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School Board’s Expulsion of Grade 2 Student Upheld
In this decision, the Child and Family Services Review Board (the “Review Board”) upheld the decision of the Upper Grand District School Board (the “School Board”) to expel a Grade 2 student for physically assaulting an educational assistant (“EA”) on...
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Government Announces “Education That Works for You”
Last week, during Ontario’s March Break, Education Minister Lisa Thompson announced several key changes to Ontario’s education system, under the banner “Education that Works for You.” Curriculum and Class Size Revisions to the Health and Physical Education curriculum, to take...
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Court of Appeal Finds Contract Between University and Student
In Lam v. University of Western Ontario, 2019 ONCA 82, the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed that a court may take jurisdiction over a claim that arises from an academic dispute between a student and a university. Facts Simon Lam...
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School Board Record Keeping Obligations
School boards are corporations pursuant to section 58.5(1) of the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2. As a result, both school boards and directors of education are required to comply with certain corporate requirements under the Education Act, the Corporations...
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Auditor General’s Report Highlights Concerns with the Current State of Technology in Education
In December 2018, the Auditor General of Ontario released its 2018 Annual Report. The Report contains 15 value-for-money audits. One of the value-for-money audits focused on publicly funded school boards and their use of information technology systems and technology in...
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The Safe and Supportive Schools Act
On October 25, 2018, the Ontario Government continued their education reform by announcing Bill 48: The Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act,2018 which is aimed at keeping Ontario’s children safer and ensuring better supports are available for learning.[1] The Government also...
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Separate School Funding Appeal Scheduled for March 2019
The appeal of the trial judgment in Good Spirit School Division No. 204 v. Christ the Teacher Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 212, 2017 SKQB 109 (the “Theodore case”) has been scheduled to be heard in March 2019. The...
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Ontario Human Rights Commission Releases Accessible Education for Students with Disabilities Policy
The Ontario Human Rights Commission recently released a new policy titled “Accessible Education for Students with Disabilities.” The policy updates the Commission’s previous guideline on accessible education released in 2004. This new policy further articulates the intersection of disability with...
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Human Rights Tribunal Dismisses Application Seeking Delivery of Autism Therapy in the Classroom
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario recently dismissed an Application brought by a student’s mother on behalf of her son, who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The Application, brought while the student was in his first year of...
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New Ontario Executive Compensation Freeze
The Ontario government recently issued Regulation 406/18 under the Broader Public Sector Executive Compensation Act 2014 (the BPSECA), freezing compensation for executives and heads of certain public bodies who earn $100,000 or more. The regulation implements a cap on salaries...
