welcome to the fall 2004 provincial council meeting

Welcome to the Fall 2004

Provincial Council Meeting

Motion 1. - Agenda

“That the following items be added under8. Late Motions:

8.1 Transportation Funding Allowance

8.2 Support for Increasing Benefits of Physical Activities

Motion 1.1 - Agenda

“That the agenda be adopted as amended.”

Motion 2 – Minutes

“That the minutes of the meeting of April 25,

2004 be adopted.”

Motion 3.1 – Oral Reports

“That the oral reports of the BCSTA Education

Committee and First Nations Education

Committee be received.”


“That the President’s oral report be received.”

Motion 3.3 – Executive Director’s Report

BCSTA Staff Performance Highlights:

• Established joint UBCM/BCSTA task force on

School Board/Municipal Government Relations

• Developed December’s Achievement Academy

showcasing innovative and promising

practices

Motion 3.3 – Executive Director’s Report (cont.)

• Re-launched the Minister’s Award for School

Board Innovation

• Integrated CSBA Congress 2005 into BCSTA

AGM 2005

• Pilot testing “Tele-PD” – using tele-conferencing

technology to deliver professional development

opportunities directly to you at the board table


• Finalizing a new member service – School

Board Self-Review for December introduction

• Finalizing a new member service –

Superintendent Performance Planning and

Review for December introduction


Recent legal advice to school boards on:

• school calendar, child custody, board procedures, school closure, by-elections, administration of medication, student conduct, federal elections, school attendance/choice policies, disposal of land, PACs, trustee confidentiality, transportation assistance, student Internet use, requests for access to information, student suspension processes, appeal processes, facilities leases, student records


Consultation with:

• BCPSEA (Criminal Records Review Act)

• BCCT persons complaint process

• School Protection Advisory Committee and YouthSafe Outdoors BC

• CSBA (copyright)

From the Legislature reports (education estimates and legislation)


BCSTA committees – staff support

• Finance

• Education

• First Nations

• ESL consortium

• Branches

• Provincial Council


Communications

• Seven E-Alerts (FSA results, cost pressures, choice pamphlets, etc.)

• Monthly Advocacy Updates (graduation requirement implementation , PAC grants, etc)

• Special Edition Advocacy Update on the Wright Commission activities


Communications

• Enhancements to BCSTA website

Planned 15 November launch of School Board/Authority Approved webpage

New access to BCSTA Board of Directors meeting agendas and minutes


BCSTA/President Media profile:

• stories on satisfaction surveys, textbook

funding, computer funding, Stats Canada

report on education funding, standardized

report cards, school promotion of health and

nutrition


In-District Consultations (15)

• Roles & Responsibilities/ board/superintendent relations (several)

• School closure communication

• Superintendent search

• Balanced school year

• Media training

• Communications survey

• Superintendent performance planning & review


Branch presentations (5)

• Mainline-Cariboo First Nations programs

• South Coast School Board self review

• North West development of Motions/BCCT

• Northern Interior school board self-review

• Okanagan Branch focus


“That the Executive Director’s oral report be

received.”

Motion 3.4 – CSBA Director’s Report

Introduction

New CSBA Structure

• Transition underway

• Provincial associations set direction

and lead programs

Motion 3.4 – CSBA Director’s Report (cont.)

1. Congress 2005

• To be hosted by BCSTA


2. School Board Issues at CSBA (cont.)

• Goods and Services Tax (GST)

• Copyright

• Rural Education

• Collective Bargaining

• English as a Second Language (ESL)

• Governance


• Standardized Testing

• Special Education

• Council of Ministers of Education (CMEC)

• Trustee Professional Development

• General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs

(GATT)


3. The Compass Newsletter

4. Provincial Roundtable


“That the oral report of the CSBA Director be

received.”

Motion 4.1 – 2003/2004 Audited Financial Statements

“That the Provincial Council receive and

distribute to member boards the audited

financial statements of the BC School Trustees

Association for the year ended June 30, 2004,

as prepared by D&H Group Chartered

Accountants.”

Motion 4.1 - 2003/2004 Audited Financial Statements

• Unqualified audit report

• Year-end deficit of $117,722 resulting from

an approved severance

• Deficit financed from member equity

• Member equity of $1,387,597

Motion 4.1 – 2003/2004 Audited Financial Statements

“That the Provincial Council receive and

distribute to member boards the audited

financial statements of the BC School Trustees

Association for the year ended June 30, 2004,

as prepared by D&H Group Chartered

Accountants.”

Motion 4.2 – Unsolicited Government Grants

“That the Provincial Council receive the status

report on BCSTA external grants as of

September 15, 2004.”


• Report for receipt of Board of Directors’

allocation and spending of government

grants

• Auditor-approved means of reporting


“That the Provincial Council receive the status

report on BCSTA external grants as of

September 15, 2004.”

Motion 4.3 – 2005/2006 Budget Planning

“That the Provincial Council provide input to the

Finance Committee for preparing a draft

2005/2006 budget for receipt at the February

2005 meeting and adoption at the meeting

following AGM 2005.”


2004/2005 Budget Summary

• 2004/2005 member fees increased by 2%

• AGM and conference fees held at

2001/2002 levels

• Budget increases made to crucial areas


2005/2006 Budget Discussion

• Long-term planning underway

• Assumptions made for maintaining

services at current levels

• 2% increase in member fees is needed


“That the Provincial Council provide input to the

Finance Committee for preparing a draft

2005/2006 budget for receipt at the February

2005 meeting and adoption at the meeting

following AGM 2005.”

5.1 – Councillor Motions

“That the Provincial Council approve the

transfer, as provided under BCSTA Bylaw #19, of

SD#42 Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows from the

Metropolitan Branch to the Fraser Valley Branch

as agreed by the board and branches involved.”


“That BCSTA reiterate its request that the

provincial government:

a) require and fund eye examinations for all

students entering the public school system,

recognizing that compromised student

(cont.)

5.2 – Councillor Motions (cont.)

achievement due to vision impairment has

enormous social and economic costs; and

b) provide eyeglass funding for those students

requiring financial assistance.”


“That BCSTA implement additional mechanisms,

possibly using technology, to facilitate year-

round feedback from member boards on

emerging issues under consideration by the

Board of Directors and committees.”


“That BCSTA refrain from developing a school

board election platform and confine its provincial

election-related activities to providing members

with information and support to advocate issues

locally.”


“That if BCSTA develops a school board election

platform, the Board of Directors:

a) presents a draft platform to the February

2005 Provincial Council meeting for approval

via standing vote; and

(cont.)

5.4 – Councillor Motions (cont.)

b) includes in the final school board election

platform a statement identifying members

that abstain from agreeing with the platform

in whole or in part.”


“That BCSTA initiate a review of the current

BCSTA electoral process and voting structure to

be completed in advance of AGM 2005.”

6. – Non-action Items

6.1 Board/Municipal Relations-School Site

Acquisition

(SD #37 Delta)

7.1 – Committee Reports

“That the Board of Directors meeting minutes of

April 22, April 25, May 30, and August 13, 2004 be

received.”


“That the Education Committee meeting minutes

of April 23, 2004 and Synopsis of the meeting of

June 25-26, 2004 be received.”


“That the Finance Committee meeting minutes of

April 22 and June 18, 2004 be received.”


“That the draft minutes of the June 11, 2004 First

Nations Education Committee meeting be

received.”

8.1 – Late Motions

“That BCSTA request the Minister of Education

to provide transportation funding allowances,

especially for rural and/or younger students, to

travel within district schools of choice, in

support of Achieve BC directions.”


“That BCSTA request the Canadian School

Boards Association to join with BCSTA in

requesting the provincial and federal

governments to support parents in adopting

strategies to reduce childhood obesity by:


a) Introducing provincial and federal income tax

deductions for children’s out-of-school

physical activity and team sports fees; and

b) Exempting necessary equipment from Goods

and Services Tax (GST) and Provincial Sales

Tax (PST).”

9.1 – Miscellaneous

“That the tracking of Provincial Council

Decisions of February 14, 2004 be received.”

9.2 – Miscellaneous

“That the status report on representing Annual

General Meeting 2004 Resolutions be received.”

10.1 – Adjournment

“That the meeting adjourn.”

Thank You

Have a Safe Trip Home

welcome to the fall 2004 provincial council meeting

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