre may, within the framework of an agreement by which another school service centre undertakes to provide services to it, delegate in writing to that school service centre or to a member of its staff any power allowing the agreement to be carried out. 2020, c. 1, s. 105.

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School service centres must charge certain students a financial contribution, with a possible exemption for humanitarian or serious-prejudice reasons.

216. Every school service centre shall, in accordance with the budgetary rules established by the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports, require a financial contribution in respect of a student who is not resident in Québec for services that are not free services under section 3.1. It may, subject to the maximum amount determined according to the budgetary rules, require a financial contribution in respect of a Québec resident enrolled in vocational training or adult education for services that are not free services under section 3. Despite the first paragraph, the school service centre may, following a request made by a student or his parents, exempt the student from payment of the required financial contribution for humanitarian reasons or to avoid serious prejudice to him, particularly if the school service centre considers there is a risk he will not attend any school, in Québec or elsewhere, if the contribution is required. In the event of refusal by the school service centre, the Minister may, at the request of the same, order the school service centre to exempt the student from payment of the required financial contribution. 1988, c. 84, s. 216; 1990, c. 78, s. 39, s. 54; 1993, c. 51, s. 72; 1994, c. 16, s. 50; 1997, c. 96, s. 54; 2005, c. 28, s. 195; 2017, c. 23, s. 9; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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Every school service centre must consult the governing boards and school service centre committees on matters where consultation is required, and must hold the public consultations required by this Act.

217. Every school service centre shall consult the governing boards and the school service centre committees on those matters on which they must be consulted, and hold the public consultations prescribed in this Act. 1988, c. 84, s. 217; 1997, c. 96, s. 55; 2006, c. 51, s. 101; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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Every school service centre must facilitate the implementation of the educational project of each school and each centre.

218. Every school service centre shall facilitate the implementation of the educational project of each school and each centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 218; 1990, c. 8, s. 25; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 47, s. 21; 1997, c. 96, s. 56; 2000, c. 24, s. 25; 2002, c. 63, s. 25; 2016, c. 26, s. 38; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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A school service centre may require educational institutions to provide information or documents it considers necessary, on the date and in the form it specifies.

218.1. The school service centre may require from its educational institutions any information or document it considers necessary for the exercise of its functions and powers, on the date and in the form it specifies. 1997, c. 96, s. 57; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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If a school, vocational training centre, or adult education centre does not comply, the school service centre must give formal notice and, if needed, take further steps to secure compliance.

218.2. If a school, a vocational training centre or an adult education centre fails or refuses to comply with this Act or with a regulation of the Government, the Minister or the school service centre, the school service centre shall give the institution formal notice to comply therewith; failing that, the school service centre shall take appropriate action to ensure compliance with this Act and the regulations, such as substituting its decisions for the decisions of the institution. 1997, c. 96, s. 57; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.

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Every school service centre must send the Minister the documents and information he requests, except information covered by section 6.8, and must do so at the time and in the form the Minister prescribes.

219. Every school service centre shall prepare and transmit to the Minister the documents and information, other than the information referred to in section 6.8 of the Act respecting the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (chapter M-15), he requests for the exercise of his functions and powers at such time and in such form as he prescribes. 1988, c. 84, s. 219; 1990, c. 28, s. 1; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1990, c. 78, s. 8; 1991, c. 27, s. 7; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2023, c. 32, s. 29.

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At the Minister’s request, the school service centre must send the specified documents to parents or staff members, subject to terms set by the Minister.

219.1. At the Minister’s request and subject to the terms the Minister determines, the school service centre sends parents or members of its staff any document that the Minister addresses to them. 2020, c. 1, s. 106.

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Every school service centre must prepare an annual report and publish it, and send a copy to the Minister by 31 December each year.

220. Every school service centre shall prepare an annual report in accordance with the regulation made under section 457.6 in order to give the population in its territory an account of the implementation of its commitment-to-success plan and the results obtained measured against the objectives and targets it contains. In the report, the school service centre must state separately, for each of its educational institutions, the nature of the reports and complaints reported to its director general by their principals under section 96.12, the measures taken and the proportion of those measures for which a complaint was filed in accordance with the complaint processing procedure provided for by the Act respecting the National Student Ombudsman (chapter P-32.01). The report must also state, in addition to the elements the Minister may prescribe, the number and nature of the reports brought to the school service centre’s attention concerning any failure to comply with the provisions of its code of ethics that could reasonably pose a threat for the physical or psychological safety of the students, the processing time for those reports and the measures taken. The school service centre shall send a copy of the report to the Minister and make the report public no later than 31 December each year. 1988, c. 84, s. 220; 1997, c. 96, s. 58; 2002, c. 63, s. 26; 2005, c. 28, s. 195; 2008, c. 29, s. 28; 2012, c. 19, s. 17; 2016, c. 26, s. 39; 2020, c. 1, s. 107; 2022, c. 17, s. 87; 2024, c. 9, s. 13; I.N. 2025-09-01.

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A school service centre must hold a public information meeting at least once a year and give notice at least 15 days in advance.

220.1. Every school service centre must invite the public to an information meeting at least once a year. Such a meeting shall be held concurrently with one of the meetings provided for in section 162. Public notice specifying the date, time and place of such a meeting must be given not less than 15 days before it is held. The school service centre’s annual report must have been made public in accordance with the third paragraph of section 220 at the time of the public notice, which must mention the report. During such a meeting, the school service centre’s board members must present to the public the content of the annual report provided for in section 220 and answer any questions addressed to them concerning the report. The same applies to the regional student ombudsman concerned with respect to the information he sent in accordance with section 58 of the Act respecting the National Student Ombudsman (chapter P-32.01). 2008, c. 29, s. 29; 2016, c. 26, s. 40; 2020, c. 1, s. 108; 2022, c. 17, s. 88; 2026, c. 12, s. 287.

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