School Planning Councils
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/spc

Parents are welcome to attend School Planning Council meetings

On April 15, 2002, the provincial government introduced a vast array of changes in the School Act through Bill 34. The Bill includes changes to Parent Advisory Councils, District Parent Advisory Councils, to 'catchment areas' and where you can send your child to school, plus appoints Ministry "special advisors" to school boards, permits boards to be replaced (i.e. fired) for unspecified reasons, and introduces 'accountability contracts' for schools/boards. The Bill creates a new 5-person "school planning council" for each school: principal, one teacher and three parents (to be elected from parents once a year). The Parent Advisory Council's role has been changed. Wheras under the current Act a school's whole PAC has the right to advise the school and board 'respecting any matter relating to the school', under the proposed Bill, this PAC role has been changed to advising only on those matters not assigned to the school planning council. The Bill says the school planning council's role is to advise on: '(a) the allocation of staff and resources in the school; and (b) matters contained in the board's accountability contract relating to the school; and (c) educational services and education programs in the school.' Under the new Bill, the school planning council may (or may not) request PAC input; PAC input is not required.

Source of this information: May 2002 Kitsilano Secondary School Newsletter, PAC news.

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