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O. Reg. 202/24: OPERATION OF SCHOOLS - GENERAL
filed May 29, 2024 under Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2
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made under the
Education Act
Made: March 8, 2024
Approved: April 11, 2024
Filed: May 29, 2024
Published on e-Laws: May 29, 2024
Published in The Ontario Gazette: June 15, 2024
Amending Reg. 298 of R.R.O. 1990
(OPERATION OF SCHOOLS — GENERAL)
1. (1) The definition of “business studies” in section 1 of Regulation 298 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked.
(2) The definition of “certificate of qualification and registration” in section 1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
“certificate of qualification and registration” means one of the following as defined in subsection 1 (1) of the teachers’ qualifications regulation:
1. A general certificate of qualification and registration.
2. A transitional certificate of qualification and registration.
3. A multi-session transitional certificate of qualification and registration.
4. A temporary certificate of qualification and registration; (“certificat de qualification et d’inscription”)
(3) The definition of “general education” in section 1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
“general education” means the curriculum, including curriculum guidelines and courses of study for the intermediate and senior divisions issued or prescribed under subsection 8 (1) of the Act, as set out in the secondary curriculum documents available on a website of the government of Ontario, as amended from time to time, but does not include technological education; (“éducation générale”)
(4) The definition of “technological education” in section 1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
“technological education” means the curriculum, including curriculum guidelines and courses of study for grades 9 and 10 and for grades 11 and 12 issued or prescribed under subsection 8 (1) of the Act, as set out in the secondary curriculum document entitled “Technological Education” available on a website of the government of Ontario, as amended from time to time; (“éducation technologique”)
(5) Section 1 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following definition:
“technology and the skilled trades” means the courses of study prescribed under paragraph 2 of subsection 8 (1) of the Act that are identified by the course codes TAS1O and TAS2O. (“technologie et métiers spécialisés”)
(6) The definition of “technology and the skilled trades” in section 1 of the Regulation, as made by subsection (5), is amended by adding “as part of technological education” at the end.
2. (1) Subsection 19 (2.1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(2.1) For the purposes of assigning teachers under this section and section 19.2, the areas of study recorded on a teacher’s transitional, multi-session transitional or temporary certificate of qualification and registration are deemed to be qualifications recorded on the certificate.
(2) Subsection 19 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “Despite subsection (2)” at the beginning.
(3) Clause 19 (4) (a) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(a) shall not be made in respect of a teacher who holds, or is deemed to hold, a multi-session transitional certificate of qualification and registration under the teachers’ qualifications regulation;
(4) Section 19 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:
(4.1) The following assignments or appointments to teach may be made:
1. A teacher whose certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification in the primary division, the junior division, the intermediate division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A or the senior division in a general education subject listed in Schedule A may be assigned or appointed to teach technology and the skilled trades if the teacher and principal agree to the assignment or appointment and the appropriate supervisory officer approves it.
2. A teacher whose certificate of qualification and registration indicates a qualification to teach in grades 9 and 10 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B or grades 11 and 12 in a technological education subject listed in Schedule B may be assigned or appointed to teach technology and the skilled trades.
(4.2) An agreement under paragraph 1 of subsection (4.1) respecting the assignment or appointment of a teacher to teach technology and the skilled trades shall not be made in respect of a teacher who holds, or is deemed to hold, a multi-session transitional certificate of qualification and registration under the teachers’ qualifications regulation.
(5) Subsection 19 (10) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “technological education subject listed in Schedule B or grades 11 and 12” and substituting “technological education subject listed in Schedule B and grades 11 and 12”.
(6) Subsection 19 (11) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(11) In this section,
“multi-session transitional certificate of qualification and registration” and “transitional certificate of qualification and registration” have the same meaning as in subsection 1 (1) of the teachers’ qualifications regulation.
3. Clause 20 (i) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(i) ensure that report cards are fully and properly completed and processed in accordance with the guides known in English as Guide to the Provincial Report Card, Grades 1-8 and Guide to the Provincial Report Card, Grades 9-12, and in French as Guide d’utilisation du bulletin scolaire de l’Ontario de la 1re à la 8e année and Guide du bulletin scolaire de l’Ontario de la 9e à la 12e année, as the case may be, both available electronically through a link in the document known in English as Ontario School Record (OSR) Guideline, 2000 and in French as Dossier scolaire de l’Ontario: Guide, 2000, on a website of the Government of Ontario;
4. Clause 31 (a) of the French version of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
a) huit élèves, s’il s’agit d’enfants perturbés socio-affectifs, de mésadaptés sociaux, d’enfants n’ayant pas atteint l’âge de la scolarité obligatoire qui ont une ouïe défectueuse ou d’enfants qui présentent des troubles d’apprentissage graves;
Commencement
5. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.
(2) Subsection 1 (6) comes into force on the later of July 1, 2024 and the day this Regulation is filed.
Made by:
Pris par :
Le ministre de l’Éducation,
Stephen Lecce
Minister of Education
Date made: March 8, 2024
Pris le : 8 mars 2024