Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This whole section is very different from the current act. The current act describes a regional superintendent, which no longer exists. A regional superintendent used to report to the department, to the deputy minister, and worked for the GNWT --very much a regional administrator.
What we have in this section is describing the overall duties of the superintendent to supervise the administration of education for the jurisdiction that the superintendent is responsible for. In addition, as Mr. Zoe described, the jurisdiction can describe additional duties, set priorities, make more specific directions that the superintendent then must follow.