Page 21 - Special Education in Ontario, Kindergarten to Grade 12: Policy and Resource Guide

Draft Part A: Legislation, Policy, and Funding
(continued)
Regulation Number
Title
Description
298
Operation of Schools – General
• Subsection 3(3) permits a reduction in the length of the instructional program for exceptional students to less than the required 5 hours per day.
• Section 11 sets out the duties of principals with respect to exceptional students, in addition to those in the Act.
• Section 19 sets out the qualifications teachers must hold to be placed in charge of or to teach in a special education program.
• Section 26 describes the supervisory relationship between principals and professional support staff, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, where such persons are performing duties in a school.
• Section 30 provides for special education programs for preschool children who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
• Section 31 sets out maximum enrolment for special
education classes.
• Section 32 sets out the use of sign language in the
classroom and as a language of instruction and in communications in regards to student discipline and management of the school.
306
Special Education Programs and Services
Requires each school board to maintain and regularly review a special education plan. (The requirements taken from Standards for School Boards’ Special Education Plans (2000) are described in detail in Part B of this guide.)
464/97
Special Education Advisory Committees
Governs the appointment to and operation of Special Education Advisory Committees (SEACs).
(The requirements of Special Education Advisory Committees are described in detail in the Advisory Committees on Special Education section in this part of the guide.)
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