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Niagara Catholic District School Board

STUDENT TRUSTEES
Adopted: March 24, 1998
Revised:  June 27, 2000
  September 25, 2001
  March 27, 2007
  April 24, 2012

Policy No. 100.4

STATEMENT OF POLICY

In keeping with the Mission, Vision and Values of the Niagara Catholic District School Board, the Board values the leadership, perspectives and participation of students at Board and Board committee meetings through the inclusion of two Student Trustees on the Board. 

A Niagara Catholic District School Board Student Trustee serves to uphold the Mission, Vision and Catholic values in representing the interest of all students of the Board.


In accordance with the provisions of the Education Statutes and Regulations of Ontario, the Niagara Catholic District School Board shall have two (2) Student Trustees on the Board for a one school year term from August 1 until July 31 inclusive. Niagara Catholic Student Trustees may serve up to two terms if elected in accordance with the Election Procedures within the Administrative Guidelines of this Policy.  Commencing May 1, 2012, one of the two elected Student Trustees by the Student Senate should be eligible to serve more than one term as a Student Trustee. Effective May 1, 2013, one of the two (2) elected Student Trustees should have at least one year of experience as a Student Trustee before the start of the new term.

To be eligible to serve as a Niagara Catholic Student Trustee, the following qualifications are required:

  1. The pupil must be a practicing Roman Catholic
  2. The pupil must be enrolled as a resident, full-time, senior division student at the time of his/her term in one of the Board’s Catholic Secondary Schools and have signed parental permission to be a Student Trustee if under 18 years of age.
  3. The pupil must provide a written letter of endorsement from his/her Catholic secondary school Principal.
  4. As a Student Trustee, Co-Chair of the Student Senate and a representative of Niagara Catholic, the pupil is expected to conduct him/herself with proper demeanor at all times in accordance with the Mission, Vision, Values and Policies of the Niagara Catholic District School Board.

Student Trustees may be disqualified from serving as a Student Trustee based on:

  1. legislative criteria
  2. ceasing to be a pupil within the Board
  3. ineligibility to meet the terms of this Policy and/or Administrative Guidelines
  4. committing a serious breach of Board Policy or school Code of Conduct infraction as determined by the Director of Education and/or the Board
  5. breaking the Conflict of Interest regulations or disclosed in-camera information
  6. being absent from three consecutive meetings of the Board
  7. conduct as determined by the Board which is incompatible with the roles and responsibilities of the Student Trustee position.

The Board shall provide the Ministry of Education with the names of the Student Trustees elected, not later than 30 days after the date of the election or by-election as required by legislation.

Upon completion of the Student Trustee’s term, the Board will suitably recognize the service of the Student Trustee with a token of appreciation, a notation in the student’s Ontario Student Record and a letter of recognition co-signed by the Chair of the Board and the Director of Education.

The Director of Education will issue Administrative Guidelines for the implementation of this policy.

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