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35.   Temporary or permanent closing of schools

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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35.   Temporary or permanent closing of schools

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    (1)   The power and authority to determine the duration of the school year, the school terms and all school days in public and assisted schools is vested in the Chief Education Officer and the Minister.

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    (2)   Where—

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      (a)     as a result of the total or partial destruction by hurricane, earthquake, fire, flood of all or any of the buildings used in connection with any public school or assisted school;

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      (b)     as a result of the outbreak of any infectious or contagious disease; or

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      (c)     for any other reason,

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    attendance at any public school or assisted school has fallen to such extent that, in the opinion of the Minister justifies the temporary or permanent closing of the institution, the Minister may, despite anything contained in this or any other enactment, direct that the school be temporarily or permanently closed, as the case may be, and the school shall, with effect from the date of the direction, be closed.

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    (3)   Where a school is permanently closed, the Minister shall provide alternative accommodation to the students affected by the closure.

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    (4)   The powers conferred on the Minister by this section are in addition to any powers conferred upon the Minister in any other enactment.

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    (5)   Despite subsection (2), the Minister may delegate to the Chief Education Officer the power conferred on the Minister by subsection (2) to temporarily close a school referred to in subsection (2).

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    (6)   Despite subsections (1), (2) and (4), the principal of a school may, in an emergency and where it is impractical to obtain the prior approval of the Minister or Chief Education Officer, close a school temporarily and inform the Minister or Chief Education Officer as soon as practicable thereafter.

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    (7)   Despite subsection (1), a school authority may, in consultation with the Minister, declare a school to be closed in observation of a holiday of a religious nature peculiar to a particular faith.

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