Current School Bus Route Information and School Closures

FILE: BCD

The following items shall be resolved by by-law:

a) amendments to by-laws

b) where required by the Public Schools Act

c) rules of procedure of the Board and rules relative to the organization of meetings of the Board

d) school closures

1. Every by-law of the Board shall receive three separate readings previous to its being passed.

2. No more than two readings of any by-law shall be given at any one meeting unless, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board, this requirement is suspended.

3. On the first reading, the title and purpose of the by-law shall be read, and on such first reading the by-law shall not be discussed or amended.

4. When the second reading of the by-law shall be moved, the principle of the by-law may be discussed and it shall be lawful for the Board to reject, defer or amend the by-law and a motion may be made to that effect.

5. On the second reading of the by-law, the title only of such by-law need be read, unless a member of the Board shall request it to be read clause by clause, and on the second and third reading such by-law may be amended.

6. On the third reading of a by-law the title only need be read.

7. Every by-law which has passed the Board shall immediately be signed by the chairman, or other presiding officer, and the superintendent/secretary-treasurer. In the absence of the superintendent/secretary-treasurer from the meeting or through illness, the assistant superintendent shall have full power to sign any by-law passed at a meeting at which he is present and seal the name with the seal of the Board.

8. Borrowing by-laws shall be handled in the manner prescribed by the Municipal Board.

Adopted: Feb. 26, 1976

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