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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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Section 220.2

Every school service centre must, after consulting the parents’ committee, establish by by-law a complaints-examination procedure for complaints related to its functions.

Section 220.2

Section 258.0.1

The school service centre must adopt a Minister-prescribed code of ethics for its personnel and others working with, or in contact with, minor or handicapped students.

Section 258.0.1

Section 272.15

If a school service centre decides to divest an immovable it received from a local municipality, it must offer the municipality the chance to acquire it free of charge.

Section 272.15

Section 303.7

The Minister must publish the school tax rate in the Gazette officielle du Québec and notify the school service centres and the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal by 15 June before the relevant school year.

Section 303.7

Section 350

350. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 350; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2018, c. 5, s. 27.

Section 350

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§ 220.2Section 220.2Provision

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Every school service centre must, after consulting the parents’ committee, establish by by-law a complaints-examination procedure for complaints related to its functions.

220.2. After consulting with the parents’ committee, every school service centre shall establish, by by-law, a procedure for the examination of complaints related to its functions. The procedure does not apply, however, to complaints filed by a student, homeschooled child or the parents of either with regard to the services the school service centre provides to them. Those complaints are subject to the procedure provided for in the Act respecting the National Student Ombudsman (chapter P-32.01). 2008, c. 29, s. 29; 2012, c. 19, s. 18; 2016, c. 26, s. 41; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312; 2022, c. 17, s. 89.
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§ 221Section 221Provision

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This subdivision does not apply to vocational training or adult education services.

221. This subdivision does not apply to vocational training or adult education services. A reference to the basic school regulation is a reference to the basic school regulation established by the Government under section 447. 1988, c. 84, s. 221; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 59.
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§ 221.1Section 221.1Provision

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The school service centre must ensure that each school has adopted an educational project, while not encroaching on schools’ functions and powers.

221.1. The school service centre shall ensure, without encroaching upon the functions and powers conferred on schools, that each school has adopted an educational project. 2002, c. 63, s. 27; 2016, c. 26, s. 42; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 222Section 222Provision

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222. Every school service centre shall ensure that the basic school regulation established by the Government is implemented in accordance with the gradual implementation procedure established by the Minister under section 459. For

222. Every school service centre shall ensure that the basic school regulation established by the Government is implemented in accordance with the gradual implementation procedure established by the Minister under section 459. For humanitarian reasons or to avoid serious harm to a student, the school service centre may, following a request, with reasons, made by the parents of the student, by the student, if of full age, or by the school principal, exempt the student from the application of a provision of the basic school regulation. In the case of an exemption from the rules governing certification of studies referred to in section 460, the school service centre must apply therefor to the Minister. The school service centre may also, subject to the rules governing certification of studies prescribed by the basic school regulation, permit a departure from a provision of the basic school regulation so that a special school project applicable to a group of students may be carried out. However, a departure from the list of subjects may only be permitted in the cases and on the conditions determined by a regulation of the Minister made under section 457.2 or with the authorization of the Minister given in accordance with section 459. 1988, c. 84, s. 222; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 60; 2004, c. 38, s. 3; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 222.1Section 222.1Provision

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222.1. Every school service centre shall ensure that the programs of activities or of studies established by the Minister under section 461 are implemented. However, a school service centre may, at the request of a school principal, after

222.1. Every school service centre shall ensure that the programs of activities or of studies established by the Minister under section 461 are implemented. However, a school service centre may, at the request of a school principal, after consulting with the student’s parents and subject to the rules governing certification of studies prescribed by the basic school regulation, exempt a student who needs special support services in the language of instruction, second language or mathematics program from a subject prescribed by the basic school regulation; no exemption may be granted, however, in respect of those programs. As well, a school service centre may, with the authorization of and subject to the conditions determined by the Minister, allow a school to replace a program of studies established by the Minister by a local program of studies designed for a student or a category of students who are unable to benefit from the programs of studies established by the Minister. Every such local program of studies must be submitted by the school service centre to the Minister for approval. 1997, c. 96, s. 61; 2000, c. 24, s. 26; 2005, c. 20, s. 2; 2019, c. 9, s. 7; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 223Section 223Provision

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A school service centre may develop and offer certain studies programs, and award qualification attestations, but only with the Minister’s authorization and on the Minister’s conditions.

223. A school service centre may, with the authorization of and subject to the conditions determined by the Minister, develop and offer, in addition to the vocational education programs that it is authorized to organize, programs of studies leading to an occupation or a profession and award an attestation of qualification for such programs. The basic school regulation does not apply to a program of studies referred to in the first paragraph. 1988, c. 84, s. 223; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 62; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 224Section 224Provision

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Each school service centre must establish programs for student and special educational services covered by the basic school regulation, except where the matter falls under another minister’s jurisdiction.

224. Every school service centre shall establish a program for each student service and special educational service contemplated in the basic school regulation except in matters coming under the jurisdiction of a minister other than the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports. It may enter into an agreement with any person or body with regard to the contents of the programs in those matters which do not come under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports. The programs must be in conformity with the basic school regulation. 1988, c. 84, s. 224; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1993, c. 51, s. 72; 1994, c. 16, s. 50; 1997, c. 96, s. 63; 2005, c. 28, s. 195; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 224.1Section 224.1Provision

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A school service centre covered by section 461.1 must provide preschool educational services, admit students, enrol them in a school, and organize activities or services for parents, subject to the Minister’s conditions and procedures.

224.1. In accordance with the conditions and procedures established by the Minister under section 461.1, a school service centre referred to in that section shall organize preschool educational services, admit students to them, enrol the students in a school and organize activities or services intended for the students’ parents in order to help achieve the educational services objectives The school service centre may however be exempted from the objectives set by the Minister under the fourth paragraph of section 461.1 if it proves, to the satisfaction of the Minister, that it is unable to provide quality service. 2013, c. 14, s. 2; 2019, c. 24, s. 3; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 225Section 225Repeal

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Section 225 is repealed.

225. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 225; 1997, c. 96, s. 64; 2000, c. 24, s. 27; 2005, c. 20, s. 3.
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§ 226Section 226Repeal

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Section 226 is repealed.

226. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 226; 1997, c. 96, s. 65; 2000, c. 24, s. 28; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2020, c. 1, s. 109.
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§ 227Section 227Repeal

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Section 227 is repealed.

227. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 227; 1997, c. 96, s. 66; 2000, c. 24, s. 29.
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§ 228Section 228Repeal

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Section 228 is repealed.

228. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 228; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 47, s. 52; 1997, c. 96, s. 67; 2000, c. 24, s. 30.
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§ 229Section 229Repeal

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Section 229 is repealed.

229. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 229; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 68.
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§ 230Section 230Provision

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A school service centre must ensure schools use only Minister-approved textbooks or instructional material for specified programs, provide certain materials to students free of charge, and give students free access to reference and reading material.

230. Every school service centre shall ensure that only the textbooks, instructional material or class of instructional material approved by the Minister are used by schools for the teaching of any program of studies established by the Minister. It shall also ensure that schools, in accordance with section 7, place at the disposal of the students, free of charge, the textbooks and instructional material used for the implementation of programs of activities or for the teaching of the programs of studies, and ensure that students have access, free of charge, to reference and reading material. 1988, c. 84, s. 230; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 69; 2000, c. 24, s. 31; 2019, c. 9, s. 8; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 231Section 231Provision

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A school service centre must ensure schools assess student achievement and give the examinations set by the Minister. It may also set internal exams in certain subjects at the end of specified elementary and secondary cycles.

231. Every school service centre shall ensure that each school evaluates student achievement and administers the examinations imposed by the Minister. A school service centre may impose internal examinations in the subjects it determines at the end of each cycle of the elementary level and at the end of the first cycle of the secondary level. 1988, c. 84, s. 231; 1990, c. 8, s. 26; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 70; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 232Section 232Provision

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Every school service centre must recognize a student’s learning acquired outside the basic school regulation, according to criteria or conditions set by the Minister.

232. Every school service centre shall recognize, in accordance with the criteria or conditions established by the Minister, the learning acquired by a student otherwise than as prescribed in the basic school regulation. 1988, c. 84, s. 232; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 233Section 233Provision

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Every school service centre must establish promotion rules for movement from elementary to secondary school and from the first to the second cycle of secondary school, subject to the basic school regulation.

233. Every school service centre shall establish rules governing promotion from elementary school to secondary school and from the first cycle to the second cycle of the secondary level, subject to the rules prescribed by the basic school regulation. 1988, c. 84, s. 233; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 47, s. 22; 1997, c. 96, s. 71; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; O.C. 816-2021 of 16.06.2021, (2021) 153 G.O. 2, 2103.
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§ 234Section 234Provision

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Every school service centre must adapt educational services for certain students to their needs and abilities, subject to sections 222 and 222.1.

234. Every school service centre shall, subject to sections 222 and 222.1, adapt the educational services provided to a handicapped student or a student with a social maladjustment or a learning disability according to the student’s needs and in keeping with the student’s abilities as evaluated by the school service centre according to the procedures prescribed under subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph of section 235. 1988, c. 84, s. 234; 1997, c. 96, s. 72; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 235Section 235Provision

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Every school service centre must adopt a policy for educating certain students, after consulting the advisory committee.

235. Every school service centre shall adopt, after consultation with the advisory committee on services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities, a policy concerning the organization of educational services for such students to ensure the harmonious integration of each such student into a regular class or group and into school activities if it has been established on the basis of the evaluation of the student’s abilities and needs that such integration would facilitate the student’s learning and social integration and would not impose an excessive constraint or significantly undermine the rights of the other students. The policy shall include (1) procedures for evaluating handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities; such procedures shall provide for the participation of the parents of the students and of the students themselves, unless they are unable to do so; (2) methods for integrating those students into regular classes or groups and into regular school activities as well as the support services required for their integration and, if need be, the weighting required to determine the maximum number of students per class or group; (3) terms and conditions for grouping those students in specialized schools, classes or groups; (4) methods for preparing and evaluating the individualized education plans intended for such students. Specialized schools referred to in subparagraph 3 of the second paragraph are not schools established under section 240. 1988, c. 84, s. 235; 1990, c. 78, s. 40; 1997, c. 96, s. 73; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 236Section 236Provision

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Every school service centre must determine the educational services provided by each of its schools.

236. Every school service centre shall determine the educational services to be provided by each of its schools. 1988, c. 84, s. 236; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 237Section 237Repeal

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Section 237 is repealed.

237. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 237; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 74.
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§ 238Section 238Provision

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Every school service centre must establish the school calendar of its schools, taking into account the basic school regulation.

238. Every school service centre shall establish the school calendar of its schools, taking into account the provisions of the basic school regulation. 1988, c. 84, s. 238; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 239Section 239Provision

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Each school service centre must enroll students each year according to parents’ or, if of full age, the student’s choice, unless applications exceed capacity and the centre applies its enrollment criteria.

239. Each year, every school service centre shall enroll students in its schools in keeping with the choice of each student’s parents or the choice of the student, if of full age. However, if the number of applications for enrollment in a school exceeds the capacity of the school, enrollment shall be effected according to the criteria established by the school service centre after consultation with the parents’ committee. The enrollment criteria must give priority to students coming under the jurisdiction of the school service centre under the first paragraph of section 204 and, from among them, as far as possible, to students whose place of residence is nearest to the school premises, to those who have a sister, a brother or another student who they live with attending the school and to other students who already attend the school. If the number of enrollment applications for students referred to in the second paragraph does not exceed the school’s capacity, the enrollment criteria must then give priority to students from another territory who already attend the school. The enrollment criteria must be adopted and put into force at least 15 days before the beginning of the student enrollment period; a copy of them must be sent to each governing board by the same time limit. The conditions or criteria for participation in a special project may not serve as criteria for enrollment in a school; nor may they operate to exclude a student from the school of the student’s choice if the student has a right to enroll in that school pursuant to the criteria referred to in the first paragraph. 1988, c. 84, s. 239; 1997, c. 96, s. 75; 2020, c. 1, s. 110.
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§ 240Section 240Provision

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240. By way of exception, at the request of a group of parents and after consulting with the parents’ committee, a school service centre may, with the Minister’s approval, establish a school for the purposes of a specific project other

240. By way of exception, at the request of a group of parents and after consulting with the parents’ committee, a school service centre may, with the Minister’s approval, establish a school for the purposes of a specific project other than a religious project, subject to the conditions and for the period determined by the Minister. The school service centre may determine the criteria for the enrollment of the students in that school. It must give priority to students coming under its jurisdiction within the meaning of the first paragraph of section 204. The school service centre may organize and provide, in that school, special welcoming services and French language-learning support services or educational services in specialized classes or groups referred to in section 235 to students who are not admitted to the special project for which the school is established. 1988, c. 84, s. 240; 1997, c. 96, s. 76; 2000, c. 24, s. 32; 2020, c. 1, s. 111; 2023, c. 32, s. 30.
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§ 241Section 241Repeal

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Section 241 is repealed.

241. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 241; 2000, c. 24, s. 33; 2005, c. 20, s. 3.
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§ 241.1Section 241.1Provision

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The school service centre may admit a child early to preschool or elementary school for humanitarian reasons or to avoid serious prejudice, if the parents request it and the case fits ministerial regulations. If the school service centre refuses, the Minister may order admission on the parents’ request in the same kinds of cases and conditions.

241.1. For humanitarian reasons or to avoid a serious prejudice to a child who has not attained the age of admission, the school service centre may, following a request giving reasons therefor made by the parents, in cases determined by regulation of the Minister, (1) admit the child to preschool education for the school year in which he attains 5 years of age, or admit him to elementary school education for the school year in which he attains 6 years of age; (2) admit to elementary school education a child admitted to preschool education who has attained 5 years of age. In the event of refusal by the school service centre, the Minister may, at the request of the parents and if he considers it expedient on the grounds mentioned in the first paragraph, order the school service centre to admit the child, in the cases and subject to the conditions prescribed in the first paragraph. 1992, c. 23, s. 1; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 241.2Section 241.2Repeal

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241.2. (Repealed). 1992, c. 23, s. 1; 1997, c. 96, s. 77.

241.2. (Repealed). 1992, c. 23, s. 1; 1997, c. 96, s. 77.
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§ 241.3Section 241.3Repeal

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Section 241.3 was repealed.

241.3. (Repealed). 1992, c. 23, s. 1; 1997, c. 96, s. 77.
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§ 241.4Section 241.4Provision

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The school service centre must send the Minister an annual report, no later than 31 March, on the number of students admitted under sections 96.17, 96.18, and 241.1.

241.4. The school service centre shall, each year and not later than 31 March, send to the Minister a report on the number of students admitted under each of sections 96.17, 96.18 and 241.1. 1992, c. 23, s. 1; 1997, c. 96, s. 78; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 242Section 242Provision

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A school service centre may expel or move a student only on the principal’s request, for just and sufficient cause, and after hearing the student and parents.

242. A school service centre may, at the request of the principal and for just and sufficient cause, and after giving the student and his parents an opportunity to be heard, enrol him in another school or expel him from its schools; in the latter case, it shall inform the director of youth protection. The school service centre shall promptly decide on the principal’s request, at the latest within 10 days. A copy of the decision is sent to a regional student ombudsman assigned to the region in which the school is located if it proves necessary to expel the student in order to put an end to acts of bullying or violence. 1988, c. 84, s. 242; 2012, c. 19, s. 19; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2022, c. 17, s. 90; 2026, c. 12, s. 288.
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§ 243Section 243Provision

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Every school service centre must participate in ministerial periodic evaluations and send the Minister student results for each examination imposed by the Minister.

243. Every school service centre shall take part in any periodical evaluation by the Minister of the basic school regulation, the programs of activities or of studies, the textbooks and instructional material required for the teaching of the programs of studies established by the Minister and the operation of the school system. The school service centre shall send the Minister the results obtained by students on each examination imposed by the Minister. 1988, c. 84, s. 243; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 2019, c. 9, s. 9; 2020, c. 1, s. 112.
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§ 244Section 244Provision

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Functions and powers covered by the listed sections must be exercised after consultation with the teachers.

244. The functions and powers provided for in sections 222 to 224, in the second paragraph of section 231 and in sections 233 to 240 and 243 are exercised after consultation with the teachers. The consultation procedure is the procedure set out in a collective agreement or, failing that, the procedure established by the school service centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 244; 1997, c. 96, s. 79; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 245Section 245Provision

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This subdivision applies only to vocational training and adult education services.

245. This subdivision applies only to vocational training and adult education services. A reference to the basic regulation is a reference to a basic regulation established by the Government under section 448. 1988, c. 84, s. 245; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 81.
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§ 245.1Section 245.1Provision

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The school service centre must ensure that each centre has adopted an educational project, without encroaching on the functions and powers of centres.

245.1. The school service centre shall ensure, without encroaching upon the functions and powers conferred on centres, that each centre has adopted an educational project. 2002, c. 63, s. 28; 2016, c. 26, s. 43; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 246Section 246Provision

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School service centres must implement the Government’s basic regulations and the Minister’s study programs. They may exempt a student from a basic-regulation rule for humanitarian reasons or to avoid serious harm, on a reasoned request from the parents, the student if of full age, or the principal.

246. Every school service centre shall see to the implementation of the basic regulations established by the Government in accordance with the gradual implementation approach prescribed by the Minister under section 459 and of the programs of studies established by the Minister under section 461. For humanitarian reasons or to avoid serious harm to a student, the school service centre may, following a request, with reasons, made by the parents of the student, by the student, if of full age, or by the principal of the centre, exempt the student from the application of a provision of the basic regulation. In the case of an exemption from the rules governing certification of studies referred to in section 460, the school service centre must apply therefor to the Minister. 1988, c. 84, s. 246; 1990, c. 8, s. 27; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 82; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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A school service centre may do these extra study programs only if the Minister authorizes it and sets the conditions.

246.1. A school service centre may, with the authorization of and subject to the conditions determined by the Minister, develop and offer, in addition to the vocational education programs that it is authorized to organize, programs of studies leading to an occupation or a profession and award an attestation of qualification for such programs. The basic regulations do not apply to a program of studies referred to in the first paragraph. 1997, c. 96, s. 83; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Every school service centre must establish a program for each student service and popular education service in the basic regulation.

247. Every school service centre shall establish a program for each student service and popular education service provided for in the basic regulation. The programs must comply with the objectives set out in the basic regulation. 1988, c. 84, s. 247; 1990, c. 78, s. 41, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 164; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Section 248 is repealed.

248. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 248; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 84.
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§ 249Section 249Provision

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A school service centre must ensure student achievement is evaluated and Minister-imposed examinations are administered; it may also impose internal examinations in certain subjects.

249. Every school service centre shall ensure that each centre evaluates student achievement and administers the examinations imposed by the Minister. A school service centre may impose internal examinations in the subjects in which no examination is imposed by the Minister and for which credits are compulsory for the issue of a secondary school diploma or a vocational training diploma. 1988, c. 84, s. 249; 1990, c. 8, s. 28; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 85; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Every school service centre must provide reception, referral, counselling and support services for vocational training or adult education, and must recognize a person’s scholastic or experiential learning under criteria or conditions set by the Minister.

250. Every school service centre shall organize and offer reception, referral, counselling and support services relating to vocational training or adult education. It shall recognize, in accordance with the criteria or conditions established by the Minister, the scholastic or experiential learning of a person enrolled in vocational training or adult educational services. 1988, c. 84, s. 250; 1990, c. 78, s. 42, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 86; 2020, c. 1, s. 113.
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Every school service centre must determine the educational services provided by each of its vocational training or adult education centres.

251. Every school service centre shall determine the educational services to be provided by each of its vocational training or adult education centres. 1988, c. 84, s. 251; 1997, c. 96, s. 87; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Every school service centre must establish the school calendar for its vocational training and adult education centres, subject to the basic school regulation.

252. Every school service centre shall establish the school calendar of its vocational training and adult education centres, subject to the provisions of the basic school regulation. 1988, c. 84, s. 252; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 88, s. 164; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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A school service centre must take part in periodical evaluations by the Minister and must send the Minister student results for each examination imposed by the Minister.

253. Every school service centre shall take part in any periodical evaluation by the Minister of the basic regulation, the programs of studies and the operation of the school system. The school service centre shall send the Minister the results obtained by students on each examination imposed by the Minister. 1988, c. 84, s. 253; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 164; 2020, c. 1, s. 114.
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Functions in this subdivision are to be exercised after consultation with the teachers.

254. The functions provided for in this subdivision are exercised after consultation with the teachers. The consultation procedure is the procedure set out in a collective agreement or, failing that, the procedure established by the school service centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 254; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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255. A school service centre may (1) through workforce training, technical assistance to enterprises and informational activities, contribute to the development and realization of technological innovation projects, to the implementation

255. A school service centre may (1) through workforce training, technical assistance to enterprises and informational activities, contribute to the development and realization of technological innovation projects, to the implementation and dissemination of new technology and to regional development; (2) provide cultural, social, sports, scientific or community services; (3) take part, in keeping with Québec policy on Canadian intergovernmental affairs and international affairs, in the development and implementation of external cooperation programs in the fields under its jurisdiction; (4) collaborate with government departments and agencies and any other partners to carry out specific agreements for the implementation of regional priorities, in particular by adapting its activities to regional characteristics and by paying a financial contribution. The main object of the exercise of such powers shall not be the operation of a commercial enterprise. 1988, c. 84, s. 255; 1995, c. 43, s. 45; 1997, c. 96, s. 89; 2007, c. 3, s. 72; 2008, c. 29, s. 30; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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A school service centre may, on the conditions it determines, entrust management of some or all section 255 activities to a committee it establishes or a body it designates, but not workforce training activities.

255.1. A school service centre may, to the extent and on the conditions it determines, entrust the management of all or any part of the activities referred to in section 255, except workforce training activities, to a committee it establishes or to a body it designates. 1995, c. 43, s. 45; 1997, c. 96, s. 90; 2007, c. 3, s. 72; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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On request by a school’s governing board, the school service centre must provide childcare for preschool and elementary students.

256. At the request of the governing board of a school, a school service centre must provide childcare for preschool and elementary school students, in the manner agreed with the governing board, on the school premises or, if the school does not have suitable premises, on other premises. If childcare is so provided, the governing board shall, at the request of parents, form a childcare parents’ committee that is composed of the childcare provider, the principal or his representative and three to five parents elected by and from among the parents of students attending childcare. The committee may make recommendations to the principal, governing board and school service centre regarding childcare services, including the financial contributions required for those services. 1988, c. 84, s. 256; 1989, c. 59, s. 28; 1996, c. 16, s. 66; 1997, c. 58, s. 49; 1997, c. 96, s. 91; 2019, c. 9, s. 10; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Section 256.1 is repealed.

256.1. (Repealed). 1992, c. 23, s. 2; 1997, c. 96, s. 92.
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A school service centre may arrange services to promote access to educational services, including meals and lodging.

257. A school service centre may arrange services to promote access to educational services, such as meals and lodging. 1988, c. 84, s. 257; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The school service centre may hire staff and enter into agreements for sections 255 to 257, and may require users to make a financial contribution.

258. The school service centre may hire staff and enter into agreements for the purposes of sections 255 to 257. In addition, it may require a financial contribution from users of the services it provides. 1988, c. 84, s. 258; 1992, c. 23, s. 3; 1995, c. 43, s. 46; 1997, c. 58, s. 50; 1997, c. 96, s. 93; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The school service centre must adopt a Minister-prescribed code of ethics for its personnel and others working with, or in contact with, minor or handicapped students.

258.0.1. The school service centre must adopt, in the form prescribed by the Minister, a code of ethics applicable to members of its personnel and to any person required to work with minor or handicapped students or be in contact with them. The code must set out, in particular, the practices and conduct expected of persons required to work with minor or handicapped students or be in contact with them. In addition, the code must set out the obligation to report to the school service centre without delay any failure to comply with its provisions that could reasonably pose a threat for the physical or psychological safety of the students. The school service centre shall publish the code of ethics on its website and make the code otherwise accessible to any person who requests it. 2024, c. 9, s. 14.
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The school service centre must protect the confidentiality of information that could identify a person who made a report, unless that person consents to being identified.

258.0.2. The school service centre shall take all necessary measures to preserve the confidentiality of any information allowing a person who has made a report to be identified, unless the person consents to being identified. However, the school service centre may communicate the identity of the person to the director of youth protection or to the police force concerned. 2024, c. 9, s. 14.
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258.0.3. The school service centre shall ensure that the conduct of the members of its personnel and of any person required to provide services on its behalf or as part of the carrying out of a special school project is guided both by

258.0.3. The school service centre shall ensure that the conduct of the members of its personnel and of any person required to provide services on its behalf or as part of the carrying out of a special school project is guided both by democratic values and Québec values, including the equality of women and men, and by State laicity. 2025, c. 29, s. 41.
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Certain school service centre personnel and other service providers are prohibited from wearing a religious symbol in specified school-related settings.

258.0.4. The following are prohibited from wearing a religious symbol within the meaning of section 6 of the Act respecting the laicity of the State (chapter L-0.3): (1) any member of the school service centre’s personnel, other than a member to whom the Act respecting the laicity of the State applies, who, for the purposes of their employment, is on the premises, such as a room or an immovable, placed at the disposal of a school or centre or is in the presence of a student; (2) the director general and the assistant director general in the exercise of their functions; (3) any person who regularly provides services on the premises, such as a room or an immovable, placed at the disposal of a school or centre, when the person is on those premises; and (4) any person when providing services to students. Any provision of an agreement or decree within the meaning of the Act respecting labour standards (chapter N-1.1), of a regulation made under section 451 or of any other contract relating to conditions of employment that is incompatible with the prohibition set out in the first paragraph is absolutely null. Where the prohibition on wearing a religious symbol applies to a person who is not a member of the personnel of a school service centre, that prohibition is deemed to be part of the contract binding the person to the school service centre. Subparagraphs 3 and 4 of the first paragraph do not apply to a driver who effects student transportation. 2025, c. 29, s. 41.
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People on school- or centre-related premises who must be in contact with students must keep their face uncovered, unless a face covering is required for health, disability, or job/task-related reasons.

258.0.5. Any person present on the premises, such as a room or an immovable, placed at the disposal of a school or centre who is required to be in contact with students must have their face uncovered, 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. 2025, c. 29, s. 41.
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This provision defines “judicial record” for this subdivision.

258.1. For the purposes of this subdivision, “judicial record” means (1) a conviction for a criminal or penal offence committed in Canada or elsewhere, unless a pardon has been obtained for that offence; (2) a charge still pending for a criminal or penal offence committed in Canada or elsewhere; and (3) a court order subsisting against a person in Canada or elsewhere. 2005, c. 16, s. 10.
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Judicial-record information may be gathered, used, and kept only to ensure student safety and well-being.

258.2. For the purposes of this subdivision, the information concerning a judicial record provided for in its provisions may be gathered, used and kept only with a view to ensuring the safety and well-being of the students. The school service centre must ensure that that information is accessible only to the persons who are qualified to receive it by reason of their responsibilities, and that those persons undertake in writing with the school service centre to comply with the limitations set out in the first paragraph. 2005, c. 16, s. 10; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The Minister and the Minister of Public Security must make a framework agreement on procedures for Québec police forces when verifying judicial records for school service centres.

258.3. The Minister and the Minister of Public Security shall make a framework agreement for establishing the procedures to be followed by Québec police forces when verifying judicial records for school service centres. 2005, c. 16, s. 10; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The Minister must prepare and distribute a guide for school service centres about checking judicial records and behaviours that could reasonably threaten students’ physical or psychological safety.

258.4. The Minister shall prepare a guide for school service centres on the verification of judicial records and of behaviours that could reasonably pose a threat for the physical or psychological safety of students and see that it is distributed. In particular, the guide must pertain to the period covered by the verification of behaviours. Behaviours that could reasonably pose a threat for the physical or psychological safety of the students include acts of sexual violence. 2005, c. 16, s. 10; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2024, c. 9, s. 15.
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259. Every school service centre is the employer of the personnel required for its operation and that of its schools, vocational training centres and adult education centres, except the personnel required for the student services and

259. Every school service centre is the employer of the personnel required for its operation and that of its schools, vocational training centres and adult education centres, except the personnel required for the student services and special educational services programs under the jurisdiction of a minister other than the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports. Every school service centre shall appoint a secretary general who shall perform and exercise, in addition to the functions and powers provided for in this Act and in the regulation of the Minister under section 451, the functions and powers of the secretary of the school service centre’s board of directors and those determined by the school service centre. The same person may hold the positions of secretary general and assistant director general simultaneously. 1988, c. 84, s. 259; 1990, c. 8, s. 29; 1990, c. 78, s. 43, s. 54; 1993, c. 51, s. 72; 1994, c. 16, s. 50; 1997, c. 96, s. 94; 2005, c. 28, s. 195; 2020, c. 1, s. 115.
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School service centre personnel, school personnel, and personnel in vocational training or adult education centres must perform their functions under the authority of the relevant director general or principal.

260. The personnel required for the operation of a school service centre shall perform their functions under the authority of the director general of the school service centre. The personnel assigned to a school shall perform their functions under the authority of the principal and the personnel assigned to a vocational training or adult education centre shall perform their functions under the authority of the principal of the centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 260; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 95; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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A school service centre must consider staffing requests, committee recommendations, and collective agreements when assigning personnel, and it must ensure hired preschool and school teachers hold a teaching licence unless no licence is required.

261. Every school service centre shall, in assigning personnel to its schools, vocational training centres and adult education centres, take into account the staffing requirements submitted to it by the school principals and the principals of the centres, the recommendations of the resource allocation committee under section 193.3 and the applicable collective agreements. Every school service centre shall ensure that any person it hires to provide preschool education services or to teach at the elementary or secondary level holds a teaching licence issued by the Minister, except in cases where such a licence is not required. 1988, c. 84, s. 261; 1997, c. 96, s. 96; 2000, c. 24, s. 34; 2016, c. 26, s. 44; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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261.0.1. Before hiring persons who would be required to work with minor or handicapped students or be regularly in contact with them, the school service centre must ensure that they have no judicial record relevant to the functions that

261.0.1. Before hiring persons who would be required to work with minor or handicapped students or be regularly in contact with them, the school service centre must ensure that they have no judicial record relevant to the functions that could be assigned to them within that school service centre. To that end, those persons must send a declaration concerning their judicial record to the school service centre. The school service centre must verify the declaration or have it verified. 2005, c. 16, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2024, c. 9, s. 16.
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On request, certain people working with or regularly in contact with minor or handicapped students must give the school service centre a declaration about their judicial record.

261.0.2. At the request of the school service centre, persons who work with minor or handicapped students and persons who are regularly in contact with minor or handicapped students in the school service centre must send it a declaration concerning their judicial record so that the school service centre may ensure that they have no judicial record relevant to their functions within that school service centre. To that end, the school service centre may act on the strength of that declaration, or it may verify the declaration or have it verified. 2005, c. 16, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2024, c. 9, s. 17.
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If a school service centre has reasonable grounds to believe a relevant worker has a judicial record, it must require a declaration, verify it, and ensure the record is not relevant to the person’s functions. The person must comply within 10 days.

261.0.3. If the school service centre has reasonable grounds to believe that a person who works with minor or handicapped students in the school service centre or is regularly in contact with them has a judicial record, it must require the person to send it a declaration concerning the person’s judicial record. The person must comply with the request within 10 days. The school service centre must verify the declaration or have it verified, and ensure that the person has no judicial record relevant to the person’s functions within the school service centre. 2005, c. 16, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2024, c. 9, s. 18.
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Certain staff must tell the school service centre about a change in their judicial record within 10 days of being notified, and the requirement applies even if they already filed a declaration.

261.0.4. Within 10 days of being notified of a change in their judicial record, persons who work with minor or handicapped students and persons who are regularly in contact with minor or handicapped students in the school service centre must inform the school service centre of that change, regardless of whether they have already filed a declaration concerning their judicial record. The school service centre must verify the declaration or have it verified, and ensure that the person has no judicial record relevant to the person’s functions within the school service centre. 2005, c. 16, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2024, c. 9, s. 18.
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A school service centre may have a declaration about a judicial record verified, including by a Québec police force, and may communicate or receive information for that verification.

261.0.5. When a school service centre verifies a declaration concerning a judicial record under this subdivision, or has it verified, it may have the declaration verified, in particular, by a Québec police force and communicate or receive any information for the purposes of the verification. 2005, c. 16, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The declaration form must say that the school service centre may verify a judicial-record declaration, including through a Québec police force, and may share or receive information for that verification.

261.0.6. The form established by the school service centre for declarations concerning a judicial record under this subdivision must state that the school service centre may verify the declaration, or have it verified, in particular by a Québec police force, and communicate or receive any information for the purposes of the verification. The declaration form must also state that the school service centre will inform the Minister of each case in which it has concluded that the judicial record of a person holding a teaching licence is relevant to the functions that are assigned or that could be assigned to that person within the school service centre. 2005, c. 16, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The school service centre must inform the Minister when it concludes that a teaching licence holder’s judicial record is relevant to that person’s current or possible future functions in the centre.

261.0.7. The school service centre must inform the Minister of each case in which it has concluded that the judicial record of a person holding a teaching licence is relevant to the functions that are assigned or that could be assigned to that person within the school service centre. 2005, c. 16, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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A school service centre may make agreements with university-level educational institutions about training future teachers and mentoring teacher trainees or newly qualified teachers.

261.1. A school service centre may enter into an agreement with any educational institution at the university level concerning the training of future teachers and the mentoring of teacher trainees or newly qualified teachers. 1997, c. 96, s. 97; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Before hiring certain persons, the school service centre must screen for behaviour that could threaten student safety, and the persons must provide a declaration and consent for verification.

261.1.1. Before hiring persons who would be required to work with its minor or handicapped students or be regularly in contact with them, the school service centre shall ensure that those persons have not exhibited behaviour that could reasonably pose a threat for the physical or psychological safety of students in the exercise of their functions in a school service centre or in an educational institution governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1) or an educational body in Québec that provide all or part of the educational services covered by this Act. For that purpose, those persons shall send to the school service centre a declaration concerning the functions they exercise or have exercised in a school service centre or in such an institution or body. The declaration must be accompanied by the written consent of the person concerned to the verification of the information or documents necessary for establishing the existence or absence of any behaviour referred to in the first paragraph and, where applicable, to the communication of the absence of such information or documents. If the verification reveals information or documents that could establish the existence of such behaviour, the person must, after examining them and if the person still wishes to apply, decide whether he consents to them being communicated to the school service centre that requests them in order for the centre to assess the content. 2024, c. 9, s. 19.
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At the school service centre’s request, certain staff or contacts must provide a declaration about their current or past functions, and the school service centre must verify they have not shown conduct that could threaten student safety.

261.1.1.1. At the request of the school service centre, persons who work with its minor or handicapped students and persons who are regularly in contact with them must send it a declaration concerning the functions they exercise or have exercised in a school service centre or in an educational institution governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1) or an educational body in Québec that provide all or part of the educational services covered by this Act. The school service centre shall ensure that those persons have not exhibited behaviour that could reasonably pose a threat for the physical or psychological safety of students in the exercise of their functions in a school service centre or in such an institution or body. The third paragraph of section 261.1.1 applies, with the necessary modifications, to such a declaration. 2024, c. 9, s. 19.
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A school service centre must provide certain information and documents on request, and it must keep the information and documents needed for this subdivision.

261.1.2. Every school service centre must, at the request of a school service centre or of an educational institution governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1) or an educational body in Québec that provide all or part of the educational services covered by this Act, provide it with the information and documents the school service centre holds and that are required to establish the existence or absence of behaviour that could reasonably pose a threat for the physical or psychological safety of students with a view to the hiring of a person who would be required to work with the centre’s, institution’s or body’s minor or handicapped students or be regularly in contact with them or for the purpose of verifying the existence or absence of such behaviour from a person who works with those minor or handicapped students or is regularly in contact with them. The school service centre shall keep the information and documents necessary for the purposes of this subdivision, taking into account the guide prepared by the Minister in accordance with section 258.4. 2024, c. 9, s. 19.
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If a school service centre concludes that a worker’s behaviour could reasonably threaten students’ physical or psychological safety, the worker must send a declaration about functions they exercise elsewhere.

261.1.3. Where a school service centre concludes that behaviour that could reasonably pose a threat for the physical or psychological safety of students has been exhibited by a person who works with its minor or handicapped students or is regularly in contact with them in the exercise of his functions, that person must send to the school service centre a declaration concerning the functions he exercises in another school service centre or in an educational institution governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1) or an educational body in Québec that provide all or part of the educational services covered by this Act. The school service centre shall inform any other school service centre and any educational institution governed by the Act respecting private education and any educational body in Québec that provide all or part of the educational services covered by this Act in which the person exercises a function of the situation. 2024, c. 9, s. 19.
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A school service centre employee must report without delay to the Minister if, in the course of duties, they reasonably believe a teacher has committed a serious fault or a derogatory act that could threaten students’ physical or psychological safety.

262. Any employee of a school service centre who, in the exercise of his functions, has reasonable grounds to believe that a teacher has committed a serious fault in the exercise of his functions or an act derogatory to the honour or dignity of the teaching profession involving behaviour that could reasonably pose a threat for the physical or psychological safety of students must report the situation without delay to the Minister. 1988, c. 84, s. 262; 1997, c. 96, s. 98; 2000, c. 24, s. 35; 2024, c. 9, s. 19.
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A school service centre may consider an earlier disciplinary measure when disciplining an employee in the specified student-safety context, and agreements, decrees, or regulations cannot prevent that.

263. No provision of an agreement or decree within the meaning of the Act respecting labour standards (chapter N-1.1) or of a regulation made under section 451 may have the effect of preventing a school service centre, where the latter imposes a disciplinary measure on an employee who works with minor or handicapped students or is regularly in contact with them because of a behaviour that could reasonably pose a threat for the physical or psychological safety of students, from taking into account a disciplinary measure that has previously been imposed on the employee because of such a behaviour. 1988, c. 84, s. 263; 1997, c. 96, s. 99; 2000, c. 24, s. 35; 2024, c. 9, s. 19.
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School service centres that provide adult education services must appoint a person responsible for adult education services.

264. Every school service centre which provides adult education services shall appoint a person responsible for adult education services. 1988, c. 84, s. 264; 1990, c. 78, s. 44; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Each school service centre must appoint a person responsible for educational services for handicapped students, students with social maladjustments, or students with learning disabilities.

265. Every school service centre shall appoint a person responsible for educational services for handicapped students or students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities. 1988, c. 84, s. 265; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The school service centre has property-related functions, including acquiring, leasing, building, repairing, maintaining, administering, and using its property, and it may own or lease premises or immovables outside its territory.

266. The functions of the school service centre are (1) to acquire or lease such property as is required for the carrying on of its activities and the activities of its educational institutions and to accept property gratuitously; (2) to build, repair or maintain its property; (3) to determine the use of its property and administer it, subject to the right of its educational institutions to use the property placed at their disposal; (4) to encourage the use of its immovables by public or community organizations in its territory or to lease out its movable or immovable property, subject to the right of its educational institutions to use the property placed at their disposal. A school service centre may be the owner or lessee of premises or immovables situated outside its territory. 1988, c. 84, s. 266; 1990, c. 8, s. 30; 1997, c. 96, s. 100; 1999, c. 40, s. 158; 2006, c. 29, s. 36; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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A school service centre may cancel a contract for use of its immovable if someone’s behaviour during that use could reasonably threaten student or bystander safety. The other party must be notified, cancellation takes effect on receipt of the notice, and no compensation or indemnity may be claimed. Contracts for use of school or centre premises must be in writing and must require uncovered faces on the premises, subject to stated exceptions.

266.1. Any contract that allows the total or partial use of an immovable of a school service centre is deemed to contain a clause allowing the school service centre to cancel the contract if the other contracting party or any person exhibits behaviour during such use that could reasonably pose a threat for the physical or psychological safety of the students or of the other persons present. A notice of cancellation must be sent to the other contracting party. The cancellation takes effect on receipt of the notice. No compensation or indemnity may be claimed by the other contracting party. In addition, a contract that provides for the total or partial use of premises, such as a room or an immovable, placed at the disposal of a school or centre must be made in writing and provide that any person must have their face uncovered when they are on such premises in connection with the performance of the contract, 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. 2016, c. 12, s. 33; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2025, c. 29, s. 42.
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A school service centre may enter into certain facility-related agreements, but some arrangements need prior Ministerial authorization or approval.

267. A school service centre may enter into an agreement with another school service centre, an educational institution, a municipality or a community organization in its territory to jointly establish, maintain or improve public libraries, administrative, sports, cultural or recreation centres or playgrounds. The school service centre shall obtain the prior authorization of the Minister where the agreement provides for the co-ownership of an immovable or where the school service centre must resort to credit repayable over a period exceeding one year in order to pay the cost of its contribution. The school service centre may also, with the authorization of and subject to the conditions determined by the Minister, enter into a partnership agreement to jointly establish, maintain or improve a school, a vocational training centre, an adult education centre or a college-level educational institution. The agreement may provide for co-ownership of an immovable allocated to the educational institution. 1988, c. 84, s. 267; 1997, c. 96, s. 101; 2020, c. 1, s. 116.
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Certain service contracts with a school service centre must be in writing and must require workers to keep their face uncovered, subject to listed exceptions.

268. Any contract of enterprise or for services entered into between a school service centre and a body or person that provides for the carrying out of work or the provision of services on premises, such as a room or an immovable, placed at the disposal of a school or centre must be made in writing and provide that any person who would be required to carry out the work or provide the services covered by the contract must have their face uncovered when carrying out the work or providing the services, 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. 1988, c. 84, s. 268; 1992, c. 23, s. 4; 2025, c. 29, s. 43.
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Section 269 is repealed.

269. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 269; 1992, c. 23, s. 4.
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§ 270Section 270Provision

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A school service centre may insure its property.

270. A school service centre may insure its property. 1988, c. 84, s. 270; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Section 271 is repealed.

271. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 271; 1992, c. 23, s. 5; 1997, c. 96, s. 102.
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A school service centre may not acquire, grant a dismemberment of ownership, hypothecate, or demolish immovables without the Minister’s authorization; immovable dispositions must follow Government regulation.

272. No school service centre shall, without the authorization of the Minister, acquire an immovable, grant a dismemberment of the right of ownership, or hypothecate or demolish its immovables. Every sale, exchange or other disposition of an immovable shall be effected in accordance with the regulation of the Government. 1988, c. 84, s. 272; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 2020, c. 1, s. 117.
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A school service centre must not do major works on its immovables without the Minister’s authorization if the project cost exceeds the regulatory amounts; asset maintenance work is exempt.

272.1. A school service centre may not, without the authorization of the Minister, construct, enlarge, develop, convert, demolish, replace or substantially renovate its immovables if the estimated total cost of the project is greater than the amounts determined by the regulation made under section 457.7. This section does not apply to asset maintenance work, whatever the estimated cost of the work. For the purposes of this section, “asset maintenance work” means all the work required to ensure the security of persons and property, stop the deterioration of immovables and ensure their conservation. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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A school service centre may require a local municipality to transfer an immovable to it free of charge for building or enlarging a school or centre, but it cannot require that the immovable already have a building.

272.2. A school service centre may, in accordance with sections 272.3 to 272.13, require a local municipality to transfer an immovable to it, by gratuitous title, for the purpose of building or enlarging a school or centre. It may not, however, require that there be a building on the immovable concerned. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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272.3. Each school year, the school service centre shall send the local municipalities and regional county municipalities whose territory is situated entirely or partially within its own a forecast of its space requirements compliant with

272.3. Each school year, the school service centre shall send the local municipalities and regional county municipalities whose territory is situated entirely or partially within its own a forecast of its space requirements compliant with the regulation of the Minister. On receiving the forecast, the municipalities shall send the school service centre any information relating to their development that is likely to influence the school service centre’s space requirement forecast. The regional county municipalities must also send the school service centre any relevant information relating to school infrastructure planning that is entered on their land use and development plans. For the purposes of this section and sections 272.5 and 272.10, the powers and responsibilities conferred on a regional county municipality or its council are, in the case of the urban agglomerations of Îles-de-la-Madeleine, La Tuque, Longueuil, Montréal and Québec, exercised by the central municipality or its urban agglomeration council, respectively. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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The school service centre must determine its needs for immovables to buy for building or enlarging a school or centre, and must prepare a draft space requirement plan where applicable.

272.4. After revising its forecast if need be, the school service centre shall determine its needs in terms of immovables to be acquired for the purpose of building or enlarging a school or centre and, where applicable, it shall establish a draft space requirement plan. The draft space requirement plan must delimit the sector within which any immovable to be acquired must be situated and describe the required characteristics of the immovable, including its minimum area. The characteristics must at least include those prescribed by government regulation. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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The school service centre must send its draft space requirement plan to specified municipalities and regional county municipalities. The affected municipal councils must send back an opinion within 45 days after receiving it.

272.5. The school service centre shall send its draft space requirement plan to each local municipality whose territory includes, in whole or in part, the sector delimited by the draft plan. It shall also send it to any local municipality a portion of whose territory is likely to be served by the proposed school or centre as well as to each regional county municipality in whose territory a local municipality referred to in this section is situated. The council of a local municipality or regional county municipality must send the school service centre an opinion on the draft space requirement plan within 45 days after receiving it. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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After the 45-day period ends, the school service centre must adopt the space requirement plan and send it to the affected municipalities and regional county municipalities.

272.6. At the expiry of the 45-day period, the school service centre shall adopt the space requirement plan, with or without amendments, and send it to each local municipality and each regional county municipality whose territory includes, in whole or in part, the sector delimited by the plan. If applicable, the school service centre shall indicate the amendments that were made to the plan to take into account any opinion received from a municipal council. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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The municipal council must decide on the school service centre’s space requirement plan within 45 days of receiving it, and the municipality must send copies of the resolution to the school service centre and the regional county municipality.

272.7. The council of a local municipality referred to in section 272.6 must approve or refuse the school service centre’s space requirement plan within 45 days after receiving it. A copy of the resolution must be sent by the municipality to the school service centre and to the regional county municipality whose territory includes that of the municipality. If the council fails to approve or refuse the plan within that period, the plan is deemed to have been approved. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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The school service centre must send the space requirement plan and related municipal information to the Minister for approval, and the Minister may require amendments before approving it.

272.8. Once the space requirement plan has been approved or refused by the municipalities, the school service centre shall submit it to the Minister for approval. To that end, the school service centre shall inform the Minister of whether the plan was approved or refused by the municipalities and, if it was refused, the reasons for the refusal. It shall also send the Minister the opinions received from the municipalities with respect to the draft plan and indicate, if applicable, the amendments made to the plan to take those opinions into account. The Minister may require that the school service centre amend its plan and order that the local municipalities referred to in section 272.6 be consulted on such amendments. The Minister shall approve the plan after consulting with the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and any other minister concerned. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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A school service centre’s space requirement plan takes effect when the Minister approves it, and the school service centre must then notify specified local and regional municipalities and send them a copy as soon as possible.

272.9. The school service centre’s space requirement plan takes effect on the date it is approved by the Minister. The school service centre shall, as soon as possible, notify the local municipalities and the regional county municipalities referred to in section 272.6 of the date on which the plan takes effect and send them a copy of it. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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272.10. If the sector identified in the school service centre’s space requirement plan is included in the territory of only one local municipality, that municipality must, within two years after the plan takes effect, transfer to the

272.10. If the sector identified in the school service centre’s space requirement plan is included in the territory of only one local municipality, that municipality must, within two years after the plan takes effect, transfer to the school service centre an immovable that is situated in that sector and that meets the characteristics set out in the plan. Subject to the third paragraph, if the sector delimited in the space requirement plan is situated within the territory of two or more local municipalities, those municipalities must determine together which of them must transfer an immovable and the choice must be approved by the council of each municipality. If all the municipalities referred to in the second paragraph are situated in the territory of the same regional county municipality, the latter’s council shall determine which municipality must transfer an immovable. The school service centre and the municipality that is required to transfer an immovable may, in accordance with the regulation made under section 452.1, agree on a time limit other than the one prescribed in the first paragraph and on the transfer of an immovable that is not situated in the sector delimited in the plan. They may also, with the Minister’s approval, agree on the transfer of an immovable that does not meet the characteristics set out in the school service centre’s space requirement plan. The Minister shall approve the transfer after consulting with the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and any other minister concerned. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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The school service centre may refuse a transfer of an immovable with a building, but if it accepts the transfer it must pay the municipality the building’s market value.

272.11. The school service centre may refuse the transfer of an immovable on which there is a building. Such a refusal does not terminate the municipality’s obligation to transfer an immovable. If the school service centre accepts the transfer of an immovable that includes a building, it must pay to the municipality the market value of the building established by a chartered appraiser mandated by the school service centre. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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If the municipality did not transfer an immovable on time, the school service centre may acquire one at that municipality’s expense; the municipality must reimburse the land cost.

272.12. If the local municipality has not transferred an immovable to the school service centre on the expiry of the time limit prescribed in the first paragraph of section 272.10, the school service centre may itself acquire an immovable situated in the territory of that municipality in the sector delimited in the school service centre’s space requirement plan at that municipality’s expense. However, if no local municipality has been designated in accordance with the second or third paragraph of section 272.10, the immovable may be acquired in the territory of any of the municipalities referred to in those paragraphs. The municipality in whose territory the immovable is situated must reimburse the amount corresponding to the cost of acquiring the land to the school service centre. The other conditions and procedures governing the acquisition of an immovable by a school service centre or the reimbursement by a local municipality of the cost of acquiring the immovable are prescribed by a government regulation made under section 452.1. An immovable acquired under this section is deemed to be usable for its intended purpose. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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The Minister may order section 272.2 to apply, with conditions set by the Minister, after an immovable or building is lost or deteriorates by superior force, or for serious health or safety reasons.

272.13. Despite sections 272.3 to 272.11, the Minister may, following the loss or deterioration, by superior force, of an immovable or building or for serious health or safety reasons, order that section 272.2 applies according to the conditions and procedures that the Minister determines. If the municipality fails to transfer an immovable, section 272.12 applies, with the necessary modifications. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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The Minister may cancel the obligation to transfer an immovable if warranted by the circumstances.

272.14. If warranted by the circumstances, the Minister may cancel the obligation to transfer an immovable. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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If a school service centre decides to divest an immovable it received from a local municipality, it must offer the municipality the chance to acquire it free of charge.

272.15. The school service centre to which a local municipality has transferred an immovable or reimbursed the cost of acquiring land must, if it decides to divest itself of that immovable, offer the local municipality to acquire the immovable by gratuitous title. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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272.16. A local municipality that has incurred expenses to comply with its obligations under section 272.2 may require a financial contribution from another local municipality if the school or centre established is intended to serve

272.16. A local municipality that has incurred expenses to comply with its obligations under section 272.2 may require a financial contribution from another local municipality if the school or centre established is intended to serve students from the territory of that other local municipality. If a municipality has transferred to a school service centre an immovable that the municipality did not need to acquire in order to fulfill its obligation under section 272.10, the value of the municipal assessment of the transferred immovable is considered to be an expense incurred by the municipality. The expenses incurred by a municipality are reduced by any payment received from a school service centre under the second paragraph of section 272.11. The amount of the financial contribution is set by agreement, taking into account such things as the distribution of students by their municipalities of origin. The school service centre concerned shall, on request, provide the municipalities with data on the municipalities of origin of the students served by the school or centre as well as any other data that it holds which could be useful for the purpose of entering into the agreement. If the municipality requires a contribution from two or more municipalities, a single agreement must be entered into by all the municipalities concerned. The amount of the contribution may vary between municipalities. If the municipalities are unable to enter into an agreement setting the amount of the contribution, the municipality that incurred the expenses may ask the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy to mandate the Commission municipale du Québec to conduct a study on the contribution to be paid by each municipality concerned. Sections 24.7 to 24.15 of the Act respecting the Commission municipale (chapter C-35) apply, with the necessary modifications. 2020, c. 1, s. 118.
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Section 272.17 is repealed.

272.17. (Repealed). 2020, c. 1, s. 118; 2022, c. 25, s. 18.
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§ 272.18Section 272.18Repeal

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Section 272.18 is repealed.

272.18. (Repealed). 2020, c. 1, s. 118; 2022, c. 25, s. 18.
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§ 272.19Section 272.19Repeal

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Section 272.19 is repealed.

272.19. (Repealed). 2020, c. 1, s. 118; 2022, c. 25, s. 18.
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§ 272.20Section 272.20Repeal

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Section 272.20 is repealed.

272.20. (Repealed). 2020, c. 1, s. 118; 2022, c. 25, s. 18.
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§ 272.21Section 272.21Repeal

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Section 272.21 is repealed.

272.21. (Repealed). 2020, c. 1, s. 118; 2022, c. 25, s. 18.
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272.22. (Repealed). 2020, c. 1, s. 118; 2022, c. 25, s. 18.

272.22. (Repealed). 2020, c. 1, s. 118; 2022, c. 25, s. 18.
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§ 273Section 273Provision

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A school service centre may expropriate an immovable for its purposes if the Minister authorizes it, but it cannot expropriate an immovable exempt from school tax unless the Government authorizes it.

273. A school service centre may, if authorized by the Minister, expropriate an immovable required for its purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no school service centre shall, without the authorization of the Government, expropriate an immovable exempt from school tax under the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1). 1988, c. 84, s. 273; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Every school service centre’s fiscal year runs from 1 July to 30 June of the following year.

274. The fiscal year of every school service centre begins on 1 July and ends on 30 June of the following year. 1988, c. 84, s. 274; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The school service centre must establish objectives and principles for allocating its revenues, taking into account recommendations from the resource allocation committee under section 193.3.

275. Taking into account the recommendations made by the resource allocation committee under the fifth paragraph of section 193.3, the school service centre shall establish objectives and principles governing the allocation of its revenues. 1988, c. 84, s. 275; 1997, c. 96, s. 103; 2008, c. 29, s. 31; 2016, c. 26, s. 45; 2018, c. 5, s. 4; 2020, c. 1, s. 119.
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The school service centre must determine its revenue allocation each school year, taking into account the resource allocation committee’s recommendations.

275.1. The school service centre shall determine the allocation of its revenues for every school year taking into account the recommendations of the resource allocation committee under the fifth paragraph of section 193.3. The allocation must be carried out in an equitable manner and reflect the needs expressed by the educational institutions, the social and economic disparities they must deal with, the school board’s commitment-to-success plan and the educational projects of its schools and centres. The allocation must include amounts for the operation of the governing boards and amounts to meet the needs of the school service centre, its educational institutions and its committees. 2016, c. 26, s. 45; 2018, c. 5, s. 5; 2020, c. 1, s. 120.
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The school service centre must include a description of its revenue-allocation objectives and principles, and the criteria used to set allocated amounts, in its annual report.

275.2. The school service centre shall include in its annual report a description of the objectives and principles governing the allocation of its revenues and the criteria used to determine the amounts allocated. 2016, c. 26, s. 45; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 276Section 276Provision

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Every school service centre must approve the budgets of its schools, vocational training centres, and adult education centres.

276. Every school service centre is responsible for approving the budget of its schools, vocational training centres and adult education centres. The budget of an educational institution shall be without effect until it is approved by the school service centre. However, the school service centre may, subject to the conditions it determines, authorize an institution to incur expenses that have not been approved. 1988, c. 84, s. 276; 1997, c. 96, s. 104; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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School service centres must adopt and send their next school year budget to the Minister by the date and in the form the Minister sets, and they must also send any budget estimates the Minister asks for.

277. Every school service centre shall adopt its operating, investment and debt service budget for the following school year and transmit it to the Minister before such date and in such form as the latter determines. The school service centre shall also adopt and transmit to the Minister any budget estimates the Minister requests. The budget of every school service centre shall indicate the financial resources allocated to its committees and the financial resources allotted to services for handicapped students and students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities. The budgets of the educational institutions of the school service centre shall constitute separate appropriations within the school service centre's budget. 1988, c. 84, s. 277; 1992, c. 23, s. 6; 1997, c. 96, s. 105; 2009, c. 38, s. 18; 2020, c. 1, s. 121.
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Before adopting its budget, a school service centre must give public notice at least 15 days in advance of the board meeting where the budget will be studied.

278. Before adopting its budget, every school service centre shall give a public notice of at least 15 days of the date, time and place of the sitting of the school service centre’s board of directors at which its budget is to be studied. 1988, c. 84, s. 278; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312.
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The budget may not authorize expenditures greater than the school service centre’s revenues unless the Minister authorizes it and sets conditions.

279. Except with the authorization of the Minister and subject to the terms and conditions the latter determines, the budget may not provide for expenditures that exceed the revenues of the school service centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 279; 1992, c. 23, s. 7; 2020, c. 1, s. 122.
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Section 280 is repealed.

280. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 280; 1992, c. 23, s. 8; 2009, c. 38, s. 19.
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§ 281Section 281Provision

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If a school service centre has not adopted its budget by 1 July, it may incur expenses for that month up to one-twelfth of the previous school year's expenses.

281. If, on 1 July, a school service centre has not adopted its budget, it is authorized to incur expenses for that month for an amount equal to one-twelfth of the amount of expenses of the preceding school year. The same applies for each month of the school year if, on the first day of the month, the budget has not been adopted. 1988, c. 84, s. 281; 1992, c. 23, s. 9; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Every school service centre must send interim reports on its financial position to the Minister.

282. Every school service centre shall transmit to the Minister, on the dates and in the form the latter determines, interim reports on its financial position. 1988, c. 84, s. 282; 2020, c. 1, s. 123.
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Every school service centre must keep accounting records in the manner and form prescribed by the Minister.

283. Every school service centre shall keep accounting records in such manner and in such form as the Minister may prescribe. 1988, c. 84, s. 283; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 284Section 284Provision

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Each school service centre must appoint an external auditor for each fiscal year, chosen from the professional order of accountants governed by the Professional Code.

284. For each fiscal year, every school service centre shall appoint from among the members of the professional order of accountants governed by the Professional Code (chapter C-26) an external auditor who shall file a report of his audit of the financial transactions of the school service centre. The Minister may specify the mandate applicable to all auditors of school service centres. 1988, c. 84, s. 284; 1990, c. 8, s. 31; 1994, c. 40, s. 457; 2012, c. 11, s. 32; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Certain people may not act as external auditor for school service centres.

285. The following shall not act as external auditor for the school service centres: (1) a member of the school service centre’s board of directors; (2) an employee of the school service centre; (3) a partner of a person referred to in paragraph 1 or 2; (4) a person who, during the fiscal year for which the audit is carried out, has, directly or indirectly, personally or through his partner, any share or interest in or in relation to a contract with the school service centre, receives a commission pursuant to such a contract or derives any benefit from such a contract, unless his connection with the contract arises from the practice of his profession. 1988, c. 84, s. 285; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312.
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After the financial activities are audited, the director general must submit the school service centre’s financial statements and the external auditor’s report to the board of directors, and the secretary general must give public notice of the sitting at least 15 days in advance.

286. Once the financial activities have been audited, the director general shall submit the financial statements of the school service centre and the external auditor’s report to the school service centre’s board of directors at its first sitting following by at least 15 days the date of receipt of the report. The secretary general shall give public notice of the date, time and place of the sitting at least 15 days in advance. 1988, c. 84, s. 286; 2020, c. 1, ss. 163 and 312.
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The director general must publish a summary of the school service centre’s annual financial statement at least one week before the section 286 sitting, and must submit the annual statement and external auditor’s report to the Minister as prescribed.

287. At least one week before the sitting referred to in section 286, the director general shall publish a summary of the annual financial statement of the school service centre. He shall submit to the Minister, at such time and in such form as he prescribes, the annual financial statement of the school service centre together with the external auditor’s report. A school service centre must, if any of its institutions receives a sum of money by way of a gift, legacy, subsidy or other voluntary contribution from any person or any public or private body wishing to provide funding for the activities of the institution, disclose it in a schedule appended to its financial statements, indicating the object for which the sum of money was granted. The financial statements of a school service centre that has entrusted a body with the management of certain of the activities referred to in section 255 must be accompanied with any document or information required by the Minister in respect of those activities. 1988, c. 84, s. 287; 1990, c. 8, s. 32; 1995, c. 43, s. 47; 1997, c. 96, s. 106; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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288. Notwithstanding any inconsistent legislative provision, a school service centre may, with the authorization of the Minister and subject to such conditions as the latter prescribes, borrow money by any method recognized by law. The

288. Notwithstanding any inconsistent legislative provision, a school service centre may, with the authorization of the Minister and subject to such conditions as the latter prescribes, borrow money by any method recognized by law. The Minister may grant to a school service centre a general authorization to borrow for a period not exceeding one year and up to such amount as he specifies. At the request of the Minister, the school service centre, either directly or through the financial institution with which it does business, shall furnish him with any information he may require on its financial position. 1988, c. 84, s. 288; 2020, c. 1, s. 124.
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289. No school service centre shall negotiate a loan on a money market other than the Canadian market or a loan which must be repaid, in whole or in part, in foreign currency without prior authorization from the Minister of Finance and the

289. No school service centre shall negotiate a loan on a money market other than the Canadian market or a loan which must be repaid, in whole or in part, in foreign currency without prior authorization from the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports. No school service centre shall contract such a loan or engage in any registration formality permitting access to a money market other than the Canadian market without obtaining such prior authorizations. The loan authorization of the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports may prescribe the conditions of the loan. Where the authorization limits the amount of the loan, that amount is deemed to be the par value of the bonds or other securities issued pursuant to that loan, regardless of any premium which may be payable upon repayment, or of the fact that the bonds or other securities may be sold at a premium or rebate. The loan is deemed to be authorized both in foreign currency and in Canadian currency notwithstanding the difference that may exist between them when the loan is made or subsequently. 1988, c. 84, s. 289; 1993, c. 51, s. 72; 1994, c. 16, s. 50; 2005, c. 28, s. 195; 2020, c. 1, s. 312. Until 5 November 2020, the amendment made by 2020, c. 1 is not in force insofar as it concerns an English-language school service centre. 2020, c. 1, s. 335
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The Government may set by regulation the form, content, and timing of information to be supplied to two ministers for section 289 purposes.

290. The Government may prescribe, by regulation, the nature and form of the information that must be supplied to the Minister of Finance and to the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports for the purposes of the first paragraph of section 289, as well as the time when it must be supplied. Regulation under the first paragraph come into force on the date of their publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date indicated therein. 1988, c. 84, s. 290; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1993, c. 51, s. 72; 1994, c. 16, s. 50; 2005, c. 28, s. 195.
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A school service centre may provide transportation for some or all of its students if authorized by the Minister.

291. A school service centre may, with the authorization of the Minister, provide transportation for all or part of its students. It may provide the transportation itself if authorized by the Minister, or enter into a contract with a carrier for that purpose. 1988, c. 84, s. 291; 1997, c. 96, s. 107; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Student transportation before and after classes is free, but a school service centre may charge students for extra transit service or for noon transportation in specified cases, and must provide supervision for students who stay at school.

292. Student transportation provided by a school service centre before the beginning of classes and after the end of classes each day is free of charge. Where the transportation is provided under a contract with a public transit authority or with the holder of a bus transport permit, within the meaning of government regulation, the school service centre may claim from a student that portion of the cost of the transportation pass which corresponds to service in addition to service before the beginning of classes and after the end of classes each day. A school service centre that provides student transportation at noon to allow students to have their meal at home may claim the cost thereof from the students who elect to use that service. Whether or not a school service centre provides transportation at noon to allow students to have their meal at home, it is required to ensure, in the manner agreed upon with the governing boards and on such financial conditions as it may determine, supervision of the students who stay at school. 1988, c. 84, s. 292; 1990, c. 78, s. 9, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 108; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Section 292 does not apply to transportation of persons enrolled in adult education, and a school service centre providing that transportation may claim the cost from the users.

293. Section 292 does not apply to the transportation of persons enrolled in adult education. A school service centre that provides transportation to persons enrolled in adult education may claim the cost thereof from the users of such service. 1988, c. 84, s. 293; 1990, c. 78, s. 45; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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A school service centre authorized to provide transportation for its students may enter into agreements to transport some or all students of certain other educational institutions.

294. A school service centre authorized to provide transportation for its students may enter into an agreement to provide transportation for all or some of the students of another school service centre, an institution governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1), an institution whose instructional program is the subject of an international agreement within the meaning of the Act respecting the Ministère des Relations internationales (chapter M-25.1.1) or a general and vocational college. 1988, c. 84, s. 294; 1989, c. 17, s. 16; 1992, c. 68, s. 146, s. 156; 1994, c. 15, s. 33; 1996, c. 21, s. 70; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The latter school service centre must pay the transportation cost for services it receives from another school service centre, after deducting any subsidies.

295. The cost of the transportation provided by one school service centre for another school service centre shall be assumed by the latter school service centre according to the cost of the transportation services received or in such proportion as is determined by the Government, after deducting the subsidies granted for such purposes. 1988, c. 84, s. 295; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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These transportation costs must be borne by the college or institution, after any related subsidies are deducted, when the service is provided by a school service centre for certain colleges or institutions.

296. The cost of transportation provided by a school service centre for a general and vocational college, an institution whose instructional program is the subject of an international agreement within the meaning of the Act respecting the Ministère des Relations internationales (chapter M-25.1.1) or an institution governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1) shall be assumed by the college or institution according to the cost of the transportation services received, after deducting the subsidies granted for such purposes, if any. 1988, c. 84, s. 296; 1989, c. 17, s. 17; 1992, c. 68, s. 147, s. 156; 1994, c. 15, s. 33; 1996, c. 21, s. 70; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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297. A school service centre may grant a student transportation contract after negotiating an agreement or following a call for public tenders. In the case of a call for public tenders, the school service centre must accept the lowest

297. A school service centre may grant a student transportation contract after negotiating an agreement or following a call for public tenders. In the case of a call for public tenders, the school service centre must accept the lowest admissible tender. However, the Minister may, exceptionally, authorize the school service centre to award the contract to another admissible bidder and attach conditions to such authorization. The school service centre may also reject all the tenders and either call for new ones or, in the cases provided for by regulation of the Government, enter into a contract by mutual agreement. Every student transportation contract shall be made in writing and in accordance with government regulation. The contract must require the carrier to adopt measures to prevent and stop any form of bullying or violence during the transportation of students, and to inform the principal of the school concerned of any act of bullying or violence that occurs during transportation. The contract must also require the carrier to make sure, in collaboration with the school service centre, that the driver completes proper anti-bullying and anti-violence training as soon as possible. The contract must also provide that drivers must have their face uncovered during the transportation of 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. The duration of the contract is determined in accordance with the standards established by regulation of the Government. However, where no regulation exists, the maximum duration shall not exceed three school years. The contract must be accompanied by the code of ethics provided for in section 258.0.1 and provide that the driver must undertake to comply with that code. 1988, c. 84, s. 297; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1993, c. 27, s. 1; 1997, c. 96, s. 109; 2012, c. 19, s. 20; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2024, c. 9, s. 20; 2025, c. 29, s. 44.
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A school service centre may let other people use student transportation after checking available seats, and it may set the fare. The person who provides the transportation is bound by a decision even if the contract says otherwise. The section does not apply when student transportation is part of the regular service of a public transit authority or a bus permit holder.

298. A school service centre, after determining the number of available seats, may allow any person other than a person to whom it provides student transportation to use such transportation service until all available seats are filled, and determine the fare in requires for such transportation. The person who effects student transportation is bound by a decision, notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in a student transportation contract. This section does not apply where student transportation is integrated into the regular service of a public transit authority or of a holder of a bus transport permit. 1988, c. 84, s. 298; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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A school service centre may pay students directly to cover all or part of their transportation costs.

299. A school service centre, whether or not it is bound by a student transportation contract, may pay directly to the students an amount to cover all or part of their transportation costs. 1988, c. 84, s. 299; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The Minister must each year establish and submit budgetary rules for approval, and school service centres must provide requested subsidy information.

300. Each year, the Minister shall establish and submit to the Conseil du trésor, for approval, budgetary rules to determine the amount of subsidies granted to school service centres providing student transportation. The budgetary rules may provide that subsidies may be granted on the basis of general standards applicable to all students using student transportation or on the basis of special rules applicable to certain students. The budgetary rules may provide that the grant of a subsidy may be subject to general conditions applicable to all school service centres or to special conditions applicable to one school service centre or to certain school service centres. The budgetary rules may also provide that the grant of a subsidy may be subject to authorization by the Minister or that it can only be made to one school service centre or to certain school service centres. Every school service centre shall provide the Minister with any information he requests for purposes of subsidies at such time and in such form as he prescribes. A school service centre which entrusts the transportation of its students to another school service centre is not presumed to provide student transportation for the purposes of this section. 1988, c. 84, s. 300; 1990, c. 78, s. 10; 1991, c. 27, s. 8; 1993, c. 51, s. 72; 1994, c. 16, s. 50; 1997, c. 96, s. 110; 1999, c. 40, s. 158; 2020, c. 1, s. 125.
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The Minister may withhold or cancel all or part of a subsidy for student transportation if a provision of the Act or regulations under section 453 or 454 is not complied with.

301. The Minister may withhold or cancel all or part of a subsidy for student transportation where a provision of this Act or of the regulation under section 453 or 454 is not complied with. 1988, c. 84, s. 301; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 111.
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A member of the personnel of a French-language school service centre must use French exclusively when present on the premises and communicating with a student or another staff member, unless another language is needed for the student’s success and integration or for health or public safety. Indigenous language use is not prevented.

301.1. A member of the personnel of a French-language school service centre must use French exclusively, in addition to their obligations under the Charter of the French language (chapter C-11), where the following conditions are met: (1) the personnel member is present on the premises, such as a room or an immovable, placed at the disposal of a school or centre for the purposes of their employment; (2) the personnel member is communicating orally or in writing with a student or with another personnel member; and (3) the success and integration of the student, health or public safety does not require the use of another language as well. This section does not have the effect of preventing the use of an Indigenous language. 2025, c. 29, s. 45.
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Service contracts with a French-language school service centre must require certain staff to use French exclusively in specified situations.

301.2. Any contract for services entered into by a French-language school service centre must provide that any person who would be required to work with students or be in regular contact with them must use French exclusively when the person is not providing services and where the following conditions are met: (1) the person is present on the premises, such as a room or an immovable, placed at the disposal of a school or centre in connection with the performance of the contract; (2) the person is communicating orally or in writing with a student or with a personnel member; and (3) the success and integration of the student, health or public safety does not require the use of another language as well. This section does not have the effect of preventing the use of an Indigenous language. 2025, c. 29, s. 45.
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This section defines several terms used in the Act.

302. In this Act, (1) the word “clerk” has the same meaning as in the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1); (2) “standardized assessment” means the product obtained by multiplying the values entered on the assessment roll of a municipality by the comparative factor established for that roll under section 264 of the Act respecting municipal taxation; (2.1) “adjusted standardized assessment” means the value of the standardized assessment or, if there is a variation in the municipality’s standardized assessment of taxable immovables resulting from the coming into force of its assessment roll, the adjusted value obtained after averaging the variation in the standardized assessment in accordance with the provisions of Division IV.3 of Chapter XVIII of the Act respecting municipal taxation, with the necessary modifications; (3) “taxable immovable” means (a) a taxable unit of assessment, or the taxable part thereof if it is not entirely taxable; (b) a non-taxable unit of assessment referred to in the first paragraph of section 208 of the Act respecting municipal taxation, or the part thereof referred to in that paragraph if the reference is not to its entirety; (4) “owner” means the person or trust in whose name a taxable immovable is entered on the assessment roll of a municipality. 1988, c. 84, s. 302; 2018, c. 5, s. 6; 2019, c. 5, s. 3.
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For each school year, a school tax is levied on every taxable immovable.

303. For each school year, a school tax is levied on every taxable immovable. The tax is levied on the value of the adjusted standardized assessment of the immovable that exceeds $25,000. 1988, c. 84, s. 303; 2019, c. 5, s. 4. For the school years 2026-2027, See School tax rate (2026) 158 G.O. 1 (French), 520.
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The school tax rate must be the same for all taxable immovables.

303.1. The school tax rate is the same for all taxable immovables. It is computed annually, in accordance with section 303.4. 2019, c. 5, s. 4.
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The clerk of a municipal body with property-assessment jurisdiction must give affected school service centres a certified copy of the assessment roll and a certificate of the standardizing factor, and must send the copy within 15 days after the Minister communicates that factor.

303.2. The clerk of a municipal body having jurisdiction in property assessment shall provide every school service centre all or part of whose territory is included in the body’s territory with a certified copy of the assessment roll of the taxable immovables situated in the common territory and a certificate attesting the standardizing factor for that roll. The clerk shall send the copy within 15 days after the day on which the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy communicates the standardizing factor for the municipal fiscal year in which the roll comes into force to the body. The copy is provided on payment of the fees payable for the issue of copies of municipal documents. 2019, c. 5, s. 4; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Each school service centre must send the Minister information needed to compute the school tax rate, in the form the Minister तयines, by 1 May each year.

303.3. Each year, every school service centre shall send the Minister the information he considers necessary for computing the school tax rate, in the form determined by the Minister. The information shall be sent on or before 1 May for the school year beginning on the next 1 July and be based on the assessment roll that is up to date on 1 April of the current school year for all taxable immovables situated in the school service centre’s territory. 2019, c. 5, s. 4; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The school tax rate is calculated from financing local needs minus standardizing compensation, relative to the adjusted standardized assessment of taxable immovables, and is expressed in dollars per $100 as a five-decimal number.

303.4. The school tax rate for a school year corresponds to the proportion that the amount for financing local needs for all school service centres for the school year, computed using the method prescribed by a regulation made under section 455.1, minus the total standardizing compensation referred to in section 303.5, is of the adjusted standardized assessment of all taxable immovables as at 1 April preceding the school year. The proportion is multiplied by 100 to express the rate in dollars per $100 of adjusted standardized assessment. The rate is expressed as a five-decimal number. The fifth decimal is increased by 1 if the sixth is greater than 4. 2019, c. 5, s. 4; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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303.5. The total standardizing compensation corresponds to the sum of the most recent standardizing compensation amounts computed for each school service centre under section 35 of the Act to establish a single school tax rate (2019,

303.5. The total standardizing compensation corresponds to the sum of the most recent standardizing compensation amounts computed for each school service centre under section 35 of the Act to establish a single school tax rate (2019, chapter 5). 2019, c. 5, s. 4; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The maximum school tax rate is $0.35 per $100 of adjusted standardized assessment for taxable immovables.

303.6. The maximum school tax rate is $0.35 per $100 of the adjusted standardized assessment of all taxable immovables. The maximum rate is applied where the computation of the school tax rate results in a higher rate. 2019, c. 5, s. 4.
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The Minister must publish the school tax rate in the Gazette officielle du Québec and notify the school service centres and the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal by 15 June before the relevant school year.

303.7. The Minister shall publish the school tax rate in the Gazette officielle du Québec and give notice of it to the school service centres and the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal, not later than 15 June preceding the school year concerned. 2019, c. 5, s. 4; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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School tax on the immovable is collected by the relevant school service centre, or split among centres if the children attend different centres.

304. The school tax levied on an immovable owned by a person who has children admitted to the educational services of a school service centre having jurisdiction over the territory where the immovable is situated shall be collected exclusively by that school service centre. Where the children are admitted to the educational services of different school service centres having jurisdiction over the territory where the immovable is situated, the school tax shall be collected exclusively by these school service centres, each on a portion of the standardized assessment of the immovable corresponding to the ratio between the number of those persons admitted to the educational services of that school service centre and the number of those persons admitted to the educational services of all the school service centres concerned. The school service centres concerned may enter into an agreement in respect of the terms and conditions for collecting the tax intended for each of them. 1988, c. 84, s. 304; 1990, c. 8, s. 33; 2019, c. 5, s. 5; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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An English-language school service centre must collect the school tax exclusively when the immovable is owned by a natural person who is outside section 304 and meets the listed elector/voting-option condition.

305. The school tax levied on an immovable owned by a natural person to whom section 304 does not apply and whose name is entered on the latest list of electors of an English-language school service centre having jurisdiction over the territory where the immovable is situated or who has since effected the voting option referred to in section 18 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) shall be collected exclusively by that school service centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 305; 1990, c. 8, s. 34; 1997, c. 47, s. 25; 2019, c. 5, s. 6; 2020, c. 1, s. 313; 2020, c. 1, s. 126.
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School tax on a qualifying immovable is collected exclusively by the school service centre chosen by notice; the election must be sent before 1 April.

306. The school tax levied on an immovable owned by a natural person to whom sections 304 and 305 do not apply and who has elected to pay the school tax to a school service centre shall be collected exclusively by that school service centre. An election as to the destination of school taxes shall be made by way of a notice transmitted before 1 April to the school service centre in whose favour the election is made; that school service centre must, without delay and in writing, inform any other school service centre which has jurisdiction over the territory where the immovable is situated. Such an election remains in force until the person revokes it in the manner provided in the second paragraph, until he applies for admission of one of his children to the educational services of another school service centre having jurisdiction over the territory where the immovable is situated or until his name is entered on the list of electors of the English-language school service centre having jurisdiction over the territory where the immovable is situated. An owner referred to in the first paragraph who has not made an election in accordance with the second paragraph is presumed to have elected to pay the school tax to the French-language school service centre in the territory where the owner’s immovable is situated. 1988, c. 84, s. 306; 1997, c. 47, s. 25; 2019, c. 5, s. 7; 2020, c. 1, s. 127.
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School service centres must collect certain school tax from an immovable owned by a person outside sections 304 to 306, using a portion of the standardized assessment tied to student counts, and the concerned centres must jointly तय determine each centre’s share.

307. The school tax levied on an immovable owned by a person to whom sections 304 to 306 do not apply shall be collected by each school service centre having jurisdiction over the territory in which the immovable is situated on a portion of the standardized assessment of the immovable established in proportion to the number of students enrolled on 30 September of the preceding year in the schools that are under the jurisdiction of the school service centres concerned and residing in their common territory. The school service centres concerned shall jointly determine the proportion of the tax to be collected by each of them; they may enter into an agreement in respect of the terms and conditions for collecting the tax intended for each of them. 1988, c. 84, s. 307; 1990, c. 8, s. 35; 1990, c. 28, s. 2; 2019, c. 5, s. 8; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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Section 308 is repealed.

308. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 308; 1990, c. 28, s. 3; 1992, c. 23, s. 10; 1999, c. 40, s. 158; 2019, c. 5, s. 9.
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Section 309 is repealed.

309. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 309; 1990, c. 28, s. 4.
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Section 310 is repealed.

310. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 310; 2006, c. 54, s. 1; 2019, c. 5, s. 9.
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Section 311 is repealed.

311. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 311; 1989, c. 36, s. 266; 1999, c. 40, s. 158; 1999, c. 43, s. 13; 2003, c. 19, s. 250; 2005, c. 28, s. 196; 2009, c. 26, s. 109; 2019, c. 5, s. 9.
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Section 312 is repealed.

312. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 312; 1990, c. 28, s. 5; 1992, c. 23, s. 11; 2019, c. 5, s. 9.
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School taxes are payable by the owner of the taxable immovable.

313. School taxes are payable by the owner of the taxable immovable. However, in the case of a tax levied on an immovable owned by a partnership or an immovable held in undivided co-ownership, the tax may be claimed and recovered in its entirety from any member of the partnership or from any co-owner. 1988, c. 84, s. 313; 1997, c. 96, s. 112; 2019, c. 5, s. 10.
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If someone other than the debtor pays another person’s school tax, the payer can recover that amount from the debtor.

313.1. Any person, other than the debtor, who pays a school tax owed by another person is subrogated by operation of law in the prior claims and legal hypothecs of the school service centre on the immovables of the debtor and may recover from the debtor the amount of taxes so paid. Such subrogation shall be of no effect unless the receipt which the school service centre is required to issue states that the payment was made by a third party for the debtor. The name of such third party shall be recorded in the books of the school service centre. 1997, c. 96, s. 113; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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After 1 July of the school year concerned, the director general of the school service centre must have school-tax payment requests sent to every owner of a taxable immovable, unless another school service centre is responsible for collecting the tax under section 304 or 307.

314. After 1 July of the school year concerned, the director general of the school service centre shall have a request for payment of school taxes sent to every owner of a taxable immovable, except where the collection of the school tax is entrusted to another school service centre under section 304 or 307. 1988, c. 84, s. 314; 1989, c. 36, s. 267; 1990, c. 8, s. 36; 1996, c. 2, s. 698; 1999, c. 40, s. 158; 2000, c. 56, s. 160; 2019, c. 5, s. 12; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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School taxes are payable 31 days after the tax bill is sent, and normally in one payment.

315. School taxes are payable 31 days from the sending of the tax bill. School taxes are payable in a single payment. However, if the school tax is equal to or greater than the amount set by the regulation made under paragraph 4 of section 263 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1), the debtor may choose to pay it in two equal payments. The second payment is payable 121 days after the sending of the tax bill. The school service centre may, at the request of an owner who shows that by reason of the occurrence of a disaster in the school service centre’s territory, the owner has been recognized as eligible, for the owner’s immovables, under a financial assistance or compensation program established under the Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience (chapter S-2.4), extend the payment deadline by fixing another date when the single payment or each of the equal payments may be made. If the first payment is not made within the period prescribed, the entire amount becomes payable immediately. However, the school service centre may provide that only the first payment becomes payable immediately. 1988, c. 84, s. 315; 2006, c. 54, s. 2; 2020, c. 1, s. 128; 2024, c. 18, s. 11.
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School taxes bear interest at the rate tied to section 28 of the Tax Administration Act when the section 303.7 notice is published, and the notice must mention that rate.

316. Interest is payable on school taxes at the rate applicable under the first paragraph of section 28 of the Tax Administration Act (chapter A-6.002) on the day the notice required under section 303.7 is published in the Gazette officielle du Québec. The notice shall mention the applicable interest rate. The rate applies to all taxes payable, from 1 July of the school year to which the notice referred to in the first paragraph applies. Every tax bill shall clearly state the applicable interest rate and the fact that the rate may be changed in accordance with this section. 1988, c. 84, s. 316; 1997, c. 96, s. 114; 2019, c. 5, s. 13.
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A school service centre must not waive school taxes or interest, except when an owner’s annual tax bill is under $2.

317. No school service centre may waive the payment of school taxes or interest, except where an owner’s annual tax bill is for an amount under $2. 1988, c. 84, s. 317; 2019, c. 5, s. 14; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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The school tax is secured by a legal hypothec on the immovable subject to the tax, and registration by the school service centre does not stop it from exercising its prior claim.

317.1. In addition to being a prior claim within the meaning of paragraph 5 of article 2651 of the Civil Code, the school tax is secured by a legal hypothec on the immovable subject to the tax. Registration by the school service centre of a legal immovable hypothec does not prevent it from exercising its prior claim. 1997, c. 96, s. 115; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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A qualifying creditor may ask the school service centre to declare its prior claim amount, and the request must be registered with proof filed at the Land Registry Office.

317.2. A creditor who takes proceedings in execution or who, as holder of an immovable hypothec, has registered a prior notice of his intention to exercise his hypothecary rights, may request the school service centre to declare the amount of its prior claim. The request must be registered and proof of its notification must be filed at the Land Registry Office. Within 30 days following the notification, the school service centre must declare the amount of its claim and enter it in the land register; such a declaration does not have the effect of limiting the priority of the school service centre’s claim to the amount entered. An application for registration, in the land register, of the request for declaration and of the declaration shall be made in the form of a notice. In addition to the provisions of this section and the requirements of the regulation made under Book IX of the Civil Code, the notice shall indicate the legislative provision under which it is given, the name of the debtor and the name of the school service centre; the notice does not require attestation and may be presented in single copy. 1997, c. 96, s. 115; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2020, c. 17, s. 85.
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§ 318Section 318Provision

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An action to recover school taxes against an owner must be brought within three years from when the taxes become payable.

318. Any action for the recovery of school taxes brought against an owner is prescribed by three years from the date they become payable. 1988, c. 84, s. 318.
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§ 319Section 319Provision

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The school service centre must collect the school tax itself.

319. The school service centre shall collect the school tax itself. However, it may enter into an agreement with the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal in order for the Comité to exercise, on behalf of the school service centre, all or part of the functions and powers conferred on the school service centre with regard to collecting the school tax. 1988, c. 84, s. 319; 1999, c. 40, s. 158; 2006, c. 54, s. 3; 2018, c. 5, s. 13; 2023, c. 32, s. 31.
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§ 320Section 320Repeal

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Section 320 is repealed.

320. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 320; 2018, c. 5, s. 13.
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§ 321Section 321Repeal

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Section 321 is repealed.

321. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 321; 2018, c. 5, s. 13.
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§ 322Section 322Provision

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The municipality and the school service centre must remit certain school-tax-related amounts to each other, and the remittances must be made on a specified monthly date.

322. The municipality shall remit to the school service centre any additional amount relating to school taxes payable by an owner under the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1). The school service centre shall remit to the municipality any amount relating to school taxes reimbursed to an owner under the Act respecting municipal taxation. The remittances shall be made on the first day of the month of April, July or November following the due date of the billing or the reimbursement of the amount, whichever of those three dates is closest. Any amount remitted after the applicable time limit bears interest at a rate equal to the maximum rate fixed under section 50 of the Act respecting municipal debts and loans (chapter D-7) from the expiration of that time limit. If the maximum rate is changed after the expiration of that time limit but before the amount is paid, the new rate applies from passage of the order. 1988, c. 84, s. 322; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 323Section 323Repeal

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Section 323 is repealed.

323. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 323; 2018, c. 5, s. 15.
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§ 324Section 324Provision

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The municipal clerk must send the school service centre any written information it requires about school tax and related contributions or subsidies.

324. The clerk of the municipality shall forward to the school service centre any information it requires in writing in respect of the school tax and the contributions or subsidies given in lieu thereof. 1988, c. 84, s. 324; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 325Section 325Provision

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The Code of Civil Procedure rules on seizure in execution of movable property apply here, unless this subdivision provides otherwise.

325. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25.01) respecting the seizure in execution of movable property apply except as otherwise provided in this subdivision. 1988, c. 84, s. 325; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).
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§ 326Section 326Provision

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The director general may collect taxes due by an owner, with legal costs, by seizing and selling movable property that is not exempt from seizure and is found in the school service centre’s territory.

326. The director general may collect, with legal costs, the taxes due by any owner by the seizure and sale of his movable property not exempt from seizure that is found in the territory of the school service centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 326; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 327Section 327Provision

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A notice of execution must be prepared by the chair of the school service centre, and the clerk of the Court of Québec or the clerk of the Superior Court must file it with the court office after a certificate is produced.

327. The seizure and sale are made under a notice of execution prepared by the chair of the school service centre and filed with the court office by the clerk of the Court of Québec or the clerk of the Superior Court, according to the amount of the claim. The clerk shall file the notice of execution upon production of a certificate from the chair of the school service centre attesting the amount of the debt and the fact that it is due and owing. 1988, c. 84, s. 327; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 328Section 328Provision

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A bailiff must execute the notice of execution.

328. The notice of execution is addressed to a bailiff, who shall execute it in the same manner as a notice of execution issued under the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25.01). 1988, c. 84, s. 328; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).
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§ 329Section 329Provision

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The bailiff must announce the day and place of sale of seized movable property by public notice.

329. The bailiff shall announce the day and place of sale of the seized movable property by public notice given in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25.01). 1988, c. 84, s. 329; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).
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§ 330Section 330Provision

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The public notice must state the name and address of the person whose property is to be sold.

330. The public notice shall state the name and address of the person whose property is to be sold. 1988, c. 84, s. 330.
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§ 331Section 331Provision

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The debtor or a person claiming the seized movable property may oppose the seizure and sale on the grounds in article 735 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

331. The debtor or any person having a right to claim the movable property seized may oppose the seizure and sale on any of the grounds listed in article 735 of the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25.01). In addition to the grounds mentioned in article 735 of the Code of Civil Procedure, opposition to annul may be brought before the court of competent jurisdiction for any cause likely to affect the claim of the school service centre. 1988, c. 84, s. 331; 1992, c. 57, s. 594; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 332Section 332Provision

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The opposition must include a sworn declaration, be served on the bailiff handling the notice of execution, and be returned to the Court of Québec office within eight days after service.

332. The opposition shall be accompanied by a declaration under oath attesting that the allegations therein contained are true, and that it is not made with intent to unjustly delay the sale, but with a view to obtaining justice. It shall be served upon the bailiff entrusted with the execution of the notice of execution and returned to the office of the Court of Québec, within eight days following the service. 1988, c. 84, s. 332; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).
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§ 333Section 333Provision

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If served with an opposition, the bailiff must stay the proceedings.

333. On being served with an opposition, the bailiff shall stay the proceedings, and, within eight days following the service, he shall return all his proceedings respecting the notice of execution to the office of the court mentioned in the opposition. 1988, c. 84, s. 333; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).
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§ 334Section 334Provision

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An opposition must be contested, heard, and decided under the procedural rules for oppositions to the seizure and sale of movable property in the court where it is brought.

334. The opposition shall thereafter be contested, heard and decided according to the rules of procedure governing oppositions to the seizure and sale of movable property before the court in which it is brought. 1988, c. 84, s. 334.
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§ 335Section 335Provision

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If opposition to the seizure and sale is dismissed, the court must order a bailiff to proceed on the notice of execution, and the bailiff must sell the seized movable property after the required notice.

335. Where the opposition to the seizure and sale is dismissed, the court shall order the bailiff entrusted with the seizure, or any other bailiff, to proceed on the notice of execution, and, upon the delivery to him of such notice and of a copy of the judgment, the bailiff shall proceed with the sale of the movable property seized, after notice given in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25.01). 1988, c. 84, s. 335; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).
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§ 336Section 336Provision

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If no one opposes distribution of the sale proceeds from seized movable property, the bailiff must send the notice and proceedings to the director general and remit the net proceeds to that office.

336. Where no opposition to the distribution of the proceeds of the sale of the seized movable property is made, the bailiff shall return the notice and his proceedings, and remit the proceeds of the sale, after deducting the costs of seizure and sale, to the director general, who shall apply such proceeds towards the payment of the school taxes for which the notice of execution was issued. 1988, c. 84, s. 336; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).
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§ 337Section 337Provision

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If an opposition is made to payment of sale proceeds, the bailiff must remit the money to the director general after deducting seizure and sale costs, and the director general must deposit it and return the proceedings to court.

337. Where an opposition is made to the payment of the proceeds of the sale, the bailiff shall remit the moneys in his possession, after deducting the costs of seizure and sale, to the director general, who shall receive them on deposit, and make a return of all his proceedings respecting the seizure and sale to the court. The opposition shall thereafter be contested, heard and decided according to the rules of procedure governing oppositions to payment before the court in which it is brought. The proceeds of the sale shall be distributed by the court, and paid by the director general as ordered by the court. 1988, c. 84, s. 337.
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§ 338Section 338Provision

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If there is a surplus, the director general must pay it to the owner whose property was sold.

338. If there is any surplus, the director general shall pay it to the owner whose property was sold. 1988, c. 84, s. 338.
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§ 339Section 339Provision

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Each year before November begins, the director general must prepare a statement of school taxes still unpaid by owners.

339. Before the beginning of the month of November every year, the director general shall prepare a statement of the school taxes remaining due and owing by owners. The statement shall show the name and address of each owner and describe the taxable immovables subject to the school tax according to the assessment roll. The description of the taxable immovables is made in accordance with the provisions of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19) respecting the sale of immovables for non-payment of taxes. 1988, c. 84, s. 339.
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§ 340Section 340Provision

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The statement must be approved by the school service centre’s board of directors, and the director general must send the approved statement to the local municipality’s clerk-treasurer before the beginning of November.

340. The statement contemplated in section 339 shall be submitted to the school service centre’s board of directors for approval. Before the beginning of the month of November, the director general shall transmit the approved statement to the clerk-treasurer of the local municipality governed by the Municipal Code of Québec (chapter C-27.1) in whose territory the immovables are situated. The provisions of the Municipal Code of Québec respecting the sale of immovables for non-payment of taxes, including the redemption of immovables sold, apply. Where the taxes to be collected relate to immovables situated in the territory of a municipality governed by the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), the provisions of that Act respecting the sale of immovables for non-payment of taxes and the redemption of immovables sold apply. 1988, c. 84, s. 340; 1996, c. 2, s. 699; 2020, c. 1, s. 163; 2021, c. 31, s. 132.
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§ 341Section 341Provision

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If the director general receives the listed property statement, they must send the school-tax amount statement to the regional county municipality clerk-treasurer by 31 December, unless already done under section 340; the clerk-treasurer must consider the claim when preparing the list.

341. Where the director general of a school service centre receives from the clerk-treasurer of the municipality a statement of the immovable property to be sold for taxes by the clerk-treasurer of the regional county municipality, he shall, if he has not already done so under section 340 with respect to the clerk-treasurer of the local municipality, forward to the clerk-treasurer of the regional county municipality, before 31 December, a statement showing the amount of school taxes due and affecting each such immovable for school purposes; the clerk-treasurer of the regional county municipality shall take such claim into account in preparing his list. 1988, c. 84, s. 341; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2021, c. 31, s. 132.
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§ 342Section 342Provision

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A school service centre may bid for and buy immovables sold for unpaid school taxes, including through its chair or another authorized person.

342. Where immovables in the territory of a school service centre are put up for sale for non-payment of school taxes, the school service centre may bid for and purchase immovables through its chair or another person authorized by the school service centre, without being bound to pay the purchase price forthwith. The school service centre may also bid for and purchase those immovables at any sale under judicial authority or any other sale having the effect of a sale under judicial authority. In no case, however, may the bid of the school service centre exceed the amount of the school taxes in principal, interest and costs, plus a sufficient amount to satisfy any prior claim of prior or equal rank to the school taxes, in which case the school service centre shall pay the purchase price in the same manner as any other bidder. 1988, c. 84, s. 342; 1992, c. 57, s. 595; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 343Section 343Provision

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The school service centre must record auction-purchased immovables in its own name, and municipal taxes on those immovables are not collectible from it.

343. The school service centre shall enter in its own name the immovables purchased at auction upon the assessment and collection rolls and upon the special apportionment rolls; such immovables shall remain subject to municipal and school taxes like any other immovables and shall be so assessed but the municipal taxes shall not be collectable from the school service centre. If the right of redemption is exercised by the owner of the immovable, the redemption price shall include, in addition to the amount paid by the school service centre for the immovable and interest thereon at 10%, the amount of the municipal and school taxes levied on the immovable from the date of the auction purchase to the date of the redemption, or the instalments due upon such taxes if they are payable by instalments, and also the sums of money owing for municipal and school taxes which were not paid in the distribution of the proceeds of the sale. After the redemption, the undue instalments of special taxes shall continue to encumber the redeemed immovable and the owner shall be liable therefor. If the right of redemption is not exercised within the period fixed by law, the bailiff or clerk, as the case may be, shall draw up and sign a deed of sale in favour of the school service centre and cause it to be registered. 1988, c. 84, s. 343; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2019, c. 5, s. 15; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 344Section 344Provision

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The school service centre must dispose of certain auction-acquired immovables under the regulation in section 272.

344. Immovables acquired at auction by the school service centre which are not redeemed and are not required for the carrying on of its activities shall be disposed of in accordance with the regulation referred to in the second paragraph of section 272. 1988, c. 84, s. 344; 2019, c. 5, s. 16; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
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§ 345Section 345Repeal

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Section 345 is repealed.

345. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 345; 1990, c. 78, s. 54; 2002, c. 10, s. 103; 2018, c. 5, s. 27.
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§ 346Section 346Repeal

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Section 346 is repealed.

346. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 346; 2018, c. 5, s. 27.
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§ 347Section 347Repeal

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347. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 347; 2002, c. 10, s. 104; 2018, c. 5, s. 27.

347. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 347; 2002, c. 10, s. 104; 2018, c. 5, s. 27.
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§ 348Section 348Repeal

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Section 348 is repealed.

348. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 348; 1990, c. 8, s. 38; 1990, c. 28, s. 6; 2018, c. 5, s. 27.
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§ 349Section 349Repeal

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Section 349 is repealed.

349. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 349; 2018, c. 5, s. 27.
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§ 350Section 350Repeal

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350. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 350; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2018, c. 5, s. 27.

350. (Repealed). 1988, c. 84, s. 350; 2008, c. 29, s. 34; 2018, c. 5, s. 27.
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  • Cities and Towns Act

    Section 339

  • Civil Code

    Sections 317.1, 317.2

  • Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25.01). In addition to the grounds mentioned in article 735 of the Code

    Section 331

  • Division IV.3 of Chapter XVIII of the Act

    Section 302

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  • Québec (chapter C-27.1) in whose territory the immovables are situated. The provisions of the Municipal Code

    Section 340

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  • Tax Administration Act

    Section 316

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