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Special Education in Ontario, Kindergarten to Grade 12 Draft
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A Summary of Requirements of School
Boards under the Education Act and
the Regulations
Under the Education Act and the regulations made under the Act, a school board is required to do the following:
• implement procedures for early and ongoing identification of children’s learning needs (Education Act, s. 8(3)(a); detailed procedures are outlined in PPM No. 11)
• provide, or enter into an agreement with another board to provide, special education programs and services for its exceptional students (Education Act, s. 170(1))
• establish Identification, Placement, and Review Committees (IPRCs); follow specified processes in the identification and placement of exceptional students; and provide a mechanism whereby parents can appeal decisions of the IPRCs (Ontario Regulation [O. Reg.] 181/98)
• provide Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for children identified as exceptional (O. Reg. 181/98, ss. 6 and 7)
• establish a Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) (Education Act, s. 57.1(1); O. Reg. 464/97)
• create, maintain, and review special education plans, and prepare reports on special education programs and services (Reg. 306)
• not exceed the maximum enrolments established for self-contained classes for students with different types of exceptionalities (Reg. 298,
s. 31) (See the box below for details on special education class sizes and the section below for the categories of exceptionalities.)
• provide for a shortened school day for exceptional students in a special education program (Reg. 298, s. 3(3))
• employ teachers with the appropriate qualifications (Reg. 298, s. 19(4))