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Draft PART D: The Identification, Placement, and Review Committee (IPRC) Process
IPRC. The principal will arrange for the meeting to be held as soon as possible. Then, as soon as possible after the follow-up meeting, the IPRC chair will inform the school board and the parents if any changes were made to the IPRC decision and, if so, will provide a revised statement of decision and written reasons for the changes. The parents will be asked to consent to the revised identification and/or placement decision.
(See Ontario Regulation 181/98, section 19) Agreement with the IPRC Decision
Once the IPRC has identified the student as exceptional and the parents have agreed with the IPRC identification and placement decision, the school board will promptly notify the principal of the school at which the special education program will be provided of the need to develop an Individual Education Plan (IEP) for the student, including a transition plan1 for each exceptional student who is 14 years of age or older, unless the student is identified as exceptional solely on the basis of giftedness.
(See Ontario Regulation 181/98, subsection 7(7)) (For a discussion of IEPs, see Part E of this guide.)
Disagreement with the IPRC Decision
If the parents disagree with the revised decision, they may:
• within thirty days of receipt of the initial IPRC decision, file a notice of appeal with the secretary of the board (who is usually the director of education);
• within fifteen days of the receipt of the decision of the second meeting, file a notice of appeal with the secretary of the board.
(See The IPRC Appeal section, for more information.)
If the parents do not supply written consent to the IPRC decision and also do not appeal the decision within the time limit set for appealing, the school board will instruct the principal to implement the IPRC decision.
1. Ministry policy requires transition plans under other circumstances as well. For details, see Part E of this guide.
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