BILL NO. 12
(as introduced)
1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
Education Act
(amended)
The Honourable Karen Casey
Minister of Education
First Reading: June 30, 2006
Second Reading: November 2, 2006
Third Reading: November 23, 2006 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)
Explanatory Note
This Bill adds regulation-making authority
(a) prescribing restrictions and conditions on teacher certificates and teaching permits;
(b) authorizing teachers to surrender their certificate or teaching permit;
(c) respecting the reporting within and outside Nova Scotia of the suspension or cancellation of teacher's certificates and teaching permits as well as restrictions and conditions on them; and
(d) respecting the disclosure of information pertaining to the suspensions or cancellation of or the restrictions or conditions on a teacher's certificate or teaching permit.
An Act to Amend Chapter 1
of the Acts of 1995-96,
the Education Act
1 Subsection 146(1) of Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1995-96, the Education Act, as amended by Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2002, is further amended by adding immediately after clause (e) the following clauses:
(eb) authorizing the holder of a teacher's certificate or a teaching permit to surrender the certificate or teaching permit;
(ec) respecting the reporting of the suspension or cancellation of, or restrictions or conditions on, a teacher's certificate or a teaching permit to school boards in the Province and teacher certification authorities within and outside Canada;
(ed) respecting the disclosure of information pertaining to the suspension or cancellation of, or restrictions or conditions on, a teacher's certificate or teaching permit;
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