5th Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 223

THE MANITOBA ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT ACT (ADULT EDUCATION)

(Assented to                                         )

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. A150 amended

1   The Manitoba Assistance Act is amended by this Act.

2   Section 1 is amended by adding the following definitions:

"adult education" means

(a) vocational or other employment-related training, and

(b) educational upgrading; (« éducation des adultes »)

"educational upgrading" includes a literacy program, a numeracy program and a course or program of study provided by an adult learning centre; (« récupération scolaire »)

3   Section 2 is amended by adding ", adult education" after "essential health services".

4   The following is added after subsection 5.4(1):

Obligation of director re adult education

5.4(1.1)   If the director requires a person to undertake or participate in employment enhancement measures, the director must consider whether undertaking or participating in adult education is the most appropriate employment enhancement measure.

5   Section 16.3 is amended

(a) in the section heading, by adding "and adult education" after "employment"; and

(b) by adding "and opportunities for adult education" after "employment opportunities".

6   Clause 19(1)(g.2) is amended, in the part before subclause (i), by adding ", including adult education," after "enhancement measures".

Coming into force

7   This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.