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7.5.1 Credit Recovery
Boards and schools should make credit recovery programs available to their stu- dents. These programs are designed to help regular day school students meet the expectations of a course they have completed but for which they have received a failing grade. A credit (or credits) for a course must be recovered within two years from the time the student fails the course. Students may work on recovering more than one credit at a time through the credit recovery process, and there is no limit on the number of credits a student may recover.
Credit recovery may be delivered as part of the regular day school program and/ or at summer school. Instruction must be delivered by a qualified teacher. Credit recovery programs may accommodate continuous intake and may be delivered through e-learning. Procedures and requirements governing the operation of credit recovery programs are outlined in Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in Ontario Schools – First Edition, Covering Grades 1 to 12.
Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in Ontario Schools – First Edition, Covering Grades 1 to 12 (2010)
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/policyfunding/growSuccess.pdf
7.6 Specialized Schools
Some school boards may wish to establish schools that specialize in areas such as the arts, business studies, the environment, languages, pure and applied sciences, or technological education. A secondary school may offer programs in subjects in which there is small enrolment – for example, programs in some languages – and these programs may serve several schools. A secondary school should not special- ize to the point where it cannot offer the full range of courses that students need in order to obtain a secondary school diploma.
7.6.1 Alternative Schools
School boards may establish alternative schools to provide an option for some students who have educational needs that cannot be met in their existing schools, and/or to respond to needs expressed in the community.
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