Bill C-33 · 41th Parliament · Stephen Harper
First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act
An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts
Government bill. Died when Parliament ended.
- IntroducedApril 10, 2014
- Debated in principleMay 5, 2014
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- Passed its first chamberNot reached
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- Stephen HarperPrime Minister
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What it set out to do
On 10 April 2014, the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development introduced Bill C-33, An Act to establish a framework to enable First Nations control of elementary and secondary education and to provide for related funding and to make related amendments to the Indian Act and consequential amendments to other Acts (First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. Bill C-33 provides for the control by First Nations of their elementary and secondary education systems. It establishes a framework to enable First Nations to exercise that control by administering schools situated on their reserves, by delegating the power to administer schools to a First Nation Education Authority or by entering into a tuition or administration agreement. It also creates a right of access to elementary and secondary education to persons of school age who are ordinarily resident on a reserve, establishes the Joint Council of Education Professionals, sets out the roles and responsibilities of the main participants in First Nations education systems and provides for the necessary funding. Finally, the enactment makes related and cons…
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