What is a governing board?

A governing board is an organization with substantial powers to help a school, vocational training centre or adult education centre meet the needs of all students. In the reform of Quebec's education system, a governing board is made up of interested individuals established at each school centre.

Governing boards have been granted powers and functions enabling schools and centres to share the skills of all persons who have a stake in education.

A centre's governing board exercises powers and functions related to matters such as the centre's policies and action plan, the approach for the implementation of the applicable basic regulation, the implementation of the programs of studies and the programs relating to student services and popular education, the centre's operating rules and the use of the centre's premises.

A governing board's decisions must be made in the best interest of the students.