The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has now resumed. 2022-2023 Grant For Student Needs (GSN) and Priorities and Partnership Fund On February 17, the Ministry of Education released information about the 2022-23 Grants for Student Needs Funding (GSN) and the Priorities...
Education Finance
Legislative Update – February 14, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament will return to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 The Government of Ontario launched its school closures and absenteeism webpage in January. As of February 10, four...
Legislative Update – January 17, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is on winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 On January 12, Minister Stephen Lecce confirmed that Ontario’s publicly funded schools would...
Legislative Update – January 10, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is on winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 Due to Ontario's latest case and contact management guidance, updates to the provincial...
Legislative Update – December 6, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario sits four days this week before Winter Recess. Current and Upcoming Legislation Bill 67, Racial Equity and Education Systems Act, 2021 This legislation was introduced on December 2, 2021 by NDP MPP Laura Mae Lindo. The legislation...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – November 27, 2021
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Zoom on November 27, 2021. Alternate Indigenous Director Lucille Kyle gave an acknowledgement that participants in the meeting were connecting to the meeting from...
Legislative Update – November 29, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario now has eight days left before the Winter Recess, which begins after the session concludes on December 9, 2021. The government has not introduced any new pieces of legislation since their Fall Economic Statement-related bill, and...
Legislative Update – November 22, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is in session and will rise for Winter Break following the sitting on Thursday, December 9, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 As of the morning of November 19, 1,242 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in publicly...
Legislative Update – November 8, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will not be in session from November 8 to 12 as this is a constituency week that aligns with Remembrance Day. MPPs will return to Queen’s Park on November 15. MPPs will then have four sitting weeks before rising for Winter Recess on...
Legislative Update – November 1, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains in session. Current Legislation Bill 35, Equity Education for Young Ontarians Act This legislation has been reintroduced by Liberal MPP Lucille Collard. If passed, the legislation would amend the Education Act and “require...
Legislative Update – October 26, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is now in session. Current Legislation Bill 25, Early Years and Child Care Worker Advisory Commission Act, 2021 This legislation was introduced on October 20, 2021, by Bhutila Karpoche, the NDP Early Learning and Childcare Critic....
Legislative Update – October 4, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumes today, October 4, 2021 when Lieutenant-Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell delivers the speech from the throne at 9 a.m. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 As of the morning of October 1, 1,624 cases of COVID-19 have...
Legislative Update – September 27, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will resume in two weeks on Monday, October 4, 2021. House Speaker Ted Arnott has confirmed “everyone seeking to enter” the legislature will require either proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test. The new rules will...
Legislative Update – September 13, 2021
As previously noted, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario will now remain adjourned until October 4, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 The COVID-19 cases in schools and child care centres webpage has been updated with a note stating that the page has...
Legislative Update – September 7, 2021
On September 3, Government House Leader Paul Calandra issued a statement to the media about the decision to prorogue the legislature until October 4, 2021. Prorogation is the act of completely ending a session of Parliament, and has the effect of terminating all...
Legislative Update – August 23, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 On August 13, OPSBA sent a letter to Premier Ford requesting that the...
Legislative Update – August 9, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 Minister of Education Stephen Lecce has announced the province’s plans for...
Legislative Update – July 12, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update Ontario’s COVID-19 case rates continue to decline as vaccination numbers rise. On July 9, the province...
Education Finance
Legislative Update – February 22, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has now resumed. 2022-2023 Grant For Student Needs (GSN) and Priorities and Partnership Fund On February 17, the Ministry of Education released information about the 2022-23 Grants for Student Needs Funding (GSN) and the Priorities...
Legislative Update – February 14, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament will return to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 The Government of Ontario launched its school closures and absenteeism webpage in January. As of February 10, four...
Legislative Update – January 17, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is on winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 On January 12, Minister Stephen Lecce confirmed that Ontario’s publicly funded schools would...
Legislative Update – January 10, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is on winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 Due to Ontario's latest case and contact management guidance, updates to the provincial...
Legislative Update – December 6, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario sits four days this week before Winter Recess. Current and Upcoming Legislation Bill 67, Racial Equity and Education Systems Act, 2021 This legislation was introduced on December 2, 2021 by NDP MPP Laura Mae Lindo. The legislation...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – November 27, 2021
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting on Zoom on November 27, 2021. Alternate Indigenous Director Lucille Kyle gave an acknowledgement that participants in the meeting were connecting to the meeting from...
Legislative Update – November 29, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario now has eight days left before the Winter Recess, which begins after the session concludes on December 9, 2021. The government has not introduced any new pieces of legislation since their Fall Economic Statement-related bill, and...
Legislative Update – November 22, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is in session and will rise for Winter Break following the sitting on Thursday, December 9, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 As of the morning of November 19, 1,242 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in publicly...
Legislative Update – November 8, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will not be in session from November 8 to 12 as this is a constituency week that aligns with Remembrance Day. MPPs will return to Queen’s Park on November 15. MPPs will then have four sitting weeks before rising for Winter Recess on...
Legislative Update – November 1, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains in session. Current Legislation Bill 35, Equity Education for Young Ontarians Act This legislation has been reintroduced by Liberal MPP Lucille Collard. If passed, the legislation would amend the Education Act and “require...
Legislative Update – October 26, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is now in session. Current Legislation Bill 25, Early Years and Child Care Worker Advisory Commission Act, 2021 This legislation was introduced on October 20, 2021, by Bhutila Karpoche, the NDP Early Learning and Childcare Critic....
Legislative Update – October 4, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumes today, October 4, 2021 when Lieutenant-Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell delivers the speech from the throne at 9 a.m. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 As of the morning of October 1, 1,624 cases of COVID-19 have...
Legislative Update – September 27, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will resume in two weeks on Monday, October 4, 2021. House Speaker Ted Arnott has confirmed “everyone seeking to enter” the legislature will require either proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test. The new rules will...
Legislative Update – September 13, 2021
As previously noted, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario will now remain adjourned until October 4, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 The COVID-19 cases in schools and child care centres webpage has been updated with a note stating that the page has...
Legislative Update – September 7, 2021
On September 3, Government House Leader Paul Calandra issued a statement to the media about the decision to prorogue the legislature until October 4, 2021. Prorogation is the act of completely ending a session of Parliament, and has the effect of terminating all...
Legislative Update – August 23, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 On August 13, OPSBA sent a letter to Premier Ford requesting that the...
Legislative Update – August 9, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Fall 2021 Minister of Education Stephen Lecce has announced the province’s plans for...
Legislative Update – July 12, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for the summer with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) returning on September 13, 2021. COVID-19 Update Ontario’s COVID-19 case rates continue to decline as vaccination numbers rise. On July 9, the province...
