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Outline for Class Readings



NOTE: These sections are the only readings from the documents listed below:



A. Criminal Code of Canada

   
Section 43 of the Criminal Code(1) reads as follows:
Every schoolteacher, parent or person standing in the place of a parent is justified in using force by way of
correction toward a pupil or child, as the case may be, who is under his care, if the force does not exceed
what is reasonable under the circumstances.

B. Canadian Constitution Act 1982 / Part I. - Canadian Charter of Rights

    Section 1 [Limitations of Rights]

    Section 2 [ Freedom of Religion, Speech & Association]

    Section 7 [Personal Integrity]

    Section 8 [Search & Seizure]

    Section 9 [Imprisonment]

    Section 12 [No Cruel Punishment]

    Section 15 [General Equality, No Discrimination]

    Section 16 [ English, French]

    Section 16. 1 [New Brunswick]

    Section 23 [Educational Languages]

    Section 29 [School Privileges]


B. New Brunswick Education Act Feb 28, 1997

     Definitions in the preface

    Duties & Rights of the Pupil   - Sec. 14 (1 &2), 24 (4 & 5), & 25

    Duties of the Teacher -  Sec. 27 (1 & 2) & 31.1 (4)

    Duties of the Principal  - Sec. 28 (1 & 2)

    Role of the Parents – Sec. 13 (1 & 2 & 3)

    School Attendance  - Sec. 15 (1 & 2 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7), 16 (1), 19 & 24 (1)

    Order & Discipline – Sec. 21 (1 & 2 & 3),  22 (1 & 2 & 3) & 23



The pertinent sections of the
Regulations for Pupil Transportation & School Administration are:

    Pupil Transportation - 6 (1 & 5), 7 (1) & 27 (1).

    School Administration - 3 (2), 14, 15, 17, 25 (1), 25 (1 & 2 &3 & 4 & 5), 26 (2), 29 (1) & 40 (3).




Child Victims of Abuse and Neglect Protocols

   Section 9.0 - pp. 77 - 81