BILL NO. 9

(as introduced)

1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006

Government Bill

Municipal Government Act
(amended)

The Honourable Jamie Muir
Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations

First Reading: June 30, 2006

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: November 7, 2006

Third Reading: November 23, 2006 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

This Bill provides

(a) for additional funding for the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial where additional funding is provided to the Halifax Regional School Board;

(b) that the additional funding will be in proportion to the number of students attending Conseil scolaire acadien provincial schools;

(c) that the additional funding will be recovered by area rates and used solely for the benefit of schools in the Halifax Regional Municipality; and

(d) for regulation-making power respecting information to be provided by the school boards to the Halifax Regional Municipality.

530A (1) For the purpose of this Section, "student" means the students who are counted for purposes of calculating the "funding enrolment" under Section 1 of Schedule "A" of the Governor in Council Education Act Regulations made under Section 146 of the Education Act.

(2) Where the council of the Halifax Regional Municipality provides additional funding to the Halifax Regional School Board under subsections 530(1) and (3), the council shall provide additional funding to the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial.

(3) The additional funding for the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial must be

(a) a share of the additional funding provided under subsections 530(1) and (3); or

(b) an amount in addition to the amounts provided under subsections 530(1) and (3).

(4) The Conseil scolaire acadien provincial's additional funding is determined by

(a) in the case of clause 3(a), taking the additional funding provided under each of subsections 530(1) and (3), dividing those amounts, respectively, by the total number of students attending both the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial school and the Halifax Regional School Board school whose civic addresses are within each applicable area and multiplying the resulting amounts for each area by the number of students attending the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial school whose civic addresses are within in each area; and

(b) in the case of clause 3(b), taking the additional funding provided under each of subsections 530(1) and (3), dividing those amounts, respectively, by the total number of students attending the Halifax Regional School Board school whose civic addresses are within each applicable area and multiplying the resulting amounts by the number of students attending the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial school whose civic addresses are within each area.

(5) The additional funding for the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial must be recovered by

(a) in the case of students attending the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial school whose civic addresses are within the area referred to in subsection 530(1), the area rate referred to in subsection 530(2); and

(b) in the case of students attending the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial school whose civic addresses are within the area referred to in subsection 530(3), the area rate referred to in subsection 530(4).

(6) The additional funding provided for the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial must be used solely for the benefit of schools in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

(7) The Minister may make regulations respecting the information to be provided by the Halifax Regional School Board and the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial to the Halifax Regional Municipality.

(8) The exercise by the Minister of the authority contained in subsection (7) is regulations within the meaning of the Regulations Act.

530B Where the council of the Halifax Regional Municipality provides additional funding to the Halifax Regional School Board other than under Section 530, the council shall provide additional funding to the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial in the same manner as is set out in subsections 530A(1) to (4).

2 This Act has effect on and after April 1, 2006, upon the Governor in Council so ordering and declaring by proclamation.