Niagara Catholic District School Board BOARD BY-LAWS POLICY STATEMENT OF GOVERNANCE
100 – Board	Policy No.100.1
Adopted Date: December 18, 1997	Latest Reviewed/Revised Date: October 24, 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOARD BY-LAWS  1 BOARD ORGANIZATION  1

1.  NAME AND JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD  1

2.  MISSION STATEMENT  1

3.  ORGANIZATION CHART  1

4.  STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD  2

i.  Board of Trustees  2

ii.  Executive Council  2

iii.  Statutory Committees  2

iv.  Terms of Reference  2

5.  OFFICERS OF THE BOARD  3

6.  DUTIES OF BOARD OFFICIALS  4

i.  Trustees of the Board  4

ii.  Chair of the Board   4

iii.  Vice-Chair of the Board   5

iv.  Director of Education – Chief Executive Officer   5

v.  Board Officers   5

7.  INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE BOARD  6

8  ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE BOARD   7

9.  REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE BOARD   8

i.  Schedule of Meetings   8

ii.  Agenda Distribution   8

iii.  Physical Presence  8

iv.  Amendment of Agenda  9

v.  Trustee Absences and Attendances at Meetings  9

vi.  Closing Hour of Meeting  9

vii.  Presiding Officer  9

10.  SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD  10

11.  ELECTRONIC MEETINGS OF THE BOARD  10

12.  QUORUM  10

13.  RIGHT OF THE CHAIR TO VOTE  11

14.  ACCESS TO MEETING  11

15.  ACCESS TO RECORDS  11

16.  DELEGATIONS  12

17.  OPEN QUESTION PERIOD  12

18.  ORDER OF BUSINESS  13

19.  COMMITTEE MEETINGS  14

20.  RULES OF ORDER  15

21.  MOTIONS AND DEBATE  16

22.  VOTING  18

23.  CONFLICT OF INTEREST  18

24.  CODE OF CONDUCT  18

DEFINITIONS SCHEDULE  19

 

BOARD BY-LAWS

 

 

Pursuant to the provisions of the Education Act and its Regulations, the By-Laws of the Niagara Catholic District School Board shall regulate the powers and responsibilities of the Board, its officers and committees, and shall be observed for the procedure and dispatch of business at the meetings of the Board and its committees.

 

The By-Laws of the Niagara Catholic District School Board shall be approved by the Board and reviewed bi-annually as directed by the Board or recommended by the Director of Education/Secretary-Treasurer.

 

Definitions used in these By-Laws and not otherwise defined in the text shall have the meanings set out in the attached Definitions Schedule.

 

BOARD ORGANIZATION

 

 

The administrative organization of Niagara Catholic District School Board shall be subject to periodic review to ensure that it is designed to meet the needs of the school system.

 

    1.   NAME AND JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD  

 

The name of the Board shall be “Niagara Catholic District School Board” and it shall have jurisdiction as is provided by the Education Act and Regulations.

 

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    2.   MISSION STATEMENT  

 

”We are a Christ-centred Catholic faith community that celebrates diversity and fosters spiritual growth, inspiring all to reach their full potential in mind, body and spirit.”

 

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    3.   ORGANIZATION CHART  

 

    4.   STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD  

 

The Structure of the Board, its Sections and its Committees will be set up according to the Organization Chart in Section 3 and the following description.

 

iii.   Committees

 

The Board is required by the Education Act to have the following Statutory Committees:

·   Audit Committee

·   Niagara Catholic Parent Involvement Committee (NCPIC)

·   Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC)

·   Supervised Alternative Learning Committee (SAL)

 

In addition, the Board has the following standing committees:

·   Committee of the Whole

·   Disciplinary Hearing Committee

 

The Board may also put in place other committees as required from time to time.

 

Supervised Alternative Learning (SAL)

 

The Supervised Alternative Learning for Excused Pupils Committee is a statutory Committee of the Board established annually. The composition and role of the Supervised Alternative Learning for Excused Pupils Committee is outlined in the Education Act and its Regulations

and in particular O. Reg 374/10 - Supervised Alternative Learning And Other Excusals From Attendance At School.

 

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    5.   OFFICERS OF THE BOARD  

 

The Officers of the Board shall consist of the Chair, the Vice-Chair of the Board who are elected trustees, and the Director of Education/Secretary-Treasurer, who is the Chief Executive Officer. They shall have such duties as are assigned to them by the Education Act and its Regulations, Board By-Laws and Governance Policies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    6.   DUTIES OF BOARD OFFICIALS  

 

ii.   Vice-Chair of the Board

 

In accordance with the Education Act and its Regulations, the Vice-Chair of the Board, in addition to other duties under the Education Act and its Regulations, Boards By-Laws and Governance Policies, is required to;

(a)  act in the best interest of publicly funded Catholic Education;

(b)   act in place of the Board Chair when absent and fulfill the duties of the Chair of the Board

(c)   chair Committee of the Whole and Board Meetings;

(d)  review and assist with the preparation of the agendas for Committee of the Whole and Board meetings, in consultation with the Director of Education and the Chair of the Board;

(e)   perform such duties as determined by the Board or by the Chair;

(f)   perform such duties as are related to their position as a trustee; and

(g)   be an official signing officer of the Board and shall assume all responsibilities and duties of the Chair in the event that the Chair is absent or incapacitated for a period exceeding forty- eight (48) hours .

 

    7.   INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE BOARD  

 

i.   The Board shall hold its Inaugural Meeting not later than seven days after the day on which the term of office of the board commences on such date and at such time and place as the Board determines and, failing such determination, at 8 p.m. at the head office of the Board on the first Wednesday following the commencement of the term of office. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the petition of a majority of the members of a newly elected or appointed Board, the appropriate supervisory officer may provide for calling the first meeting of the Board at some other time and date.

 

ii.   The Agenda for the Inaugural Meeting of the Board will be:

 

B.   MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION

 

C.   ADJOURNMENT

 

iii.   At the Inaugural Meeting following a municipal election, the Director of Education shall read the returns of the election to the Board as certified to them by the municipal clerks and may request that a Judge attend the Inaugural Meeting to take the Declaration and the Oath of Allegiance as set out in the Education Act.

 

iv.   At the Inaugural Meeting following a municipal election, every person elected to the Board shall make and sign the Declaration and the Oath of Allegiance before the Director of Education/Secretary-Treasurer of the Board or before any person authorized to administer an oath unless such requirement was fulfilled prior to the organizational meeting.

 

v.   Election of Chair & Vice-Chair

 

(a)  The members shall elect one of themselves to be Chair at the Inaugural Meeting and at the first meeting after a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair.

 

(b)   The Director of Education shall name the scrutineers appointed for the election of the Chair and Vice-Chair.

 

(c)   The election of the Chair shall be by nomination and vote by ballot. The candidate receiving a clear majority of votes cast by all members present shall be elected but the count shall not be declared. Should no candidate receive a clear majority of votes cast, the candidate receiving the least number of votes shall be dropped and balloting shall be continued in this manner until a majority of ballots cast shall be in favour of one (1) person or an equality of votes results in a tie, in which case one (1) further ballot shall be held. If an equality of votes shall result again, the candidates shall draw lots (straws) to fill the position. The drawing of lots shall be done in alphabetical order and the person who draws the longest straw shall be elected.

 

(d)   The person elected Chair shall be Chair until the next organizational meeting and shall at once take the chair and preside over the election of Vice-Chair (in the manner set out with respect to the election of the Chair in section (v (c) above) and the further conduct of the meeting. The Chair has the right to vote as any other trustee for the position of Vice-Chair. The person elected Vice-Chair shall be Vice-Chair until the next organizational meeting of the Board.

 

(e)   Ballots - The scrutineers shall be instructed by resolution to destroy the ballots.

 

    8.   ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE BOARD  

 

i.   Excluding the Inaugural Meeting of the Board, annually, the first Tuesday of December will be designated as the Annual Organizational Meeting unless otherwise determined by the Board.

 

ii.   At such meeting, at the appointed time, the Director of Education who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or in their absence a person designated by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the trustees present at the meeting shall preside until the election of the Chair.

 

iii.   The Agenda for the Annual Organizational Meeting of the Board will be:

 

A.   ROUTINE MATTERS

 

1.   Meeting Called to Order (Director of Education or Designate)

2.   Land Acknowledgement

3.   Opening Prayer and Comments (Bishop of St. Catharines or Designate)

4.   Roll Call

5.   Approval of Agenda

6.   Declaration of Conflict of Interest

7.   Election Procedures

8.   Election of Chair

9.   Election of Vice-Chair

10.   Chair’s Remarks

11.   Vice-Chair’s Remarks

 

B.   COMMITTEE AND STAFF REPORTS

 

1.   Board Committees

 

C.   MOMENT OF SILENT REFLECTION FOR LIFE

 

D.   ADJOURNMENT

 

iv.   Election of Chair & Vice-Chair

 

(a)  The members shall elect one of themselves to be Chair at the Annual Organizational Meeting.

 

(b)   The Director of Education/CEO shall name the scrutineers appointed for the election of the Chair and Vice-Chair.

 

(c)   The election of the Chair shall be by nomination and vote by ballot. The candidate receiving a clear majority of votes cast by all members present shall be elected but the count shall not be declared. Should no candidate receive a clear majority of votes cast, the candidate receiving the least number of votes shall be dropped and balloting shall be continued in this manner until a majority of ballots cast shall be in favour of one (1) person or an equality of votes results in a tie, in which case one (1) further ballot shall be held. If an equality of votes shall result again, the candidates shall draw lots (straws) to fill the position. The drawing of lots shall be done in alphabetical order and the person who draws the longest straw shall be elected.

 

(d)  The person elected Chair shall be Chair until the next organizational meeting and shall at once take the chair and preside over the election of Vice-Chair (in the manner set out with respect to the election of the Chair in section (iii. (c) above) and the further conduct of the meeting. The Chair has the right to vote as any other trustee for the position of Vice-Chair. The person elected Vice-Chair shall be Vice-Chair until the next organizational meeting of the Board.

 

(e)   Ballots - The scrutineers shall be instructed by resolution to destroy the ballots.

 

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    9.   REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND BOARD  

 

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    10.   SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD  

 

Special meetings of the Board shall be held by order of the Board, on the written request of three

(3) trustees, to the Chair or the Director of Education, on the call of the Chair, or at the request of the Director of Education. The trustees shall be given a twenty-four (24) hour notice for special meetings except in emergency situations. Such meetings shall be called for specific reasons. Such subjects shall be stated in the notice calling the meeting. Notwithstanding any other provisions to the Boards By-Laws, no other business shall be considered at a special meeting other than the subjects stated in the notice.

 

    11.   ELECTRONIC MEETINGS OF THE BOARD  

 

The Chair or designate, the Director of Education or designate and at least one (1) other trustee must be physically present at all public (open) and in-camera (closed) sessions of an electronic meeting of the Board in the Board Room or at a site otherwise determined by the Board.

 

At the request of a trustee or student trustee to join any meeting electronically, the Board shall provide the appropriate technology to ensure that two way communication is available for trustee participation in the meeting. A written request to join electronically shall be made to the Director of Education a minimum of forty-eight (48) hours (excluding weekends or holidays and Special Board meetings) prior to the date of the meeting. At the discretion of the Chair, failure to notify the Director within the minimum timeframe may result in the Trustee being marked as an unexcused absence. However, all trustees must be physically present for at least three (3) public (open) meetings of the Board for any 12 month period beginning November 15th.

 

Subject to any condition or limitations provided for under the Education Act or its Regulations, a member of the Board who participates in the full Committee of the Whole meeting, Board meeting or Committee meeting through electronic means shall be deemed to be present at the said meeting for the purposes of every Act and shall be recorded as being in attendance, electronically, in the minutes of the meeting. (Reference Board Policy: 100.8 – Electronic Meetings (Board and Committees).

 

A trustee or student trustee will be entitled to vote on any matter on which they are eligible to vote.

 

    12.   QUORUM  

 

i.   At all meetings of the Board, the presence of a majority of all trustees constituting the Board shall be necessary to form a quorum.

 

ii.   At meetings of all Committees of the Board the presence of a majority of all trustees constituting the committee shall be necessary to form a quorum.

 

iii.   Trustee attendance at Board and Committee meetings and notification of absence is dealt with under Trustee Absence and Attendance at Meetings within these By-Laws (Section 9 Sub v).

 

iv.   Where required, alternates to Board Committees will be determined at the time of selection to Board Committees, recorded in the minutes and posted on the Board Committee Membership Form. Alternates have all rights and privileges as the appointed trustee.

 

v.   Only Board approved alternates may represent the Board on Board Committees and participate on Board committees.

 

vi.   Unless there is a quorum present within thirty (30) minutes after the time appointed for the start of the meeting, the Director of Education/Secretary-Treasurer of the Board or Chair of the Board Committee shall record the names of those present, the time of adjournment, and the Board and its Committees shall stand adjourned.

 

vii.   Board appointed ex-officio members of committees are not to be considered in the count for a quorum but, if present, have the right to vote.

 

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    13.   RIGHT OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO VOTE  

 

The presiding officer, except where he or she is the Chief Executive Officer and is not a trustee, may vote only once with the other members of the Board upon all motions, and any motion on which there is an equality of votes is lost. The presiding officer shall be recorded as voting yea, nay or abstaining on a recorded vote.

 

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    14.   ACCESS TO MEETING  

 

i.   The meetings of the Board, and meetings of committees of the Board, including the Committee of the Whole, shall be held on regular meeting dates, and shall be open to the public, except when the subject matter under consideration involves:

 

(a)   the security of the property of the Board;

(b)   the disclosure of intimate, personal or financial information in respect of a member of the Board or committee, an employee or prospective employee of the Board or a pupil or their parent or guardian;

(c)   the acquisition or disposal of a school site;

(d)   decisions in respect of negotiations with employees of the Board;

(e)   litigation or possible litigation affecting the Board; or

(f)   an ongoing investigation under the Ombudsman Act respecting the Board.

 

ii.   To the extent possible all public meetings will be live streamed and accessible to the public during the meeting. All in-camera meetings may also be recorded but not accessible to the public unless challenged by the Ombudsman.

 

iii.   The presiding officer shall expel or exclude from any meeting any person(s) who is demonstrating improper conduct at the meeting.

 

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    15.   ACCESS TO RECORDS  

 

Any person may, at all reasonable hours, at the head office of the Board (Catholic Education Centre, 427 Rice Road, Welland, Ontario), inspect the minute book, the audited annual financial report and the current accounts of the Board and, upon written request of any person and upon the payment to the Board at the rate in compliance with legislation or at such lower rate as the Board may fix, the Director of Education/Secretary-Treasurer of the Board shall furnish copies of them or extracts therefrom certified under their hand in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and all relevant legislation and regulations.

 

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    16.   DELEGATIONS  

 

i.   (a) Any Niagara Catholic School supporter (a “Delegation”) may request to address or ask questions of the Board.

(b)   The Delegation or individual must provide the request in writing to the Director of Education or the Chair of the Board, at least 6 (six) business days prior to the next regular meeting of the Board at which the Delegation may be heard.

(c)  The decision to allow the Delegation rests with Executive Council.

(d)   The request shall contain the topic to be discussed or questions to be asked and the identity of the Spokesperson(s).

(e)   Copies of the complete presentation shall be shared with the Board or Committee at the same time that the agenda is distributed.

(f)   In any case, the subject matter of the Delegation will not be discussed nor will a decision be made at the meeting at which the presentation is made.

(g)   Following the presentation by the Delegation, questions of clarification only will be allowed by the Chair.

(h)   A Delegation’s presentation will be limited to ten (10) minutes with a ten (10) minute question period following. Amendments as to the length of time and the number of delegations are at the discretion of the Chair.

(i)   In Camera rules shall apply to Delegations of an In Camera nature.

(j)   The person or persons wishing to address the Board, Section or Committee shall be notified of the date, time and location of the meeting at which the presentation may be made.

(k)   Delegations will upon notification have these regulations shared with them prior to their presentation.

ii.   Notwithstanding the above, the Board retains discretion to decide all matters concerning Delegations. Decisions however, will not be discussed nor decided at the meeting at which the presentation is made.

 

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    17.   OPEN QUESTION PERIOD  

 

The purpose of the Open Question Period is to allow members of the Catholic school supporting public to ask about items on that night’s public agenda, and the Board to answer.

 

i.   Questions shall be submitted in writing to the Chair or Director of Education/Secretary-Treasurer to the Board prior to 12:00 p.m. on the day of the Board meeting. The submission must include the name, address and telephone number of the questioner.

 

ii.   The Director of Education or designate will validate that the individual submitting the question is a member of the Catholic school supporting public through the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation.

 

iii.   The Chair will determine the validity of the questions.

 

iv.   The Open Question Period will last a maximum of fifteen (15) minutes. The Chair will attempt to provide a response or direct the question to another trustee or to the Director of Education. If no immediate response can be provided, a verbal response will be communicated by the Board to the questioner at the earliest possible date, through the Director of Education as Secretary to the Board. Copies of any written responses to question will be added to the minutes of the subsequent regular Board meeting.

 

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    18.   ORDER OF BUSINESS  

 

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:

 

A.  Routine Matters

1.  Opening Prayer

2.  Roll Call

2.  Approval of Agenda

4.  Declaration of Conflict of Interest

5.  Approval of Minutes of Board Meeting

6.  Consent Agenda Items

 

B.  Presentations

 

C.   Governance Policies

 

D.  Committee and Staff Reports

 

E.  Information

 

F.  Other Business

 

G.  Business In-Camera

 

H.  Report on the In Camera Session

 

I.  Adjournment

 

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR BOARD MEETINGS SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:

 

A.  Routine Matters

1.  Land Acknowledgement

2.  Opening Prayer

3.  Roll Call

4.  Approval of Agenda

5.  Declaration of Conflict of Interest

6.  Approval of Minutes of Board Meeting

7.  Consent Agenda Items

 

B.  Delegations

C.  Presentations

 

D.  Committee and Staff Reports

 

E.  Trustee Items, Open Question Period & Other Business

 

F.  Notices of Motion

 

G.  Business In Camera

 

H.  Report on the In Camera Session

 

I.  Future Meetings and Events

 

J.  Moment of Silent Reflection for Life

 

K.   Adjournment

 

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    19.   COMMITTEE MEETINGS  

 

i.   Only members of a committee are required to attend that committee’s meeting. All members of the Board shall receive notice, agenda, and minutes of all committee meetings. All Board members shall be permitted to attend committee meetings and may take part in discussion, but only appointed trustees of the committee shall have voting power.

 

ii.   In dealing with committee reports at the Board meeting, it shall be the prerogative of the Chair to rule on a request by a trustee to have the recommendations dealt with item by item or as a whole.

 

iii.   Committee reports shall be considered public documents, except the reports and minutes presented to the In - Camera session.

 

iv.     In accordance with the Education Act, In-Camera agenda items and minutes may only involve:

(a)   the security of the property of the Board;

(b)   the disclosure of intimate, personal or financial information in respect of a member of the Board or Committee, an employee or prospective employee of the Board or a pupil or their parent or guardian;

(c)   the acquisition or disposal of a school site;

(d)   decisions in respect of negotiations with employees of the Board;

(e)   litigation or potential litigation affecting the Board; or

(f)   an ongoing investigation under the Ombudsman Act respecting the Board.

 

v.   All committees shall be established by Board resolution. The Chair, in consultation with the Vice-Chair, shall, by the Board meeting following the meeting at which a committee is established, appoint members to Board committees, excluding the Committee of the Whole, which is made up of all trustees.

 

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    20.   RULES OF ORDER  

 

i.   Any of these By-Laws may be temporarily suspended by a vote of three-quarters (3/4) of the members present at a duly constituted Board meeting. The By-Laws shall not be repealed, altered, or amended without a minimum of one (1) month’s previous notice in writing having been given to the   Committee of the Whole or the Board of the intended alteration or amendment.

 

ii.   Temporary suspension of any of these By-Laws shall be active for a specified period not to exceed two (2) months in any one (1) calendar year.

 

iii.   Whenever an adjournment takes place in consequence of there not being a quorum present, the time of adjournment and the names of the members present shall be entered in the records of the Board.

 

iv.   The Chair or other presiding officer shall preserve order and decorum and decide upon all questions of order.

 

v.   In the absence of the Chair and Vice-Chair for any cause, the Board may, from the members present, appoint a presiding officer who, during such absence, shall have the powers of the Chair of the Board.

 

vi.   The Chair may participate in any debate or discussion from their position as Chair. Should the Chair elect to vacate the chair to take part in any debate or discussion or for any other reason, they shall call upon the Vice-Chair or in their absence one (1) of the members to fill their place until they resume it. The right of the Chair to vote is outlined in Section 13 of these By-Laws.

 

vii.   Where a question is before the Board, the mover may speak first and the seconder may speak next, and the Chair will attempt to allow each person wishing to speak the opportunity to speak once before any member may speak for a second time. The mover also has the prerogative to be the last speaker before the question is decided and the seconder shall be the penultimate speaker.

 

viii.   No member shall speak for more than a total of fifteen (15) minutes or more than three (3) times (not to exceed five (5) minutes each time) on the same question without the permission of the Chair of the Board.

 

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    21.   MOTIONS AND DEBATE  

 

In all cases not provided for by these By-Laws, the rule and practice of the most recent edition of “Robert’s Rules of Order” shall govern so far as applicable.

 

i.   All motions shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting in which it is presented and discussed and shall be seconded before being stated by the Chair, whereupon the Chair shall ask if there is any future discussion on the motion, before the vote.

 

ii.   When a motion has been stated by the Chair, it shall be open to debate and shall be disposed of only by a vote, unless the mover, by permission of the seconder, withdraws it, in which case such motion shall not appear in the minutes of the meeting.

 

iii.   Any trustee of the Board may require the question under discussion to be read at any part of the debate, but not so as to interrupt a speaker.

 

iv.   A member, prior to speaking to any question or motion, shall address the Chair. The member shall confine remarks to the question at hand.

 

v.   When two (2) or more members wish to speak at the same time, the Chair shall name the member who is to speak.

 

vi.   No member shall be interrupted while speaking, except in a case where the member is called to order by a member for a transgression of rules of the Board, in which case the member shall remain silent until the point of order has been decided by the Chair.

 

vii.   Where a member wishes to make a point of order or to seek clarification, they should so indicate in addressing the Chair and the Chair will rule on such matters before the next speaker is allowed to speak.

 

viii.   When the question under consideration contains two (2) or more distinct propositions, any particular proposition upon the request of any member, shall be considered and voted upon separately.

 

ix.   If it is desired to defer action on a question until a particular time, the proper motion to make is “to postpone it to that time”. This motion allows limited debate, which must be confined to the propriety of the postponement to that time; it can be amended by altering the time, and this amendment allows the same debate.

 

x.   Whenever a motion has been made and seconded, it is the duty of the Chair, if the motion is in order, to state the question, so that the members may know what question is before them.

 

xi.   In stating the question on an amendment, the Chair should read the passage to be amended; the words to be struck out, if any, the words to be inserted, if any; and the whole passage as it will stand if the amendment is adopted.

 

xii.   The motion to adjourn is not debatable, it cannot be amended, or have any other subsidiary motion applied to it; nor can a vote on it be reconsidered.

 

xiii.   If a trustee does not put new motions or amendments in writing for the Chair, the motion, as stated by the Chair and recorded by the secretary, shall be the motion.

 

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    23.   CONFLICT OF INTEREST  

 

Any Conflict of Interest shall be declared and dealt with in accordance with the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, these By-Laws and the Code of Conduct Policy .

 

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    24.   CODE OF CONDUCT  

 

All Trustees are required to be in full compliance with the Code of Conduct Policy as approved by the Board. The Board approved Code of Conduct Policy for Trustees is in compliance with the Education Act.

 

Code of Conduct is addressed in the Niagara Catholic District School Board Trustee Code of Conduct Policy (100.12).

 

 

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    DEFINITIONS SCHEDULE  

 

For this By-Law and all other By-Laws of the Board unless the context otherwise requires: Words importing gender shall include all genders;

A reference to a statute, refers to that statute, and any regulations or rules issued thereunder, as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time;

 

“Annual Organizational Meeting” means the meeting at which the Chair of the Board and the Vice-Chair of the Board are elected and members of committees are appointed in each year other than a year in which an inaugural meeting is held;

 

“Board” for the By-Laws means the Board of Trustees of the Niagara Catholic District School Board and, where the context requires, means the NCDSB;

 

“Committee” includes any committee or subcommittee of the Board established under this By-Law;

 

“Committee of the Whole” for the purposes of this By-Law references in the Act to a Committee of the Whole or of the whole board are to situations when the trustees meet as a body but not as the Board. All trustees are members of the Committee of the Whole as described in more detail in section 17(v) ;

 

“Director of Education” means the Director of Education, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Niagara Catholic District School Board as well as the Secretary-Treasurer;

 

“Education Act” and “Act” means the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.2, and includes, where the context requires, the Regulations enacted thereunder;

 

“Inaugural Meeting” means the meeting at which the Chair of the Board and the Vice-Chair of the Board are elected and members of Committees are appointed in the year after a municipal election;

 

“Meeting” includes a meeting of the Board and a meeting of a Committee;

 

“Multi-Year Strategic Plan” means the plan developed by the Board in accordance with Article 2.1.6;

 

“Municipal Elections Act” means the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c.32 and includes, where the context requires, the Regulations enacted thereunder;

“NCDSB” means the Niagara Catholic District School Board;

 

“Policies” means the governance policies put in place by the Board from time to time;

 

“Roll Call” means taking attendance by the Chair of the meeting by way of calling out the names of the Trustees;

 

“Statutory Committee” means any committee that, by law, the Niagara Catholic District School Board is required to establish;

 

“Student Trustee” means a secondary school student, elected by a student body, to represent the interest of students in the last two (2) years of the intermediate division and students in the senior division of the Niagara Catholic District School Board;

 

“Trustee” means a person elected, acclaimed, or appointed to the office of trustee of the Board of Trustees according to the provisions of the Education Act or the Municipal Elections Act;

 

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Board By-Laws (100.1)

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Board By-Laws (100.1)

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