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✦✦ The final decision must be communicated in writing to the parent or adult student as part of the IEP development process.
✦✦ In cases of disagreement, where the principal decides that the student should be exempted from writing the test or taking the course but the parent or adult student disagrees with this decision, the student must be allowed to write the test or take the course. Where the principal decides that the student should write the test or take the course but the parent or adult student disagrees with this decision, the matter will be referred to the appropriate supervisory officer. The supervisory officer’s decision is final.
✦✦ Where it is determined that an exemption does not apply and that the student who has an IEP and who is receiving a special education program and special education services is to take the test or the course, the principal must ensure that the student has a fair and equal opportunity to successfully complete
the test or the course. The necessary accommodations will be provided in accordance with the policies outlined in sections 6.1.3.1 and 6.1.3.2 and Appendix 3, Section 1, above.
✦✦ If the learning expectations contained in the student’s IEP are revised at some point and the student begins to work towards the OSSD, he or she must successfully complete the OSSLT, the OSSLC, or the adjudication process in order to be eligible to receive the diploma.
✦✦ All documentation related to the decision to grant an exemption from taking the test or the course must be kept in the student’s Ontario Student Record.
Education Quality and Accountability Office, Ontario Secondary School Literacy
Test (OSSLT): Guide for Accommodations, Special Provisions, Deferrals, and Exemptions.
Available on the EQAO website, at www,eqao.com, under Educator Resources, or by writing to: Education Quality and Accountability Office
2 Carlton Street, Suite 1200 Toronto ON M5B 2M9
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