Bill 172 explained in plain English
Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder), 2020
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 172 requires Ontario school boards to develop FASD policies and mandates FASD training for early childhood educators and teachers to better support students with the disorder.
This bill, known as the Education Statute Law Amendment Act (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder), 2020, aims to improve the educational experience for students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Ontario. It requires school boards to create policies and guidelines on FASD, mandates training on FASD for those in early childhood education programs and for teachers, and encourages collaboration with parents and support groups. The goal is to increase awareness, understanding, and appropriate support for students with FASD in schools.
- Requires school boards to establish policies and guidelines about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
- Mandates that teacher education programs be accredited only if they include training on FASD awareness, signs, symptoms, and accommodation strategies.
- Requires that accredited early childhood education programs provide training on FASD awareness, signs, symptoms, and accommodation strategies.
- School boards in Ontario
- Teachers
- Early childhood educators
- Students with diagnosed or suspected Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
- Parents of students with FASD
- FASD Support Groups
- Teacher education programs
- Early childhood education programs
- School boards have an obligation to establish policies and guidelines respecting FASD.
- School boards must promote awareness and understanding of FASD, and include best practices for supporting students with FASD.
- School boards must identify strategies for identification and accommodation of students with FASD.
- School boards must facilitate collaboration with parents and FASD Support Groups.
- Teacher education programs must provide training on FASD to be accredited.
- Early childhood education programs must provide training on FASD to be accredited.
- The Act comes into force on the second September 1 after the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify the exact content or duration of the required training for teachers and early childhood educators, only that it must include awareness of signs and symptoms and accommodation strategies.
- The specific details of the policies and guidelines that school boards must establish are not fully detailed, beyond promoting awareness, including best practices, and identifying strategies for support and accommodation.
Amends Section 43 to require that early childhood education programs provide training on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), including awareness of signs and symptoms, and strategies for accommodation, in order to be accredited.
Source: Section 1
Adds a new Part XIII.2 which requires every school board to establish policies and guidelines respecting Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). These policies must promote awareness and understanding, include best practices for supporting students with FASD, and identify strategies for identification and accommodation. Boards must also collaborate with parents and FASD support groups.
Source: Section 2
Amends Section 40 to require that teacher education programs be accredited only if they provide training on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), including awareness of signs and symptoms, and strategies for accommodating students.
Source: Section 3
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