Tlicho Education Division Regulations

(a) provide education to all students in accordance with the Act and the regulations made under the Act;

(b) administer and manage the educational affairs of the Agency in accordance with the Act and the regulations made under the Act;

(c) enter into agreements with health, justice, social services and other community agencies for the provision of support services to students in addition to those provided under subsection 7(2) of the Act where, in the opinion of the Agency, the services are necessary for the effective delivery of the education program and individual education plans;

(d) provide support services in accordance with the directions of the Minister under subsection 7(2) of the Act;

(e) provide library, audio-visual and other resource materials;

(f) provide direction to and supervise the Superintendent in the recruitment, hiring, employment, discipline and dismissal of education staff and school staff in accordance with the Act, the regulations made under the Act and the Public Service Act;

(g) employ a Superintendent outside the public service;

(h) set out powers and duties of the Superintendent, in addition to those set out in the Act;

(i) monitor, evaluate and direct the delivery of school programs to assure the highest possible education standards in the schools;

(j) evaluate school program plans and provide direction with respect to those plans;

(k) in accordance with the regulations made under the Act, establish and advise the Minister of the hours for the academic year for schools, the opening and closing dates for schools and dates for vacations and for the observance of holidays for schools;

(l) prepare and submit to the Minister the reports and evaluations required by the Act and the regulations made under the Act;

(m) follow the directions of the Minister;

(n) provide accommodation to senior secondary students in accordance with section 10 of the Act;

(o) obtain a corporate seal;

(p) employ and bond a financial officer or officers as it considers necessary;

(q) receive the moneys that are provided by grant or contribution by the Minister for the use of the Agency for the delivery of the education program;

(r) make expenditures to meet the requirements of the education program and the Act and supervise and be accountable for all expenditures;

(s) keep a full and accurate record of its proceedings and financial transactions and affairs;

(t) maintain insurance as directed by the Minister;

(u) subject to subsection 136(5) of the Act, prepare for the approval of the Minister, in accordance with the planning and accountability framework defined in subsection 1(1) of the Financial Administration Act and the regulations under that Act, an annual estimate of revenue and expenditures for the operation and maintenance of the education program for the next school year;

(v) subject to subsection 136(5) of the Act, prepare, for the approval of the Minister and in accordance with the planning and accountability framework defined in subsection 1(1) of the Financial Administration Act, and the regulations under that Act, an annual estimate of revenue and expenditures for all capital items for the education program for the next school year; and

(w) prepare, for the approval of the Minister and in accordance with the regulations made under the Act, an operational plan for the education program.

(a) develop and produce learning resources and materials to support the delivery of culture based school programs and other local programs;

(b) advise the Minister regarding the issuance of honourary teaching certificates to elders;

(c) authorize, supervise and evaluate the use of distance learning programs in the provision of the education program;

(d) charge fees for goods and services that it provides but that are not required for the instruction of the education program;

(e) provide transportation to students to enable them to have access to the education program and, where in the opinion of the Agency it is necessary, fix fees to be charged for that transportation;

(f) operate student residences and home boarding programs for students to enable them to have access to the education program and, where in the opinion of the Agency it is necessary, fix fees to be charged for that residence or program;

(g) establish committees of the Agency and assign powers and duties to those committees;

(h) establish committees, including parents’ advisory committees, whose members are not members of the Agency, to advise the Agency respecting education issues;

(i) provide interpreter and translator services to assist in the conduct of the business of the Agency;

(j) pay an honorarium and expenses to each of its members in accordance with the regulations made under the Act;

(k) acquire personal property by gift, devise, lease, purchase or otherwise, and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its personal property;

(l) establish and charge tuition fees in respect of students in accordance with the Act;

(m) collect or maintain information that affects decisions made about the education of a student and maintain a record of the decisions;

(n) allow persons who do not reside in the Education Division or whose parent does not reside in the Territories to register with a school under subsection 14(1) or section 15 of the Act;

(o) enter into agreements with other education bodies to deliver the education program including the payment of tuition in the circumstances set out in subsection 14(2) of the Act;

(p) enter into agreements regarding aboriginal schools;

(q) with the approval of the student, or where that student is a minor, the student’s parent, enter into an agreement with another education body to enable the student to attend school in an education district other than the one in which the student resides where

(r) employ outside the public service, school staff, other than teachers, whom the Agency considers necessary for the effective operation of the education program or for individual education plans;

(s) enter into agreements with other education bodies for the transfer of teachers;

(t) provide for the payment of a pension to a person employed outside the public service under paragraph (r), on that person’s retirement on account of age or disability;

(u) allow an employee to take a leave of absence for educational purposes;

(v) arrange and pay for the bonding of one or more financial officers;

(w) join and pay the fees of educational associations; and

(x) enter into contracts for the provision of services to support the school program or individual education plans.

(y) Repealed, R-018-2001,s.2.