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Your school board must reserve any unspent funding each year and spend it on special education in the future. The projected 2024–2025 Special Education Fund is approximately $3.71 billion. The following outlines each of the 4 allocations of the Special Education Fund.
- Grants for Student Needs Special Education Grant
- Special Education in Ontario
- Special Education Grant
- Special Education Statistical Prediction Model
- Measures of Variability
- Base Amount for Collaboration and Integration
- Multi-Disciplinary Supports Amount
- ABA Expertise Professionals Amount
- ABA Training Amount
- Accountability for Special Education Funding
- Education Funding webpage.
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Special Education Per Pupil Amount Allocation Differentiated Special Education Needs Amount Allocation Special Education Statistical Prediction Model Measures of Variability Base Amount for Collaboration and Integration Multi-Disciplinary Supports Amount Local Special Education Priorities Amount Special Equipment Amount Special Incidence Portio...
This guide provides an overview of special education and how it is funded in Ontario. The goal is to provide a clear explanation of the funding model for interested partners in the education sector. The Ministry of Education allocates funding to Ontario’s 72 district school boards1. In addition to the Pupil Foundation Grant and other grants within...
In addition to other Grants for Student Needs funding, the ministry provides school boards with the Special Education Grant. This grant supports positive outcomes for students with special education needs. This grant is for the additional costs of the programs, services and/or equipment these students may require. Special Education Grant funding ...
The Special Education Statistical Prediction Model estimates the likelihood of students in a school board needing special education programs and/or services. The model considers neighbourhood profiles for all students across Ontario and in each school board. This generates predicted percentages for the population likely to have special education ne...
The Measures of Variability uses seven categories of information that reflect differences in each school board’s population of students with special education needs and in the school board’s ability to respond to these needs. Three of the categories use data to develop a school board profile of special education needs. This is done by looking at d...
The Base Amount for Collaboration and Integration provides each school board with funding to help explore collaborative and integrated approaches to serving students with special education needs.
The Multi-Disciplinary Supports Amount supports all students with special education needs, including subsets of this population such as students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and mental health needs. The Multi- Disciplinary Supports Amount provides funding to each school board for a multi-disciplinary team of up to four staff. This team he...
The ABA Expertise Professionals Amount provides funding for boards to hire professional staff at the school board level who have expertise in ABA. Whenever possible, school boards are encouraged to hire individuals with Board Certified Behaviour Analyst certification, individuals working toward Board Certified Behaviour Analyst certification, ...
The ABA Training Amount provides funding to boards for training opportunities to build school board capacity in ABA.
The province, through the Ministry of Education, is accountable for the public edu cation system and the policy decisions that determine funding for school boards. Given the key role of school boards in providing services at the local level, school boards are accountable to students, parents, the ministry and others with a stake in public educati...
For more information on special education policy, programs and/or services generally, please visit the Ministry of Education website. For more information on a school board’s specific special education policies and approaches, please contact the school board superintendent responsible for special education. Alternatively, you may contact a member ...
Special education services: Facilities and resources, including support personnel and equipment, necessary for developing and implementing a special education program. Special education program: An educational program that is based on and modified by the results of continuous assessment and evaluation, and that includes a plan containing specifi...
Apr 4, 2022 · As part of Ontario’s $26.1-billion Grants for Student Needs (GSN) for 2022-23, the province is increasing total Special Education Grant (SEG) funding to more than $3.25 billion for the 2022-23 school year, an investment of over $92 million to support students with special education needs. This is the highest amount ever provided in SEG funding.
The 2022-2023 Expenditure Estimates set out details of the operating and capital spending requirements of the Ministry of Education for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2022.
On April 21, 2021, the Government of Ontario (the Province) tabled in the Legislative Assembly volume 1 of the 2021-22 Expenditure Estimates.1 The 2021-22 Expenditure Estimates (or Estimates) sets out the fiscal year’s spending requirements for ministries and constitutes the government’s formal request to the legislature for approval to spend th...
Nov 5, 2021 · TORONTO - The Ontario government says it is spending more on schools, students and teachers this year, despite an apparent reduction in base funding for education revealed in the Fall Economic...
The 2023–2024 Expenditure Estimates set out details of the operating and capital spending requirements of the Ministry of Education for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2023.
