School boards must now collect police record checks for trustees and key committee members

Plain-language summary · AI-assisted · not legal advice

School boards are now required to collect police record checks for two new groups: board trustees and members of five specific committees — audit committees, parent involvement committees, school councils, special education advisory committees, and Supervised Alternative Learning Committees. Individuals providing childcare at a school site who already need a vulnerable sector check under the Child Care and Early Years Act are carved out of the service-provider definition, so they are not double-checked under this regulation. The Minister's authority to collect police record checks has also been expanded to include school council members at schools under the Minister's jurisdiction. All the existing timing, renewal, offence-declaration, and interim-permission rules now apply equally to trustees and committee members. Boards and affected individuals should confirm whether new police record check requirements apply to anyone taking on these roles.

Who this affects: school board trustees · audit committee members · parent involvement committee members · school council members · special education advisory committee members · Supervised Alternative Learning Committee members · childcare providers at school sites