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Topic
Schools
Which governments hold powers over schools, and the laws that give them those powers.
Each power below comes from a law, agreement or official page, linked under it. This page lists the powers each government holds. It does not say how they are used.
School board
Governs Division scolaire francophone No. 310 (Conseil des écoles fransaskoises)
Schools and programs of study
Report Operates the division's schools and approves their programs of study, under the duties and powers of boards in section 85 of The Education Act, 1995.
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Approves the division's annual budget (The Education Act, 1995, s.85). School property tax is set by the Province.
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Director of education and teachers
Report Hires and directs the director of education and appoints qualified teachers (The Education Act, 1995, s.85).
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Determines the division's facility plans (The Education Act, 1995, s.85).
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Governs Prairie Spirit School Division No. 206
Schools and programs of study
Report Operates the division's schools and approves their programs of study, under the duties and powers of boards in section 85 of The Education Act, 1995.
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Approves the division's annual budget (The Education Act, 1995, s.85). School property tax is set by the Province.
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Director of education and teachers
Report Hires and directs the director of education and appoints qualified teachers (The Education Act, 1995, s.85).
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Determines the division's facility plans (The Education Act, 1995, s.85).
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Governs St. Paul's Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 20
Schools and programs of study
Report Operates the division's schools and approves their programs of study, under the duties and powers of boards in section 85 of The Education Act, 1995.
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Approves the division's annual budget (The Education Act, 1995, s.85). School property tax is set by the Province.
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Director of education and teachers
Report Hires and directs the director of education and appoints qualified teachers (The Education Act, 1995, s.85).
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Determines the division's facility plans (The Education Act, 1995, s.85).
Source: spsd.sk.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
Provincial
Governs Saskatchewan
Exclusive power over education, subject to the rights of separate (denominational) schools (s. 93, as applied by the Saskatchewan Act, 1905, s. 17).
Schools are run by elected boards of education under The Education Act, 1995.
Source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca ,
checked Oct 11, 2026
No power over schools recorded
Other governments covering Aberdeen No. 373. We have no power over schools on record for them. If one holds such a power, tell us .
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Sources
spsd.sk.ca
· checked Oct 11, 2026
power of the board under the provincial education statute
For: Schools and programs of study (Conseil des écoles fransaskoises), Budget (Conseil des écoles fransaskoises), Director of education and teachers (Conseil des écoles fransaskoises), School facilities (Conseil des écoles fransaskoises), Schools and programs of study (Board of Education of the Prairie Spirit School Division No. 206) and 7 more
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca
· checked Oct 11, 2026
provincial: Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92, 92A, 93, 95; Saskatchewan Act, 1905, s. 17; Constitution Act, 1930 (Natural Resources Transfer Agreement).
For: Education (Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan)
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