School board member honorarium rules shifted from Act to ministerial regulation

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The detailed honorarium provisions that previously appeared directly in the Education Act — including the board's discretion to set its own honorarium amounts, extra pay for chairs and vice-chairs, and public consultation requirements — have been removed from the Act. In their place, a streamlined provision gives the Minister authority to make regulations governing all aspects of honoraria for school board members, including whether boards must or may pay them, how amounts are set, and what restrictions apply. School boards can no longer independently determine honorarium amounts by board resolution; they must follow whatever regulations the Minister issues. Board members, trustees, and school board administrators should watch for new ministerial regulations that will set the operative rules going forward.

Who this affects: school board trustees · school board members · school board administrators · district school boards · school authorities