Education Act
R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER E.2
Consolidation Period: From April 27, 2008 to the e-Laws currency date.
Last amendment: 2008, c. 2.
CONTENTS
Interpretation, other general matters | |
PART I | |
Ministry continued | |
Annual report | |
Additions to enrolment in special cases | |
Closing of school or class | |
Powers of Minister | |
Collection and use of personal information | |
Accounting statement related to assistance by Ministry | |
Powers of Minister | |
Report on new teacher induction program | |
Regulations | |
Regulations re provincial interest | |
Agreements with Canada | |
Schools for deaf, blind; demonstration schools | |
Teacher education | |
Leadership training camps | |
Intention to operate private school | |
Variation of scholarships and awards | |
Ontario Parent Council | |
PART II | |
Definition of “guardian”: ss. 21, 24, 26, 28, 30 | |
Closing of school or class by board | |
Closing of schools on civic holiday | |
Compulsory attendance | |
Transition, person who has already left school | |
Where school year varied | |
Provincial School Attendance Counsellor | |
School attendance counsellors | |
Powers and duties of counsellors | |
Census | |
Reports and information | |
Provincial counsellor as trustee | |
Offences: non-attendance | |
Proceedings under s. 30: rules | |
Resident pupil right to attend school | |
Resident pupil qualification, elementary | |
Kindergarten | |
Resident pupil’s right to attend more accessible elementary school | |
Resident pupil qualification, secondary | |
Admission of adult resident who is not a resident pupil | |
Limitation on right to attend without payment of fee | |
Resident pupil’s right to attend secondary school in another district or zone | |
Admission to secondary school of resident pupil from other district or zone | |
Admission to secondary school | |
Movement between types of boards: secondary school | |
Movement between types of boards: overlapping areas | |
Regulations: supporter non-resident attendance rights | |
Regulations: non-supporter resident – attendance rights based on business property | |
Regulations: attendance rights of 16 and 17 year olds | |
Admission where pupil moves into residence not assessed in accordance with his or her school support | |
Admission where one parent is sole support | |
Tax exempt land | |
Residence on defence property | |
Admission of ward, etc., of children’s aid society or training school | |
Child in custody of corporation or society | |
Right to continue attending a school | |
Fee payable | |
Persons unlawfully in Canada | |
Adult persons | |
PART II.1 | |
Visitors | |
Residents other than supporters entitled to vote | |
Religious instruction | |
Religious education | |
Visitors | |
Residents other than supporters entitled to vote | |
Student trustees | |
Territory Without Municipal Organization in Area of Jurisdiction of a School Authority | |
Regulations | |
Special Education Tribunals | |
Special education advisory committees | |
Education Relations Commission | |
Municipal charges | |
PART II.2 | |
Regulations: district school boards | |
Transition, including transfers from old boards to district school boards | |
Purpose of authority under clauses 58.1 (2) (p), (q), s. 58.2 | |
General or particular: ss. 58.1 and 58.2 | |
Corporate status | |
District school boards deemed to be local boards | |
Conduct of elections | |
Electors for French-language district school boards | |
Entitlement to vote: general | |
PART III | |
District school area boards | |
New district school areas | |
Composition of district school area boards | |
Elections and meetings of electors | |
Conduct of elections under Municipal Elections Act, 1996 | |
Elections | |
District school area board to be inactive | |
Secondary school districts | |
Schools on exempt land | |
PART IV | |
Boundaries of zones | |
Establishment of separate school zones | |
Powers of board members | |
Right to vote in year of establishment of zone | |
Legislative grants | |
Formation of combined separate school zones | |
Detaching school zone from combined school zone | |
Discontinuing school authority: vote of supporters | |
Regulation | |
Residing outside municipality | |
Rural separate school boards | |
Duties, rural boards | |
Annual meeting | |
Where municipality may conduct election | |
Secretary of board as returning officer | |
Board members where combined zone is formed or altered | |
PART IV.1 | |
Plan re secondary school | |
Rights relating to separate school extension | |
Interpretation: references to ten school year period and to Roman Catholic school board | |
Enforcement | |
PART V | |
Establishment of Protestant separate school | |
Protestant board: share of legislative grants | |
Qualification of a voter | |
Members of board | |
Corporate name of board | |
Powers of board | |
Attendance rights | |
Discontinuing board | |
Application of other sections | |
PART VI | |
Duties of boards | |
Class size | |
Minimum teaching time | |
Teachers’ assistants, etc. | |
Powers of boards | |
Agreements to co-operate | |
Establishment of scholarships, etc. | |
Insurance: accident, liability, etc. | |
Insurance for employees | |
Pensions | |
Retirement allowances | |
Sick leave credits | |
Agreements to provide accommodation or services for another board | |
Transfer of French-language secondary school | |
Agreements for joint use, etc. | |
Agreement for education at other school | |
Admission of pupils to Indian schools | |
Closing of school by board | |
Agreements re pupils in federal establishments | |
Agreements re education of Indian pupils | |
Agreements for adult basic education | |
Agreements re equivalent learning | |
Transportation of pupils | |
Honorarium for members of boards | |
Expenses | |
Deemed expenses | |
Property vested in board for school purposes | |
Dealings with property | |
Dealings with property | |
Dealings with property | |
Agreement for multi-use building | |
Dealings with land for out-of-classroom programs | |
Duties of officers | |
Responsibility of officers | |
Definition | |
Establishment of committee | |
Composition | |
Committee process | |
Resources provided by board | |
Powers of committee | |
Open meetings of boards | |
Board meetings | |
Regulations: electronic meetings | |
Declaration | |
Arbitrators to send copy of award to board, etc. | |
False declaration | |
Disturbances | |
Acting while disqualified, etc. | |
Promotion or sale of books, etc., by employees of board or Ministry to board, pupil, etc., prohibited | |
Application for declaration that seat vacant | |
PART VII | |
Qualifications of members | |
Members to remain in office | |
Vacancies | |
Elections for three member boards | |
Vacancy in rural separate school board before incorporation | |
Vacancies near election times | |
Election to fill vacancy | |
Appointment of board members on failure of qualified person | |
Tie vote | |
Seat vacated by conviction, absence etc. | |
In person attendance required | |
PART VIII | |
Investigation, board compliance with certain requirements | |
Appointment of investigator | |
Minister’s powers on reviewing report: directions | |
Vesting order | |
Control exercisable by Minister | |
Exercise of board jurisdiction subject to order | |
Exclusive jurisdiction | |
Powers of Minister | |
Forms of certificates, notices, etc. | |
Powers exercisable for and in name of board | |
Minister to have access to all records | |
Powers to enforce directions, orders, etc. | |
Injunction against exercise of board powers | |
Combining board offices | |
Expenses | |
Conflict | |
Revocation of order | |
Legislation Act, 2006, Part III | |
Denominational, linguistic and cultural issues | |
PART IX | |
DIVISION A | |
Fiscal year | |
Estimates | |
Regulations re estimates | |
Reserve following strike, lock-out | |
Legislative grants | |
Boards to share in municipal grants | |
Notice re status as supporter | |
School support, partnership or corporation other than designated ratepayer | |
School support, designated ratepayers | |
Tenant support re distribution of amounts levied | |
School rate: certain circumstances | |
Investment powers | |
Debt, financial obligation and liability limits | |
Current borrowing | |
Provincial guarantee of debentures etc. | |
Payments re certain debentures | |
Rules re certain debentures | |
Borrowing for permanent improvements | |
Corporation to assist with board financing | |
Agreements | |
Fees or charges for trailers in municipality | |
Fee for trailers in territory without municipal organization | |
Financial statements | |
Appointment of auditor | |
Custody of books, etc. | |
Recreation committees | |
Rates for certain public libraries | |
Court proceeding | |
When fees payable by boards | |
Transition: notice of support by certain partnerships, corporations | |
Tax relief, etc., in unorganized territory | |
Regulations re transitional matters | |
Type of board for Assessment Act purposes | |
DIVISION B | |
Definitions | |
Property taxable for school purposes | |
Levying of tax rates for school purposes | |
Business property, distribution of amounts levied | |
Residential property, distribution of amounts levied | |
Powers of municipality, board levying rates | |
Territory without municipal organization | |
When amounts paid to boards | |
Regulations, Minister of Finance | |
Requisitions for amounts on business property | |
School tax rates for commercial and industrial classes | |
Vacant unit rebate | |
Deferrals | |
Reductions | |
Regulations, unpaid taxes in territory being organized | |
Regulations, Minister of Education and Training | |
DIVISION C | |
Interpretation | |
Rates set by boards | |
Assessment rateable under s. 257.16 | |
Agreements with municipalities re collection | |
Collection powers of boards | |
Designation by individuals re business property | |
Limitation on s. 257.20 where residential property assessed | |
Designation by corporations sole re business assessment | |
Assessment of certain tenants | |
Tenant priority | |
Regulations re property classes and tax ratios | |
Determination of rates | |
Regulations | |
Borrowing powers of Roman Catholic boards | |
Notice to assessment commissioner | |
DIVISION D | |
Investigation of board’s financial affairs | |
Minister’s powers on reviewing report: directions | |
Vesting order | |
Control exercisable by Minister | |
Powers of Minister re debt | |
Certain debenture and other debt not to form part of debt after order of Minister | |
Variation or cancellation of subsisting agreements | |
Minister to approve debenture, instrument issues | |
Minister to have control over money and its application | |
Exercise of board jurisdiction subject to order | |
Exclusive jurisdiction | |
Powers of Minister | |
Forms of certificates, notices, etc. | |
Powers exercisable for and in name of board | |
Minister to have access to all records | |
Powers to enforce orders | |
Injunction against exercise of board powers | |
Combining board offices | |
Expenses | |
Conflict | |
Revocation of order | |
Legislation Act, 2006, Part III | |
Denominational, linguistic and cultural issues | |
DIVISION E | |
Interpretation | |
Education development charge by-law | |
Exemption for industrial development | |
When by-law effective | |
If jurisdiction divided into regions | |
Duration of education development charge by-law | |
Contents of by-law | |
Review of policies | |
Education development charge background study | |
By-law within one year after study | |
Public meeting before by-law passed | |
Notice of by-law and time for appeal | |
Appeal of by-law after passed | |
Secretary’s duties on appeal | |
OMB hearing of appeal | |
When OMB ordered repeals, amendments effective | |
Refunds, if OMB repeals by-law, etc. | |
Amendment of by-law | |
When amendment effective | |
Process before passing amendment | |
Notice of amendment and time for appeal | |
Appeal of amending by-law after passed | |
Secretary’s duties on appeal | |
OMB hearing of appeal | |
When OMB ordered repeals, amendments effective | |
Refunds, if OMB repeals by-law, etc. | |
Non-application of certain provisions to OMB amendments | |
When charge payable | |
Who charge payable to | |
Education development charge reserve funds | |
Withholding of building permit until charge paid | |
Land given for credit | |
Complaint to council of municipality | |
Notice of decision and time for appeal | |
Appeal of council’s decision | |
Clerk’s duties on appeal | |
OMB hearing of appeal | |
Refund if education development charge reduced | |
Payment if education development charge increased | |
Territory without municipal organization | |
Areas where province issues building permits | |
Different types of boards treated the same | |
Registration of by-law | |
Recovery of unpaid amounts, lien on land | |
Reports by municipalities to boards | |
Statement of treasurer | |
Board may borrow from reserve fund | |
No right of petition | |
Regulations | |
Interpretation | |
By-law under the old Act | |
Certain old requests, appeals | |
Regulations, transition | |
DIVISION F | |
Operation of Division C | |
Legislative committee review | |
PART X | |
Probationary period | |
Membership in Ontario College of Teachers | |
Termination of contract where welfare of school involved | |
Duties of teacher | |
Duties of principal | |
Pupil records | |
Definition of “personal information” | |
Assignment of numbers | |
Privacy re education numbers | |
Offence | |
Regulations | |
PART X.0.1 | |
Interpretation | |
New teacher induction program | |
Principal’s role | |
Teacher participation | |
Minister’s guidelines | |
Board to report to College | |
Regulations | |
Transitional provisions | |
Implementation of program | |
Application of old s. 277.29 | |
Teacher new to the board | |
Teacher new to the profession | |
PART X.1 | |
Interpretation | |
Labour Relations Act, 1995 | |
Teachers’ bargaining units, district school boards | |
Teachers’ bargaining units, school authorities | |
Occasional teachers | |
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario | |
Combined bargaining unit | |
Appropriate bargaining units, bargaining agents | |
Joint negotiations | |
Arbitration | |
Terms of collective agreements | |
Conflict | |
Enforcement of Part X.1 | |
PART X.2 | |
Purpose of Part | |
Interpretation | |
Application to certain schools | |
Delegation of principal’s duties, powers | |
Delegation of supervisory officer’s duties, powers | |
Appraisals by different individuals | |
Board rules, certain circumstances | |
Regulations, certain circumstances | |
Board policies and rules, general | |
Compliance with timelines | |
Initial application | |
Application starting 2002 | |
Application starting 2003 | |
Application, 2004 | |
Appraisals, teachers other than new teachers | |
New teacher appraisals | |
Evaluation cycle begins | |
Regulations: standards, methods and results | |
Additional competencies, processes, etc. | |
Minister’s guidelines | |
Performance appraisal document, etc. | |
Interpretation, school days | |
Initial unsatisfactory rating | |
Second unsatisfactory rating | |
Review status | |
Board decision | |
Notice to Ontario College of Teachers | |
Process Following Rating That is Not Satisfactory – New Teachers | |
Initial not satisfactory rating | |
Second not satisfactory rating | |
Review status | |
Board decision | |
Notice to Ontario College of Teachers | |
Arbitration under collective agreements | |
Board to receive copies of appraisals | |
Boards to request copies of appraisals | |
Regulations | |
Information | |
PART XI | |
Qualifications of supervisory officers | |
Supervisory officers and director of education: district school boards | |
Appointment of director of education: school authorities | |
Chief executive officer | |
Supervisory officers: school authorities | |
Responsibility of supervisory officer | |
Duties of supervisory officers | |
Suspension or dismissal of supervisory officer by board | |
Principals, vice-principals | |
PART XI.1 | |
Purpose of Part | |
Interpretation | |
Regulations: performance appraisals, principals, etc. | |
Additional competencies, processes, etc. | |
Minister’s guidelines | |
Interpretation of Part | |
PART XII | |
French-language district school boards | |
English-language district school boards | |
Language of instruction: school authorities other than s. 67 boards | |
Language of instruction: s. 67 boards | |
Provisions Relating to District School Boards and School Authorities | |
English as a subject of instruction | |
Admission of pupils other than French-speaking persons where French is language of instruction | |
French-language rights holders groups | |
Commission continued | |
Mediators | |
Duties of Commission and of school authority | |
Second resolution by school authority | |
Reconsideration by Commission | |
PART XIII | |
Interpretation | |
Provincial code of conduct | |
Board’s policies and guidelines governing conduct | |
Local codes of conduct | |
Opening and closing exercises at schools | |
Access to school premises | |
Activities leading to possible suspension | |
Only one suspension per occurrence | |
Notice of suspension | |
Appeal of suspension | |
Activities leading to suspension | |
Notice of suspension | |
Investigation following suspension | |
Appeal of suspension | |
Expulsion hearing by board | |
If pupil not expelled | |
If pupil expelled | |
Notice of expulsion | |
Appeal of expulsion | |
Programs for suspended, expelled pupils | |
Status of expelled pupil | |
Powers of other board | |
Return to school after expulsion | |
Clarification: successful completion of program | |
Return to original school after expulsion | |
Clarification: resident pupils | |
Transitional provisions | |
Old Part XIII applies | |
Expulsions under old Part XIII | |
Pupil subject to limited expulsion | |
Pupil subject to full expulsion | |
Regulations – transitional | |
Personal information | |
Regulations | |
PART XIII.1 | |
Interpretation | |
Trans fat prohibition | |
Vending machines | |
Regulations | |
PART XIV | |
Education Improvement Commission | |
Function of Commission | |
Legislation Act, 2006, Part III | |
Protection from liability | |
Personal information | |
When Education Improvement Commission power may be exercised | |
Authority of district school boards before 1998 | |
Interpretation and Other General Matters
Interpretation, other general matters
1. (1) In this Act and the regulations, except where otherwise provided in the Act or regulations,
“band” and “council of the band” have the same meaning as in the Indian Act (Canada); (“bande”, “conseil de bande”)
“board” means a district school board or a school authority; (“conseil”, “conseil scolaire”)
“business property” means business property as defined in section 257.5; (“bien d’entreprise”)
“co-instructional activities” means activities other than providing instruction that,
(a) support the operation of schools,
(b) enrich pupils’ school-related experience, whether within or beyond the instructional program, or
(c) advance pupils’ education and education-related goals,
and includes but is not limited to activities having to do with school-related sports, arts and cultural activities, parent-teacher and pupil-teacher interviews, letters of support for pupils, staff meetings and school functions but does not include activities specified in a regulation made under subsection (1.2); (“activités complémentaires”)
“combined separate school zone” means a union of two or more separate school zones; (“zone unifiée d’écoles séparées”)
“continuing education instructor” means a person employed to provide instruction in a continuing education course or class established in accordance with the regulations, other than those courses or classes for which membership in the Ontario College of Teachers is required under the regulations; (“instructeur de l’éducation permanente”)
“continuing education teacher” means a teacher employed to teach a continuing education course or class established in accordance with the regulations for which membership in the Ontario College of Teachers is required by the regulations; (“enseignant de l’éducation permanente”)
“credit” means recognition granted to a pupil by a principal as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the pupil has successfully completed a quantity of work that,
(a) has been specified by the principal in accordance with the requirements of the Minister, and
(b) is acceptable to the Minister as partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Ontario secondary school diploma, the secondary school graduation diploma or the secondary school honour graduation diploma, as the case may be; (“crédit”)
“current expenditure” means an expenditure, for operating purposes or for a permanent improvement, from funds other than funds,
(a) advanced under a mortgage, or
(b) arising from the sale of a debenture or an instrument prescribed under clause 247 (3) (f), from a capital loan or from a loan pending the sale of a debenture or such an instrument; (“dépenses courantes”)
“current revenue” means all amounts earned by a board, together with the amounts to which it becomes entitled, other than by borrowing, that may be used to meet its expenditures; (“recettes courantes”)
“debt charge” means the amount of money necessary annually,
(a) to pay the principal due on long-term debt not payable from a sinking fund, a retirement fund or a fund prescribed under clause 247 (3) (e),
(b) to provide a fund for the redemption of debentures or instruments prescribed under clause 247 (3) (f) payable from a sinking fund, a retirement fund or a fund prescribed under clause 247 (3) (e), and
(c) to pay the interest due on all debt referred to in clauses (a) and (b); (“service de la dette”)
“district municipality” means a local municipality in a territorial district; (“municipalité de district”)
“district school area” means a school section in the territorial districts that is not a school section of a district school board or a school section designated under section 68; (“secteur scolaire de district”)
“district school board” means,
(a) an English-language public district school board,
(b) an English-language separate district school board,
(c) a French-language public district school board, or
(d) a French-language separate district school board; (“conseil scolaire de district”)
“driver’s licence” has the same meaning as in the Highway Traffic Act; (“permis de conduire”)
“education authority” means a corporation that is incorporated by one or more bands or councils of bands for the purpose of providing for the educational needs of the members of the band or bands; (“commission indienne de l’éducation”)
“elementary school” means a school in which instruction is given in some or all of the primary division, junior division and intermediate division but not in the senior division; (“école élémentaire”)
“English-language district school board” means an English-language public district school board or an English-language separate district school board; (“conseil scolaire de district de langue anglaise”)
“English-language public board” means,
(a) an English-language public district school board, or
(b) a public school authority; (“conseil public de langue anglaise”)
“English-language public board supporter” means a person who is an owner or tenant of residential property in the area of jurisdiction of a board and who is not,
(a) a separate school supporter,
(b) a French-language public district school board supporter, or
(c) a Protestant separate school board supporter; (“contribuable des conseils publics de langue anglaise”)
“English-language Roman Catholic board” means,
(a) an English-language separate district school board, or
(b) a Roman Catholic school authority; (“conseil catholique de langue anglaise”)
“English-language Roman Catholic board supporter” means a Roman Catholic,
(a) who is shown as an English-language Roman Catholic board supporter on the school support list as prepared or revised by the assessment commissioner under section 16 of the Assessment Act, or
(b) who is declared to be an English-language Roman Catholic board supporter as a result of a final decision rendered in proceedings commenced under the Assessment Act,
and includes his or her Roman Catholic spouse; (“contribuable des conseils catholiques de langue anglaise”)
“equivalent learning” means a learning situation that falls outside the instruction traditionally provided by a board, that is approved under paragraph 3.0.1 of subsection 8 (1) and for which a pupil’s success can be reasonably evaluated; (“apprentissage équivalent”)
“exceptional pupil” means a pupil whose behavioural, communicational, intellectual, physical or multiple exceptionalities are such that he or she is considered to need placement in a special education program by a committee, established under subparagraph iii of paragraph 5 of subsection 11 (1), of the board,
(a) of which the pupil is a resident pupil,
(b) that admits or enrols the pupil other than pursuant to an agreement with another board for the provision of education, or
(c) to which the cost of education in respect of the pupil is payable by the Minister; (“élève en difficulté”)
“French-language district school board” means a French-language public district school board or a French-language separate district school board; (“conseil scolaire de district de langue française”)
“French-language district school board supporter” means a French-language public district school board supporter or a French-language separate district school board supporter; (“contribuable des conseils scolaires de district de langue française”)
“French-language instructional unit” means a class, group of classes or school in which the French language or Quebec sign language is the language of instruction but does not include a class, group of classes or school established under paragraph 25 of subsection 8 (1); (“module scolaire de langue française”)
“French-language public district school board supporter” means a French-language rights holder,
(a) who is shown as a French-language public district school board supporter on the school support list as prepared or revised by the assessment commissioner under section 16 of the Assessment Act, or
(b) who is declared to be a French-language public district school board supporter as a result of a final decision rendered in proceedings commenced under the Assessment Act,
and includes his or her spouse if the spouse is a French-language rights holder; (“contribuable des conseils scolaires de district publics de langue française”)
“French-language rights holder” means a person who has the right under subsection 23 (1) or (2), without regard to subsection 23 (3), of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to have his or her children receive their primary and secondary school instruction in the French language in Ontario; (“titulaire des droits liés au français”)
“French-language separate district school board supporter” means a Roman Catholic French-language rights holder,
(a) who is shown as a French-language separate district school board supporter on the school support list as prepared or revised by the assessment commissioner under section 16 of the Assessment Act, or
(b) who is declared to be a French-language separate district school board supporter as a result of a final decision rendered in proceedings commenced under the Assessment Act,
and includes his or her Roman Catholic spouse if the spouse is a French-language rights holder; (“contribuable des conseils scolaires de district séparés de langue française”)
“French-speaking person” means a child of a person who has the right under subsection 23 (1) or (2), without regard to subsection 23 (3), of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to have his or her children receive their primary and secondary school instruction in the French-language in Ontario; (“francophone”)
“guardian” means a person who has lawful custody of a child, other than the parent of the child; (“tuteur”)
“head office” of a board means the place at which the minute book, financial statements and records, and seal of the board are ordinarily kept; (“siège”)
“Indian” has the same meaning as in the Indian Act (Canada); (“Indien”)
“intermediate division” means the division of the organization of a school comprising the first four years of the program of studies immediately following the junior division; (“cycle intermédiaire”)
“judge” means a judge of the Superior Court of Justice; (“juge”)
“junior division” means the division of the organization of a school comprising the first three years of the program of studies immediately following the primary division; (“cycle moyen”)
“Minister” means the Minister of Education and Training; (“ministre”)
“Ministry” means the Ministry of Education and Training; (“ministère”)
“municipality” means a local municipality; (“municipalité”)
“old board” has the same meaning as “board” in subsection 1 (1) of this Act, as it read immediately before the Education Quality Improvement Act, 1997 received Royal Assent, and includes The Metropolitan Toronto School Board but does not include a school authority; (“ancien conseil”)
“part-time teacher” means a teacher employed by a board on a regular basis for other than full-time duty; (“enseignant à temps partiel”)
“permanent improvement” includes,
(a) a school site and an addition or improvement to a school site,
(b) a building used for instructional purposes and any addition, alteration or improvement to a building used for instructional purposes,
(c) any addition, alteration or improvement to an administration building,
(d) a teacher’s residence or caretaker’s residence, a storage building for equipment and supplies, and any addition, alteration or improvement to such a residence or storage building,
(e) furniture, furnishings, library books, instructional equipment and apparatus, and equipment required for maintenance of the property described in clauses (a) to (d) or in clause (f),
(f) a bus or other vehicle, including watercraft, for the transportation of pupils,
(g) the obtaining of a water supply or an electrical power supply on the school property or the conveying of a water supply or an electrical power supply to the school from outside the school property,
(h) initial payments or contributions for past service pensions to a pension plan for officers and other employees of the board,
(i) any property, work, undertaking or matter prescribed under subsection (6); (“amélioration permanente”)
“population” means the population as determined by the assessment commissioner from the last municipal enumeration as updated under the provisions of the Assessment Act; (“population”)
“primary division” means the division of the organization of a school comprising junior kindergarten, kindergarten and the first three years of the program of studies immediately following kindergarten; (“cycle primaire”)
“principal” means a teacher appointed by a board to perform in respect of a school the duties of a principal under this Act and the regulations; (“directeur d’école”)
“private school” means an institution at which instruction is provided at any time between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on any school day for five or more pupils who are of or over compulsory school age in any of the subjects of the elementary or secondary school courses of study and that is not a school as defined in this section; (“école privée”)
“provincial supervisory officer” means a supervisory officer employed in the Ministry; (“agent provincial de supervision”)
“public board” means,
(a) a public district school board, or
(b) a public school authority; (“conseil public”)
“public district school board” means,
(a) an English-language public district school board, or
(b) a French-language public district school board; (“conseil scolaire de district public”)
“public school” means a school under the jurisdiction of a public board; (“école publique”)
“public school authority” means,
(a) a board of a district school area,
(b) a board of a secondary school district established under section 67, or
(c) a board established under section 68; (“administration scolaire publique”)
“regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”)
“reserve fund” means a reserve fund established under section 417 of the Municipal Act, 2001 or section 7 or 8 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as the case may be; (“fonds de réserve”)
“residential property” means residential property as defined in section 257.5; (“bien résidentiel”)
“Roman Catholic” includes a member of an Eastern Rite Catholic Church that is in union with the See of Rome; (“catholique”)
“Roman Catholic board” means,
(a) a separate district school board, or
(b) a Roman Catholic school authority; (“conseil catholique”)
“Roman Catholic school authority&#