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(i) 250 electors, and
(ii) the number number of resident of electors students that is of equal the board,
to 40% of the
in students.
a district or division having fewer than 1000 resident
1988 cS-3.1 s231;1995 c27 s28
Petition calling for public meeting
269(1) the meeting boundaries When that is a of signed
board a city of receives a district a petition situated calling wholly for or partly a public
within
(a) by students 25% of in the a school, parents, or
who are also electors, of the
(b) by the lesser of
(i) 2000 electors, and
(ii) 25% of the electors,
the petition board publish shall within notice 21 of days the public from the meeting date that to be it held receives under the
this section in accordance with section 270.
(2) subsection signed
When a (1), board, receives other a than petition a board calling of a for district a public referred meeting
to in
(a) by 100 electors, or
(b) by a majority of the electors,
whichever date meeting 270.
that to it is receives be the held lesser, under the petition the this board section publish shall in within notice accordance 21 of the days with public
from section the
meeting (3) board.
A board held shall pursuant direct to one this or section, more persons as representatives to attend the of public
the
(4) on which The public the board meeting receives shall the be petition.
held within 90 days from the day
(5) may
At a public meeting held under this section, the electors present
(a) elect 4 persons to a committee, and
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(b) by related studied resolution to by the the of purpose committee.
the meeting, stated identify in the petition, the areas that of are concern,
to be
(6) The board shall name 2 representatives to any committee established by a public meeting held under this section.
(7) Within 30 days from the date of the establishment of a committee under this section, the committee shall make recommendations identified established.
in the public to the meeting board respecting at which the the committee areas of concern
was
(8) Within 30 days from the date of receipt of the recommendations under subsection (7), the board shall
(a) hold a meeting of the board, and
(b) permit
the committee to make representations with respect to its recommendations.
1988 cS
-
3.1 s232;1990 c36 s50
Notice of public meetings
270
Notice
of a public meeting under section 269, including the date, least 2 time, of the place following and purpose ways:
of the meeting, shall be given in at
(a) by notice days mailing prior in the to to form the the date electors prescribed of the of meeting;
the by the district Minister or division at least a
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(b) by posting in 5 or more conspicuous places to which the
public form 8th day prescribed has prior normal to the by and the date regular Minister;
of the access, meeting, not a later notice than in the the
(c) by which Minister division publishing shall at in least a be newspaper a no notice once fewer a in week than circulating the form for 8 days 2 prescribed weeks, within prior to the the the by last district the date of
of
or
the meeting;
(d) by the that an 8 is days announcement broadcast
immediately on preceding at least 3 consecutive the date of the days meeting during
(i) by between 11 a p.m., radio or
the station hours serving of 7 a.m. the and district 9 a.m. or division,
or 5 p.m. and
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