OPSBA advocates for students: class size and e-learning concerns remain

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  • OPSBA advocates for students: class size and e-learning concerns remain

    Toronto, April 26, 2019 – The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is reviewing the 2019-2020 Grants for Student Needs (GSN) for impacts on school boards across Ontario but continues to have strong concerns regarding the impact of proposed increases in secondary class sizes and the implementation of mandatory e-learning. Today’s announcement includes a year-over-year…

  • Legislative Update – April 23, 2019

    The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has adjourned for a constituency week that coincides with Easter and Passover. MPPs will reconvene on Monday, April 29, 2019. Bill 100, Protecting What Matters Most Act (Budget Measures) This bill was introduced on April 11 by Minister of Finance Vic Fedeli. This is the government’s budget implementation legislation and…

  • OPSBA Advocacy Day at Queen’s Park

    On April 8, OPSBA President Cathy Abraham was joined by Executive Council members and OPSBA senior staff in an Advocacy Day at Queen’s Park. OPSBA Advocacy Day provided an opportunity for OPSBA representatives to build on collaborative relationships with provincial stakeholders – both MPPs and political staff. OPSBA Advocacy Day featured meetings and conversations with…

  • Legislative Update – April 5, 2019

    Bill 48, Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act and Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act Update: Third reading carried for both bills this past week and both have now received Royal Assent. For Bill 48, the Ministry of Education issued the release Government Continues to Improve Education, which outlines the amendments made to the Ontario College of…

  • OPSBA Advocacy Day at Queen’s Park

    On April 8, OPSBA President Cathy Abraham was joined by Executive Council members and OPSBA senior staff in an Advocacy Day at Queen’s Park. OPSBA Advocacy Day provided an opportunity for OPSBA representatives to build on collaborative relationships with provincial stakeholders – both MPPs and political staff. OPSBA Advocacy Day featured meetings and conversations with…

  • Ministry of Education Update – April 2019

    Please see the following updated OPSBA summaries indicated below for information regarding Ministry of Education 2018 B and SB Memoranda. OPSBA Summaries 2019 B Memoranda (funding policy, financial matters) 2019 SB Memoranda (administrative information, clarification on financial matters) 2018 B Memoranda 2018 SB Memoranda 2017 B Memoranda 2017 SB Memoranda Ministry of Education Memoranda B and SB Memoranda

  • Call for Nominations for OPSBA Elected Positions 2019

    ​The OPSBA 2019 elections will be held as part of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which takes place from July 4-6, 2019 in Toronto. OPSBA is looking forward to welcoming you to OPSBA’s 31th Annual General Meeting. All nominations received by the nomination deadline of 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, will be published…

  • Future of Aviation competition for youth

    Ontario youth are being invited to participate in a Future of Aviation competition to provide ideas and concepts of what their future could look like. Whether they see themselves with a career as an aircraft or space ship pilot, a remote pilot flying drones, in other areas of aviation, or as a passenger/consumer, these age-appropriate…

  • OHRC launches videos on its new accessible education policy

    The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has released video of a training session on its new Policy on accessible education for students with disabilities. Some of the key elements of the policy include: The vital importance of education to a person’s social, academic and economic development – and the need for accessibility and accommodation in…

  • Legislative Update – March 25, 2019

    MPPs returned to the Legislature on March 18 after their constituency week. Bill 48, Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act MPPs continued Third Reading debate on this legislation. On February 25, OPSBA President Cathy Abraham and Executive Director Rusty Hick presented to the Standing Committee on Social Policy regarding the bill and its proposed amendments. This…

  • OPSBA statement regarding secondary class sizes

    ​ “Following today’s announcement regarding enhanced support for children with autism, we look forward to the government taking a similar second look at proposed secondary class size changes during the consultation process that has been established. Raising class size averages from 22 to 28 will have a dramatic and harmful effect on both students and…

  • OPSBA welcomes continued engagement but has class size concerns

    Toronto, ON, March 15, 2019 – All students in Ontario deserve a strong publicly funded education system and school boards have a legislative responsibility for student achievement and well-being. Today’s announcements covered a number of areas, the most concerning of which is the dramatic proposed increase to secondary class size. OPSBA is at the same…