Bill 298 explained in plain English
Abuse Prevention Week Act, 2021
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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The Abuse Prevention Week Act, 2021, proclaims Abuse Prevention Week and creates an advisory committee to guide the Minister of Education on developing and implementing abuse prevention curriculum.
This Act proclaims a week each year for abuse prevention and establishes an advisory committee to help the Minister of Education develop curriculum guidelines on abuse prevention. These guidelines will be used to teach students about abuse prevention during the proclaimed week.
- Proclaims the week beginning on the first Sunday in October each year as Abuse Prevention Week.
- Establishes an Abuse Prevention Framework Advisory Committee.
- Requires the Minister of Education to establish the Committee, appoint its members, and determine its terms of reference.
- Mandates that the Committee develop recommendations for an abuse prevention framework, including training for educators, curriculum changes, and collaboration with community partners.
- Requires the Committee to report its recommendations to the Legislative Assembly within six months of its establishment.
- Requires the Minister of Education to issue curriculum guidelines for abuse prevention based on the Committee's recommendations.
- Requires school boards to provide instruction on abuse prevention in elementary and secondary schools during Abuse Prevention Week, based on the issued curriculum guidelines.
- Students in elementary and secondary schools in Ontario
- Educators in Ontario
- School boards in Ontario
- The Minister of Education
- Members of the Abuse Prevention Framework Advisory Committee
- School boards are obligated to provide instruction on abuse prevention during Abuse Prevention Week.
- The Minister of Education is obligated to establish the Abuse Prevention Framework Advisory Committee, appoint members, and issue curriculum guidelines.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Abuse Prevention Week is proclaimed as the week beginning on the first Sunday in October each year.
- The Abuse Prevention Framework Advisory Committee must report its recommendations to the Legislative Assembly on or before the day that is six months after the Committee is established.
- The specific composition and number of members for the Abuse Prevention Framework Advisory Committee are not detailed.
- The exact terms of reference for the Committee are determined by the Minister of Education and not specified in the Act.
- The Act does not specify the funding or resources that will be allocated to the Committee or the implementation of the curriculum.
This Act establishes Abuse Prevention Week and the Abuse Prevention Framework Advisory Committee.
School boards will be required to provide instruction on abuse prevention during Abuse Prevention Week, based on new curriculum guidelines.
Source: Section 3(2)
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