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Draft PART D: The Identification, Placement, and Review Committee (IPRC) Process After the Appeal Board Meeting
The SEAB must make its recommendations to the school board within three days of the end of the meeting. The appeal board may:
• agree with the IPRC and recommend that the IPRC’s decisions be implemented; or
• disagree with the IPRC and make a recommendation to the school board regarding the student’s identification or placement or both.
(See Ontario Regulation 181/98, subsection 28(6))
The regulation requires that the appeal board report its recommendations in writing, including the reasons for its recommendations. This written statement must be sent to:
• the parent;
• the student, if 16 years of age or older;
• the chair of the IPRC whose decision is being appealed;
• the principal of the school;
• the director of the school board; and
• the representative of the purchasing board, if appropriate.
(See Ontario Regulation 181/98, section 29)
The appeal board may report its decision in whatever written form it finds
appropriate. The following elements might be included:
• personal information for the purpose of identification (e.g., the student’s name and age, the parent’s name and address, the name and address of the school);
• the date, time, and place of the appeal board meeting;
• the purpose of the meeting and the issue(s) with which it was
concerned;
• the names of the parties, their representatives (if any), and any
presenters whom they invited to the SEAB meeting;
• a summary of the facts of the case;
• a summary of the positions of the parties;
• a list of the factors that played a role in the formulation of the
recommendations, and, if possible, the weight given to each of these
factors;
• the recommendation of the appeal board on the issue before it.
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