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Voting Results for 2009 BCCPAC Annual General Meeting Resolutions

 2009 Resolutions Booklet This contains the original wording of the resolutions taken to the AGM. The resolutions below include amendments made during the meeting.

*Prior to the withdrawal of Resolution No. 2 President Ron Broda resigned.

1.   Special Resolution to Remove Stephanie Longstaff from Office of Director of British Columbia Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils.”	Defeated
2.  Call for President Broda to be Removed	Withdrawn*
3.  Special Resolution to Rescind Bylaw 7.02(f), Regarding Appointments to Committees	Carried
4. Bylaw Amendments, to Provide Process for Major Amendments to the Bylaws or Constitution	Defeated
5. Change Term of Office of Directors to One Year	Defeated
6. Vacant Positions on Board to be filled immediately at Annual General Meeting	Withdrawn
7. Stopping the Misrepresentation of FSA Data used by Fraser Institute Be it resolved that: BCCPAC work with the Ministry of Education and other provincial education associations to change procedures to ensure that results from the Foundation Skills Assessments continue to be released to school districts, schools and parents yet not to the general public in order to stop outside organizations from using/manipulating the data to support their needs.	Carried
8. Ensuring successful I.E.P.’s for all designated students Be it resolved that: BCCPAC urge the Ministry of Education to mandate and provide the necessary resources to provide specific review policies to ensure the success of all I.E.P.'s for children with special needs designation regardless of the level of need.	Carried
9a. Parent Choice Regarding FSAs Be it resolved that BCCPAC urge the Minister of Education to respect the right of parents to decide whether or not participation in the FSA tests is in the best interests of their children.	Defeated
9b. Parent Choice Regarding FSAs Be it resolved that The Minister meet with parent and teacher reps to discuss measures to restore confidence in the FSAs.	Carried
10. Mandated Support Tied to Low FSA Outcomes	Defeated
11. Clarification of Benefits and Limitations of FSA Data Be it resolved thatBCCPAC develop and distribute a parent information kit that explains the strengths and limitations of FSAs in providing accountability at the level of individual students, teachers, schools, districts and for the system as a whole. Further, that BCCPAC consult with its membership and other education partners in the development of such a kit.	Carried
12. Learning Resources for Intermediate Grades in Health and Career Education (K-7)Be it resolved thatBCCPAC call upon the Ministry of Education to work with the Ministry of Health in order to provide age-appropriate, up-to-date, and medically accurate learning resources in ESL friendly language to support the learning outcomes for intermediate grades in Health & Career Education K-7 pertaining to HIV/AIDS.	Carried
13. Creation of Educational Field Trip Transit Pass Be it resolved thatBCCPAC support the creation of a low cost yearly educational field trip and sports team transit pass to allow a class of children, with adult supervisors, to use transit for educational trips where public transit exists throughout BC. Interested parties should be encouraged to explore opportunities to finance this project with partners including, but not limited to, Ministry of Education, Boards of Education, Municipal Governments, Transit Authorities, BC Ferries and other community partners.	Carried
14. Seat belts on School Busses  Be it resolved thatBCCPAC urge the Ministry of Education to immediately mandate the use of 3-point shoulder harnesses in all school buses.Motion to refer to Health & Safety Committee	Referred to Committee
15. PAC Playground Grants – Eligible Uses Be it resolved thatBCCPAC urge the Minister of Education and BC Gaming Policy & Enforcement Branch to expand the eligible uses of PAC Playground grants in light of recent government initiatives regarding daily physical activity, healthy schools and BC area schools program to include sports courts and similar outdoor equipment and secure bicycle storage structures and installation. The existing criteria for ranking applicants that excludes sports courts and bicycle storage structures will be maintained.	Carried
16. Ministry Funding Formula Be it resolved thatBCCPAC urge the Ministry of Education to re-examine, recalculate and rework the ministry funding formula to address and fully fund all structural deficits and new programs mandated by the government.	Carried
17. School Grounds Parking Lot and Vehicular Traffic Safety Be it resolved thatBCCPAC urge the Ministry of Education to take immediate action, and to fund, grounds safety upgrades on school properties where dangerous parking lots and vehicular traffic flows lanes exist. The upgrades must include designs for environmentally friendly pathways for pedestrians and bicycle travel, as well as appropriate bicycle storage areas, and must not compromise the existing availability of hard top play surfaces for children.Motion to refer to Health and Safety Committee and the Committee to report at the 2010 AGM.	Carried
18. Equal Access to BC Gaming Revenues Be it resolved:THAT BCCPAC urge the Minister of Education and BC Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch to enact equal gaming access for Parent Advisory Councils by consistently applying the funding formula of $40 per student for each fiscal year, as reflected in the GPEB's guideline for PAC gaming revenues.And furthermore, with this increase in gaming revenues to PACs, be it resolved that BCCPAC urge the above bodies to expand the eligible uses of gaming revenues to include parent leadership education costs.	Carried
19. Life Membership to Past President Terri Watson	Carried
20. Life Membership to Past President Kim Howland	Withdrawn

*Prior to the withdrawal of Resolution No. 2 President Ron Broda resigned.

Amendments included here are preliminary. The exact wording will be provided in the AGM minutes which will be posted following approval by the AGM Minutes Approval Committee. 

The following resolutions were taken from the floor and were not included in the printed resolutions booklet