{"id":66002,"date":"2026-03-27T03:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=66002"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:59:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:59:45","slug":"school-trustee-election-resources-available-now","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/school-trustee-election-resources-available-now\/","title":{"rendered":"School Trustee Election Resources Available Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2026-04-02\/\" rel=\"tag\">Thursday April 02 2026<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">School Trustee Election Resources Available Now<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/administration\/legislation-policy\/school-trustee-election-procedures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Updated resources<\/a> are now available for the October 2026 general school election, including the School Trustee Election Procedures in British Columbia guide. Please note that the guide has been revised throughout to include significant dates as well as key changes to elections legislation for 2026. If district staff have questions about election procedures, they can contact <a href=\"mailto:EDUC.Governance.Legislation@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EDUC.Governance.Legislation@gov.bc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view a map of trustee electoral areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.gov.bc.ca\/ess\/hm\/bcede\/\">BC Electoral District Explorer<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Add Provincial Layers<\/strong> at the top of the map.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Education<\/strong> from the menu.<ul><li>For viewing Trustee Electoral Areas, select <strong>Education Trustee Electoral Areas<\/strong> and choose the preferred style option.<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For viewing School Districts, select <strong style=\"color: initial\">School Districts<\/strong><span style=\"color: initial\"> and choose the preferred style option<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated resources are now available for the October 2026 general school election, including the School Trustee Election Procedures in British Columbia guide. Please note that the guide has been revised throughout to include significant dates as well as key changes to elections legislation for 2026. If district staff have questions about election procedures, they can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/school-trustee-election-resources-available-now\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[353],"release_date":[1593],"division":[1403],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[323],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-66002","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2026-04-02","division-wag","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-secretary-treasurers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/66002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/66002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66076,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/66002\/revisions\/66076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=66002"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=66002"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=66002"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=66002"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=66002"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=66002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}