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Ontario Reducing Class Sizes, Boosting Special Education

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Published on April 20, 2017 with No Comments

New Labour Agreements Ensure Stability for Peel Region Students and Families
NEWS
THURSDAY, APRIL 20th, 2017
Mississauga, ON – Ontario is boosting its support for Peel Region students and families by reducing class sizes, providing new support for students with special education needs, and ensuring labour stability for at least two more years.
The province has reached negotiated agreements with all teachers and education workers in Ontario. The agreements have now been ratified and provide an additional two years of stability for students and parents.
Local Peel Region students will benefit from the province’s investment in smaller class sizes for students in full-day kindergarten (FDK) and Grades 4-8. FDK classes, which are supported by a teacher and an early childhood educator, will now be capped at 30 students next school year, falling to 29 students in 2018-19, and average no more than 26 students per class within each school board. Support will also be provided to ensure that for students in Grades 4-8, all school boards have average class sizes of 24.5 or fewer students.
Additionally, local school boards in Peel Region will receive funds to hire 99 more teachers and 195 more education workers to support students with special education needs and other students at risk.
Reducing class sizes, boosting support for students, and bringing stability to the education system is part of our plan to create jobs, grow our economy and help people in their everyday lives.
QUOTES
“Our government is supporting better learning environments by capping class sizes for full-day kindergarten and Grades 4-8, hiring more teachers and education workers to support students with special needs, and raising the per-pupil funding to historic levels: $12,100, which is 68 per cent higher than in 2002-2003. These actions will help ensure that each child, no matter their economic background, has the best opportunity to reach their full potential.”
— Amrit Mangat, MPP for Mississauga–Brampton South
“Through the agreements reached with our partners, Ontario’s students and families will experience smaller class sizes, more staff in special education and a focus on local community needs. I am proud of our continued progress to provide students with a world-class, publicly funded education system.”
— Mitzie Hunter, Minister of Education
QUICK FACTS
 Per-student funding is projected to increase by $432 compared to 2016-17.
 There will also be an increase in funding for community use of schools, enabling school boards to reduce rental rates for space used by the community after classroom hours.
 Additional accountability measures are being added to ensure about $25 million is used to support programs to improve Indigenous student achievement and well-being.
LEARN MORE
 2017-18 Grants for Student Needs
 Achieving Excellence: A Renewed Vision for Education in Ontario
 Labour Agreements

 

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