Bill 112 explained in plain English
Ombudsman Amendment Act (School Boards), 2012
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This bill amends the Ombudsman Act to permit the Ontario Ombudsman to investigate the administrative actions of school boards.
Bill 112, the Ombudsman Amendment Act (School Boards), 2012, allows the Ontario Ombudsman to investigate the actions of school boards. Previously, the Ombudsman's mandate was limited to governmental organizations. This amendment extends that mandate to include decisions, recommendations, and actions taken by school boards as defined by the Education Act.
- Grants the Ombudsman the authority to investigate school boards.
- Extends the Ombudsman's power to investigate 'governmental organizations' to include 'boards' as defined in the Education Act.
- Specifies that when the Ombudsman acts concerning a school board, references to 'governmental organizations' in the Ombudsman Act will be considered references to the school board.
- The Ontario Ombudsman
- School boards in Ontario
- Students and the public interacting with school boards
- The Ombudsman gains the right to investigate school board actions.
- School boards are now subject to investigation by the Ombudsman.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify the exact scope or process of these investigations beyond stating that the Ombudsman can do 'anything' in respect of a board that they can do for a governmental organization.
- The definition of 'board' is determined by subsection 1 (1) of the Education Act, but the content of that subsection is not included in this bill.
Adds a new section (14.1) to allow the Ombudsman to investigate school boards.
Source: Section 1
Provides the definition of 'board' that the Ombudsman Act will now apply to.
Source: Section 1 (14.1)
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