b'ManitobaUpdateCSBA Annual Report 2025A Busy Legislative SessionNo less than 14 Bills were introduced into this past legislativesession touching on some aspect of public education! Among themost noteworthy were Bill 16 providing for universal voting rightsfor First Nations in school board elections; Bill 17 or Nellos Law toprotect school food programs; Bill 18 providing Indigenouslanguages as languages of instruction in public schools; Bill 19mandating introduction of staff-pupil interaction policies andmandating abuse prevention training for staff and volunteers; Bill 29providing in part for psychologically safe working environments;Bill 39 establishing school board election campaign finance rules andaccountability; Bill 40 re-defining patriotic observances by removingmandated observance of the Royal Anthem. Each of these weregiven assent by the end of the session except Bill 40, which wasdeferred to the coming fall session.Manitoba Excellence in Education AwardsOn April 11, 2025 Alan performed his first public duties as MSBA President byrepresenting MSBA at Manitobas annual Excellence in Education Awards. Every year,these awards are held at the Legislative Buildings to recognize outstandingcontributions made by new, long-serving and school team members to educationacross our province. MSBA Vice-President Sandy Lethbridge served on the Awardsselection Committee, and this is a special privilege that continues to be held byMSBA, given that no other public education partner is so honoured. As always, it wasthe very best possible start to Education Week in Manitoba and the contributionsmade by our teachers this year were truly extraordinary!Executive RetreatOn May 1-2, 2025 our new 2025/26 Provincial Executive met in Winnipeg for a review and refresher ofprogress achieved and the way forward as we continue to work on our multi-year strategic plan. As always, wetake stock of emergent trends in our operating environment and had a privileged opportunity to learn more asan Association Executive about Manitoba Educations exciting support and innovation for Indigenouseducation. Good things are happening, both inside MSBA and across this province!Congress 2025 AACS B CC C SLast but not least, a good portion of this past year was invested preparing for CSBA2025 in Winnipeg! While we had hoped to truly showcase the best of what Manitoba L 2AU 0had to offer, we trust that this virtual Congress 2025 provided an opportunity for deep2learning and insight. We hope all participants were encouraged, came away with new T5RIideas, and received new tools to help in the exercise of important roles andresponsibilities in Canadas public education system. We would like to thank all V U Jregistrants for their patience as we together helped tens of thousands of Manitobans 4 Y L- 3 3in need, due to the wildfire emergency. Your compassion has shown even more proof T E L L I 4 -that school boards and community members care about people. That you want to U Jmake a positive impact. The difference you have helped CSBA and MSBA to make, bymoving to a virtual event, was not unnoticed by a grateful Manitoba!60'