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early as possible that the student is to be enrolled in a school of the board. The IPRC should meet as soon as possible after the decision is made to move the student to a school of the board.
Notice of the IPRC Meeting
At least ten days before the meeting of the IPRC, the chair of the committee must send the parents written notification of the meeting.
(See Ontario Regulation 181/98, subsection 5(5))
This letter will provide information about the date, time, and place of the meeting, and should ask the parents to indicate whether they will attend. Parents should be encouraged to attend, and every effort should be made to accommodate their schedule. Parents should also be informed that they have the right to:
• be present at and participate in all committee discussions about the student;
• be present when the committee makes its decision about the identification and the placement;
• have a representative present to speak on their behalf or otherwise support them.
Each school board has its own procedures for inviting parents to attend the IPRC meeting. Many boards find it helpful to contact parents by tele- phone and follow up with a letter of invitation. If no reply to the notice
of the meeting is received by two or three days before the scheduled date, the principal should contact the parents directly. At the same time, the principal may also wish to verify whether the parents have received, read, and understood the parents’ guide to special education prepared by the school board (see “The Parents’ Guide” below).
The parents (and student who is 16 years of age or older) must receive the same information about the student that the chair of the IPRC has received. This information is to be sent out as soon as possible after the chair has received it.
(See Ontario Regulation 181/98, subsection 15(8))