Safe Schools Regulations
Regulation- Registration
- R-010-2016
- Source
- Unofficial consolidation PDF (justice.gov.nt.ca)
- Under
- Education Act
This is an unofficial reading copy parsed from the Department of Justice consolidation PDF above — itself an office consolidation, not an official statement of the law. The authoritative text is in the Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories, 1988 and the annual Statutes volumes.
- s.3 amended by An Act to Amend the Education Act
The Minister, under section 151 of the Education Act and every enabling power, makes the Safe Schools Regulations.
The Territorial School Code of Conduct, set out in the Schedule, is established.
(1) A safe schools plan established by an education body under section 34.1 of the Act must include a requirement that each school establish a Safe and Caring School Committee.
(2) A Safe and Caring School Committee must include the following members:
(a) the principal of the school;
(b) a teacher representative from the school.
(3) A Safe and Caring School Committee may include any other members the school considers appropriate, including the following:
(a) a parent representative whose child attends the school;
(b) a member of the community other than a principal, teacher or parent of a student.
(4) A safe schools plan must include policies and guidelines with respect to
(a) the reporting, by students, parents, guardians and other persons, of incidents of bullying;
(b) the documentation, by the school and the education body, of incidents of bullying; and
(c) a timely and appropriate response by the school and the education body to incidents of bullying.
(5) A safe schools plan must include bullying prevention, intervention and education strategies that
(a) integrate evidence-based healthy relationships programming into the school curriculum and daily classroom activities;
(b) target the entire learning community, including students, parents, school staff and community members;
(c) address specific issues identified by individual schools;
(d) provide students with the skills and confidence to resolve conflict in a non-violent way; and
(e) teach students safe intervention and proactive reporting skills.
(6) A safe schools plan must include a requirement that each school develop an emergency response plan that addresses, but is not limited to, evacuation and lockdown procedures.
These regulations come into force on the day An Act to Amend the Education Act, S.N.W.T. 2013, c.18, comes into force.
SCHEDULE (Section 1)
TERRITORIAL SCHOOL CODE OF CONDUCT
The purpose of the Territorial School Code of Conduct is to promote a positive learning environment in the Northwest Territories. Students, parents, elders, school staff and all members of the school community have the shared responsibility to establish an effective education system in a safe, respectful and caring atmosphere.
School Community Responsibilities and Rights:
1. To refrain from engaging in activity that disrupts or threatens to disrupt school operation.
2. To refrain from engaging in activity that interferes or threatens to interfere with the public or private rights of others.
3. To take a sense of ownership and responsibility for excellence in academics.
4. To ensure the physical safety and personal security of oneself and all others, exercising respect and self-discipline, and to refrain from engaging in assaultive behaviour.
5. To promote equity and fair treatment of oneself and others.
6. To refrain from discriminating against others, including on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, nationality, ethnic origin, place of origin, creed, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family status, family affiliation, political belief, political association or social condition.
7. To recognize Canada’s and the Northwest Territories’ multi-cultural heritage, and to respect the value of different linguistic, cultural, historical, political and spiritual backgrounds.
8. To respect the different ideas and perspectives of others.
9. To develop meaningful relationships with self and others.
10. To build a strong sense of self, school and community.
11. To encourage and practice ethical behaviour with honesty and integrity.
12. To use kind and respectful language and conduct when communicating with others.
13. To respect one’s own property and the property of others and of the school.
14. To personally refrain from and discourage others from possessing or using any kind of weapon at school.
15. To refrain from possessing, using, selling, purchasing or exchanging any illegal substances or paraphernalia.
16. To refrain from possessing, using, selling, purchasing, exchanging or being under the influence of intoxicating substances while at school.