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Draft Part A: Legislation, Policy, and Funding
3. The Special Equipment Amount (SEA) provides funding to assist boards with the costs of equipment essential to supporting students with special education needs where the need for specific equipment is recommended by a qualified professional. This equipment is
to provide students with the accommodations that are required
to enable them to access the Ontario curriculum and/or a board- determined alternative program and/or course, and/or to attend school. Eligibility criteria are outlined in the ministry document Special Education Funding Guidelines: Special Equipment Amount (SEA).
4. The Special Incidence Portion (SIP) provides funding for school boards for support staff to ensure the health and/or safety both
of students who have extraordinarily high needs related to their disabilities and/or exceptionalities and of others at the school. Eligibility criteria are outlined in the ministry document Special Education Funding Guidelines: Special Incidence Portion (SIP).
5. The Care, Treatment, Custody and Correctional (CTCC) Amount provides funding for school boards to provide education programs for school-aged children and youth in government-approved care and/or treatment, custody, and correctional facilities. These facilities include hospitals, children’s mental health centres, psychiatric institutions, detention and correctional facilities, community group homes, and social services agencies. The provision of education in these facilities is subject to an agreement between a school board and the facility.
6. The Behaviour Expertise Amount (BEA) provides funding for school boards to hire board-level personnel who have applied behaviour analysis (ABA) expertise. The use of ABA instructional approaches has proven to be effective for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and for other students with special education needs.
More information on the Special Education Grant can be found on the Education Funding page of the ministry website.
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