The Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumed on April 28 with the main agenda item of allowing Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance, to deliver the 2022 Budget in the Ontario Legislature. After the budget was tabled, MPPs passed a motion to adjourn the House. The...
Education Policy
Legislative Update – April 4, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains in session and has an upcoming constituency week beginning on April 18, 2022. Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the federal government will table their spring budget on April 7, 2022. Ontario’s budget is...
Legislative Update – March 29, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has resumed. With mandatory face-covering rules lifted across the province and in the legislature, voluntary masking in the chamber is divided mostly along partisan lines. The public galleries were also open for attendees during...
Legislative Update – March 14, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is adjourned while MPPs are on a constituency week from March 14 to 18, 2022. They return to Queen’s Park on March 21, 2022 for four back-to-back sitting weeks that run until the Easter holiday and then another constituency week...
Legislative Update – March 7, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is in session. New and Recent Legislation Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 This proposed legislation was introduced on February 28, 2022, by Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development Monte McNaughton. It contains...
Release of Final Recommendations Report regarding a proposed K-12 Education Standard for accessibility
Earlier this week, the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility released the Final Recommendations Report from the K–12 Education Standards Development Committee (ESDC) regarding the development of a proposed K–12 Education Standard under the Accessibility for Ontarians...
Legislative Update – February 28, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament returned to Queen’s Park on February 22, 2022 as the Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumed its spring session. New Legislation Bill 87, Black Mental Health Day Act, 2022 This proposed legislation was introduced on February 24 by NDP...
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 7, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned during winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 The Government of Ontario has launched its school closures and absenteeism...
Legislative Update – January 24, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned during winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. Rod Phillips has announced his resignation as the Minister of Long-Term Care and will not be seeking re-election. The...
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 12, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has now risen for Winter Recess with Members of Provincial Parliaments returning on February, 22, 2022. The government did issue a news release, Protecting our Progress and Building Ontario, summarizing their fall session. Recent...
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...
Education Policy
Legislative Update – April 30, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumed on April 28 with the main agenda item of allowing Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance, to deliver the 2022 Budget in the Ontario Legislature. After the budget was tabled, MPPs passed a motion to adjourn the House. The...
Legislative Update – April 4, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains in session and has an upcoming constituency week beginning on April 18, 2022. Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the federal government will table their spring budget on April 7, 2022. Ontario’s budget is...
Legislative Update – March 29, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has resumed. With mandatory face-covering rules lifted across the province and in the legislature, voluntary masking in the chamber is divided mostly along partisan lines. The public galleries were also open for attendees during...
Legislative Update – March 14, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is adjourned while MPPs are on a constituency week from March 14 to 18, 2022. They return to Queen’s Park on March 21, 2022 for four back-to-back sitting weeks that run until the Easter holiday and then another constituency week...
Legislative Update – March 7, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is in session. New and Recent Legislation Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 This proposed legislation was introduced on February 28, 2022, by Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development Monte McNaughton. It contains...
Release of Final Recommendations Report regarding a proposed K-12 Education Standard for accessibility
Earlier this week, the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility released the Final Recommendations Report from the K–12 Education Standards Development Committee (ESDC) regarding the development of a proposed K–12 Education Standard under the Accessibility for Ontarians...
Legislative Update – February 28, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament returned to Queen’s Park on February 22, 2022 as the Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumed its spring session. New Legislation Bill 87, Black Mental Health Day Act, 2022 This proposed legislation was introduced on February 24 by NDP...
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 7, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned during winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 The Government of Ontario has launched its school closures and absenteeism...
Legislative Update – January 24, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned during winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. Rod Phillips has announced his resignation as the Minister of Long-Term Care and will not be seeking re-election. The...
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 12, 2021
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has now risen for Winter Recess with Members of Provincial Parliaments returning on February, 22, 2022. The government did issue a news release, Protecting our Progress and Building Ontario, summarizing their fall session. Recent...
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...
