2nd Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
The Honourable Jamie Muir
Minister of Education
First Reading: May 10, 2006
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
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.
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;