Legislative Update – November 2, 2020

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  • Legislative Update – November 2, 2020

    COVID-19 Update As of the morning of October 30, 889 cases of COVID-19 cases had been reported in publicly funded schools in the past 14 days. Of those cases, 481 are students, 91 are staff, and 317 are not identified. None of the 4,828 schools in the province are currently closed. COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream On…

  • Ontario celebrates Treaties Recognition Week 2021

    We know that through teaching and learning in our schools, we can move towards a Canada where the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians is founded on mutual respect.  To support the Calls to Action of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), school boards are recognizing Treaties Recognition Week, from November 2…

  • OPSBA statement in response to the launch of the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure Stream

    “The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association welcomes today’s announcement of up to $700 million to build or renovate health and safety-related projects in the education sector.  Throughout the pandemic, school boards have faced a wide variety of additional expenses as a result of the many actions taken to keep our schools safe for students and…

  • Legislative Update – October 26, 2020

    Members of Provincial Parliament were back at Queen’s Park from October 19 to 23. Bill 218, Supporting Ontario’s Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020 This legislation was introduced on October 20 by Attorney General Doug Downey. Should it pass, the bill would give liability protection to certain health-care workers and institutions; long-term care homes; businesses;…

  • Legislative Update – October 19, 2020

    MPPs returned to Queen’s Park on October 19, 2020, after a constituency week. COVID-19 Update As of October 15, 1,145 total COVID-19 cases had been reported in publicly funded schools, in 451 individual schools, with 686 of those occurring in the last 14 days. Of the total cases, 635 are students, 184 are staff, and…

  • Local Government Week is October 19 to 23!

    Local Government Week aims to increase youth and public awareness about the important role local government plays in our communities. Please join OPSBA, our member trustees and our education partners in raising civic awareness and promoting the role of trustees among Ontario students! School board trustees are the oldest form of elected representation in Ontario.…

  • Local Government Week is October 19 to 23!

    Local Government Week aims to increase youth and public awareness about the important role local government plays in our communities. Please join OPSBA, our member trustees and our education partners in raising civic awareness and promoting the role of trustees among Ontario students! School board trustees are the oldest form of elected representation in Ontario.…

  • OPSBA Statement Regarding Regulation 274/12: Hiring Practices

    Today’s announcement is good news for Ontario’s public school boards and their communities. The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) has been advocating strongly for the repeal of Regulation 274, which favours seniority as the most important factor in teacher hiring, since its introduction in September 2012. OPSBA has long maintained that transparent and equitable hiring practices…

  • Professional development for trustees during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Effective governance is always important. It is even more so now as school boards face unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Trustee Professional Development Program focuses on fundamentals of good governance and offers learning and tools to support governance skills at this critical time. This may be especially helpful for school board leaders…

  • Good Governance during COVID-19

    Effective governance is always important. It is even more so now as school boards face unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Trustee Professional Development Program focuses on fundamentals of good governance and offers learning and tools to support governance skills at this critical time. This may be especially helpful for school board leaders…

  • Legislative Update – October 13, 2020

    Queen’s Park is now adjourned as MPPs return to their local ridings for a constituency week and will return on October 19. Bill 204, Helping Tenants and Small Businesses Act, 2020 This legislation was introduced on September 17 by Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. As mentioned in previous updates, proposed amendments will…

  • OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – September 25 and 26, 2020

    The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a virtual meeting using the Zoom platform on September 25-26, 2020. Trustee Lucille Kyle, OPSBA’s Alternate First Nations Director, gave an acknowledgement that the meeting was being held on the traditional territory of the Indigenous peoples of Ontario.                                        On the evening of September 25,…