This page provides information about School Councils in the Peace Wapiti School division as well as general information from the provincial scene.

School Councils Handbook
The School Councils Handbook gives background information on school councils, how they should operate, and how they tie into the School Act. It also explains school council regulations and how membership should be set up.

School councils were established in 1995, to increase parent and community involvement in the education of children in Alberta. Public schools, including charter schools, are required to attempt to establish school councils.

Each school council must include the following members: school principal, teacher(s), parents of students enrolled in the school, student(s) (high schools only)

Parents must form the majority of members. Individual school councils may also decide to include as members one or more persons who are not parents of students enrolled in the school and/or one or more persons who are parents of children enrolled in an Early Childhood Services program at the school.

The School Councils Regulation (113/2007) has been revised to provide more clarity and flexibility for establishing school councils to accommodate local circumstances. The revision more accurately reflects what happens in existing school councils and identifies opportunities for involving parents in meaningful activities that relate to school. In addition, a new section (s.13) of the School Councils Regulation identifies the responsibilities of school boards in relation to school councils. View  School Councils Regulations. Through school councils, Albertans have the opportunity to advise the principal and the school board respecting any matter relating to the school. For more information, visit the Alberta Home and School Councils' Association.