The Ministry of Education requires every school council has bylaws that cover the following topics:
- Election procedures
- Filling of vacancies
- Conflict of interest
- Conflict resolution
You may also decide to create other bylaws to guide your council operations. Here are some ideas:
- Code of ethics or code of conduct
- Expectations for meetings
- Membership of council
- Executive duties
- Council committees
You are not required to have a constitution for your council. In place of a constitution, you follow Ontario Regulation 612, which governs school councils. If you do have a constitution, you need to make sure it aligns with the regulation.
Use templates
Councils shouldn’t spend a lot of time creating bylaws. Start with the templates and revise them to suit the needs of your council, and then file them away. The council can review them once a year just to make sure they’re still relevant. Both the Peel board and the Ministry provide templates.
Peel board templates are in our resource guide (section 4): http://www.peelschools.org/councils/SCGuide.htm
Ministry templates are in the bylaw section of their school council guide: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/council/council02.pdf
You can also look at the Parent Involvement Committee bylaws:
If you have questions about bylaws, or anything else to do with councils, please call me (Alison) at 905-890-1010 ext. 2626.
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