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✦✦ A principal may also initiate consideration of a deferral with the parent or adult student.
✦✦ The principal will make his or her decision in consultation with the parent or adult student and appropriate school staff. In cases of disagreement, the parent or adult student may ask the appropriate supervisory officer to review the matter. The decision of the supervisory officer is final.
✦✦ The writing of the test may be deferred only to the time of the next scheduled test. Students who are granted a deferral will write the test at the next scheduled sitting as prescribed by the EQAO.
✦✦ If an additional deferral is required, the principal must review the request again with the parent or adult student and appropriate school staff. While there is no limit on the number of deferrals that may be granted, the parent or adult student must be advised that a deferral will result in fewer opportunities to retake the test and that successful completion of the test, successful completion of the OSSLC, or successful completion of the adjudication process is a diploma requirement. Students should be encouraged to write
the test so that the school may have an indication of their strengths and needs and be able to develop an appropriate program and/or appropriate forms of support to prepare them for their next attempt.
✦✦ The decision to defer must be entered, with all pertinent details, in the Student Data Collection System provided by the EQAO.
✦✦ All documentation related to the decision to grant a deferral must be kept in the student’s Ontario Student Record.
SECTION 4
Exemptions from the Literacy Graduation Requirement
To be eligible for an exemption, a student must have an IEP. The IEP must include documentation to support an exemption from the literacy graduation requirement and a clear indication that the student is not working towards an OSSD. Both paren- tal consent and the approval of the principal are required for an exemption.
Exemptions are to be provided to students on an individual basis. The following procedures should be applied:
✦✦ As part of the IEP development process, the principal decides, on the basis of the student’s learning expectations and in consultation with the parent or adult student (a student who is eighteen years of age or older), whether the student is working towards the OSSD.
✦✦ If it is decided that the student is not working towards the OSSD, the principal also decides, again in consultation with the parent or adult student, whether to grant the student an exemption from writing the OSSLT or taking the OSSLC.
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