Qualifications (Eligibility)

Qualification of School Board Members

Section 219 of the Education Act

219(1) A person is qualified to be elected as a member of a district school board or school authority if the person is qualified to vote for members of that district school board or that school authority and is resident in its area of jurisdiction.

(2) A person who is qualified under subsection (1) to be elected as a member of a district school board or school authority is qualified to be elected as a member of that district school board or school authority for any geographic area in the district school board’s or school authority’s area of jurisdiction, regardless of which positions on that district school board or school authority the person may be qualified to vote for.

(3) A member of a district school board or school authority is eligible for re-election if otherwise qualified.

Disqualification of School Board Members

Section 219 of the Education Act

(4) Despite Subsection (1), a person is not qualified to be elected or to act as a member of a district school board or school authority if the person is,

(a) an employee of a district school board or school authority;

(b) the Clerk or Treasurer or Deputy Clerk or Deputy Treasurer of a municipality or upper-tier municipality, all or part of which is included in the area of jurisdiction of the district school board or the school authority;

(c) a member of the Assembly or of the Senate or House of Commons of Canada;

(d) otherwise ineligible or disqualified under this or any other Act.

(5) Despite subsection (4) none of the following persons is ineligible to be a candidate for or to be elected as a member of a district school board or school authority if he or she takes an unpaid leave of absence, beginning no later than the day the person is nominated and ending on voting day:

1. an employee of a district school board or school authority;

2. the Clerk, Treasurer, Deputy Clerk or Deputy Treasurer of a municipality or upper-tier municipality, all or part of which is included in the area of jurisdiction of a district school board or school authority;

Qualification to act as a member
(9) A person is not qualified to act as a member of a district school board or school authority if the person ceases to hold the qualifications required to be elected as a member of the district school board or the school authority.

Person not to be candidate for more than one seat
(10) No person shall run as a candidate for more than one seat on a district school board or school authority and any person who does so and is elected to hold one or more seats on the district school board or the school authority is not entitled to act as a member of the district school board or the school authority by reason of the election.

Vacancy where member is disqualified
(11) The seat of a member of a district school board or school authority who is not qualified or entitled to act as a member of that district school board or that school authority is vacated.

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