AGENDA
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
HUMAN RESOURCES, PROGRAM AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
7:00 p.m.
1. Memorials
and Prayers.
2. Roll
Call and Apologies.
3. Approval
of the Agenda.
N.B. Staff would be
pleased to walk the Trustees through any report on this agenda at the
direction of the Chair.
4. Declarations
of Interest.
5. Approval
and Signing of the Minutes.
6.
Presentations:
7.
Delegations:
8. Trustee
Matters:
9. Unfinished
Business:
10. Matters
referred/deferred to this Committee by the Board and other
Committees:
11. Reports
of Officials and Special Committees Requiring ACTION by the Board.
a) Report
regarding Proposed Policy S.02 – School Events, Communication and Invitation
Protocol. p.1-p.2
That a new policy, S. 02 School
Events: Communications and Invitee Protocols be adopted as follows:
Policy:
As a Catholic
Community, we seek to share our good news and school celebrations with our
local community.
Regulations:
The following
procedure shall be adopted with respect to school events and celebrations of
significance:
1. Where appropriate, the
Principal/designate should notify the communications department of the Board
of the date, time and details of such event. The communications department
will report this in its listing of school events taking place.
2. In agreement with the
principal, a media release will be prepared and sent out to appropriate
local print, television and radio outlets, city councillors, trustees and
senior board officials.
3. The area Superintendent
and local Trustee should always be invited to special events held at the
school. Where a politician has been invited into a school the Superintendent
and Trustee must be invited. The Catholic School Advisory Chair and/or Vice
Chair and local Parish priests should also be notified and invited to
special school events.
4. Depending on the nature of
the event, schools may also wish to invite the Director of Education, Deputy
Director(s), the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board. Local City Councillor,
Provincial MPP and Federal MP, local community representatives and all
applicable current and ex-board senior staff could also be included on the
guest list.
b)
Report
regarding Replacement of Policy S.18 Apprehension or Arrest of Pupils in
Respect to Immigration Officers and Children’s Aid Societies. p.3-p.14
POLICY:
The Toronto Catholic District School Board will
cooperate with:
1. The appropriate
children’s aid society whenever such society seeks to apprehend a child
who may be apparently in need of protection,
and
2. Police or
Immigration officers whenever they find it essential in the interest of
justice to arrest/apprehend a pupil while at school, each in the discharge
of their statutory obligation.
REGULATIONS:
1.
Arrest/Apprehension By Police Or
Immigration Officers
The Board permits access to Police and
other law enforcement officers in accordance with the Police/School Board
Protocol currently in effect. In general, access to pupils should be related
to issues/events directly related to the school and which would normally
result in the application of the School Code of Conduct.
In the case of an Immigration officer
from the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), they will not have access
to a pupil except:
a) at
the request of the parent or legal guardian for the purpose of family
reunification; or
b) for
the reasons of national security or serious criminality, and only then with
the prior approval of a senior CBSA official in Ottawa and the Immigration
officer must have a legally valid authorized order for the apprehension of
the pupil.
Refer to Access to Pupils, S.15, for school procedures to be
followed.
2.
Apprehension By Children’s Aid Society
A pupil may be apprehended in
accordance with the Child and Family Services Act. The power and duties of
a children’s aid society may be exercised with or without a warrant.
The procedures to be followed are outlined in the current TCDSB Child
Abuse – Procedures for the Identification and Reporting of Suspected Child
Abuse document.
3. Advising Parents/Guardians of
Arrest/Apprehension
When a student who is a minor
has been removed from the school the principal/designate shall promptly
notify the parent/guardian of the removal unless otherwise instructed by an
officer or child protection worker, but in any event, by the end of the
school day.
Where the principal/designate
is not able to make contact with the parent/guardian, the
principal/designate will document all attempts to make contact.
c) Report
regarding Draft Resolutions for OCSTA Annual General Meeting, April 26-28,
2007. p.15-p.37
1. That the Board review the draft resolutions attached as Appendix
A and approve them for submission to OCSTA for review by its members at the
OCSTA Annual General Meeting.
2. That the Board advise the Director of Education of any additional
issues of concern to the Board about which additional resolutions should be
drafted and submitted to OCSTA.
12. Reports of
Officials and Special Committees for INFORMATION of the Board.
a)
Report regarding
Response to Delegation of the Toronto Coalition for Equity in Education.
p.38-p.46
Receive.
13.
Approval of Matters
for which no trustee has requested debate.
14. Communications:
15. Inquiries and
Miscellaneous:
N.B. Private
Inquiries must only be related to matters as outlined in the reference to
legislation on the inside cover of the Private Agenda.
16. Update
of Pending List:
| Date Requested |
Subject |
Date Due |
Delegated To |
| June/06 |
Report
regarding Trustees being informed of all FOI requests being made. |
Jan/06 |
P. Matthews |
| June/06 |
Report
regarding approval of materials distributed to schools. |
Jan/06 |
M.J. Deighan |
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17.
RESOLVE INTO PRIVATE
SESSION.
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