Bill 24 explained in plain English
Pathways to Post-secondary Excellence Act (Post-secondary Educational Report), 2018
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 3rd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This bill requires the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario to collect and publish data on post-secondary institutions to aid public decision-making.
This bill amends the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario Act, 2005. It requires the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (Council) to collect and publish specific information about post-secondary educational institutions and their programs each school year. The goal is to help people make more informed decisions about post-secondary education by centralizing data on admissions, student experiences, and graduate outcomes. The Council must present this information in a consistent, accurate, and easy-to-use format on its website, unless it determines the information is not yet ready for publication. The bill also gives the Lieutenant Governor in Council the power to make regulations related to collecting and surveying this information. Additionally, the Council must report to the Minister of Education on its progress in publishing this information one year after the relevant section of the Act comes into force.
- Requires the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario to collect and publish information about post-secondary educational institutions and their programs annually.
- Specifies the types of information to be collected, including admission requirements, costs, student aid, class sizes, student demographics, student and employer satisfaction, graduate employment status, graduate compensation, and graduate student debt.
- Mandates that the collected information be approved by the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
- Requires the Council to publish the information on its website in a consistent, accurate, and easy-to-use format, unless it is not ready for publication.
- Empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations regarding the collection and surveying of this information.
- Requires the Council to report to the Minister of Education on its progress in publishing the information one year after the relevant section comes into force.
- The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
- Post-secondary educational institutions in Ontario
- Prospective students considering post-secondary education
- Current students
- Graduates of post-secondary programs
- Employers of post-secondary graduates
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council
- The Minister of Education
- The Information and Privacy Commissioner
- The Council has an obligation to collect specific information from educational institutions each school year.
- The Council has an obligation to publish this information on its website, with an exception for information not ready for publication.
- The Council must ensure the published information is accurate, consistent, and easy to use.
- The Council must report its progress on publishing information to the Minister of Education.
- The Information and Privacy Commissioner has the authority to approve the manner in which information is collected.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council has the authority to make regulations regarding information collection and surveys.
- The Act comes into force one year after it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill requires the collection of information on the costs of programs of study, including tuition, ancillary fees, and costs of educational materials.
- The bill requires the collection of information on the financial value of government student aid and bursaries.
- The bill requires the collection of information on the average annual compensation of graduates and their average government-issued student debt.
- The bill requires the collection of information on the percentage of graduates who have defaulted on their government-issued student loans.
- The bill does not specify penalties for non-compliance with the new reporting requirements.
- The bill states that the Council may decide certain information is not ready for publication, but it does not define what criteria would determine this readiness.
- The bill does not specify the exact format or content of the report to the Minister of Education.
- The bill does not specify penalties for institutions that do not comply with the information collection requirements.
- The bill does not specify the exact timing for the collection of information beyond 'every school year'.
- The bill does not specify the effective date of the commencement provision, only that it comes into force one year after Royal Assent.
Adds a new section (8.3) requiring the Council to collect and publish specific information about post-secondary educational institutions and their programs. It also amends Section 6 of the Act to include the Council's duty to collect and publish information as part of its mandate.
Source: Section 1 and Section 2
Amends subsection 9(1) to grant the Lieutenant Governor in Council the authority to make regulations concerning the collection of information, the establishment and governance of surveys, clarifying terms, and prescribing additional information to be collected under section 8.3.
Source: Section 3
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