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Under the Education Act, the Ministry of Education is responsible for ensuring that all “exceptional” children in Ontario have available to them appropriate special education programs and services, without payment of fees. The Ministry has required school boards to implement procedures for identifying the special needs of students, and for ...
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Special education programs and services are tailored to meet students’ individual needs. These programs support students with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism and more. By law, all school boards must provide special education programs and/or services for students with special education needs.
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We recommend that you read this page along with the Education Act, regulations and PPMs. If there is any discrepancy between this summary and the Act, regulations, or PPMs, the information in the source document applies.
Ontario’s Education Actsets out rules around special education. Under the Act, a special education program is as an educational program that is: 1. based on and modified by the results of a continuous assessment and evaluation of a student 2. includes a plan (now referred to as an individual education plan or IEP) containing specific objectives and...
There are a number of regulations under the Education Act that relate to special education. Regulation 181/98: Identification and Placement of Exceptional Pupils sets out rules for the identification and placement of students in special education programs and for identification, placement and review committees (IPRC).. Regulation 306: Special Educa...
There are a number of Policy and Program Memorandum that relate to special education. 1. Policy/Program Memorandum 1: Ontario Schools for the Blind and Deaf as Resource Centres 2. Policy/Program Memorandum 8: Identification of and Program Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities 3. Policy/Program Memorandum 11: Early Identification of Child...
Read Ontario’s policy on province-wide standards that school boards must meet when developing their special education plans in Part B of Special Education in Ontario, Kindergarten to Grade 12: Policy and Resource Guide (2017).
Ensure that students with disabilities receive all necessary accommodations and other supports as outlined in their individual education plans and transition plans when accessing summer or night school continuing education courses during their secondary school education.
Apr 4, 2022 · TORONTO — The Ontario government is supporting students with special education needs, along with their parents, through new investments and partnerships that will help them succeed in the classroom.
Who is this Toolkit For? The information provided is for anyone who has a child or loved one with autism, intellectual disability or another disability, who is or will be attending school in Canada. The toolkit is meant to be a resource to better understand your child’s rights and needs to a publicly-funded education.
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Under the Act, the Ministry is responsible for ensuring that all exceptional pupils in Ontario have available to them appropriate special education programs and services without payment of fees. More specifically, the Ministry is responsible for funding levels and structures, legislating procedures, and creating appeal and monitoring mechanisms.
