The Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session this past week. The government’s legislation Bill 60, Your Health Act, 2023, has passed Second Reading and was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy. MPPs will be back this week and then off for a...
Education Policy
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – February 24 and 25, 2023
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a meeting in Toronto on February 24 and 25, 2023. This was the first Board of Directors meeting attended by Stephanie Donaldson in her new role as Executive Director. On the evening of...
Legislative Update – February 27, 2023
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has been resumed with NDP MPP Marit Stiles officially introduced to the house as the new Leader of the Opposition. The first order of government business was the introduction of Bill 60, Your Health Act, by Health Minister Sylvia...
Legislative Update – January 16, 2023
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for Winter Recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 21, 2023. ATTENTION ALL Trustees -- 2022-2026 Good Governance Guide OPSBA, in partnership with the Ontario Education Services...
Legislative Update – November 28, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament have eight sitting days before rising for winter recess after December 8. OPSBA’s PES Registration is open! OPSBA’s 2023 Public Education Symposium (PES) will be held from January 26 to 28 at the Sheraton Centre, Toronto. We look...
Legislative Update – November 21, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament have returned to Queen’s Park and three weeks are left before rising for winter recess after December 8. WELOME NEW AND RETURNING TRUSTEES! OPSBA extends a warm welcome to all new and returning trustees with many member boards having...
Legislative Update – November 14, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament returned to Queen’s Park today, November 14. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is expected to present the government’s fall economic statement and the government has stated it will introduce legislation to rescind Bill 28, Keeping...
Legislative Update – October 31, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament returned to Queen’s Park on October 25 to begin the fall legislative session. Bill 26, Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act This legislation was introduced on October 27, 2022, by Minister of Colleges and...
Legislative Update – October 25, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has returned to Queen’s Park as of October 25. One of the first expected bills to be introduced is to focus on housing and be a follow up to Bill 3, Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022. The Ontario PC Party’s 2022 annual general...
Legislative Update – September 12, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has adjourned and will resume for one day only, in the afternoon on Wednesday, September 13, in order to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. When news of the monarch’s passing broke, flags at the legislature were immediately lowered...
Legislative Update – September 6, 2022
The legislature’s summer session will run into a fifth week. MPPs returned to Queen’s Park after the long weekend on September 6, 2022. The House may then adjourn until after the Municipal and School Board elections are held. First Day of School! While some school...
Legislative Update – August 5, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will reconvene on August 8 for a five-week summer session. Electing a Speaker will be the first item on the agenda when MPPs return to Queen’s Park. The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will deliver...
Legislative Update – April 30, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumed on April 28 with the main agenda item of allowing Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance, to deliver the 2022 Budget in the Ontario Legislature. After the budget was tabled, MPPs passed a motion to adjourn the House. The...
Legislative Update – April 4, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains in session and has an upcoming constituency week beginning on April 18, 2022. Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the federal government will table their spring budget on April 7, 2022. Ontario’s budget is...
Legislative Update – March 29, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has resumed. With mandatory face-covering rules lifted across the province and in the legislature, voluntary masking in the chamber is divided mostly along partisan lines. The public galleries were also open for attendees during...
Legislative Update – March 14, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is adjourned while MPPs are on a constituency week from March 14 to 18, 2022. They return to Queen’s Park on March 21, 2022 for four back-to-back sitting weeks that run until the Easter holiday and then another constituency week...
Legislative Update – March 7, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is in session. New and Recent Legislation Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 This proposed legislation was introduced on February 28, 2022, by Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development Monte McNaughton. It contains...
Release of Final Recommendations Report regarding a proposed K-12 Education Standard for accessibility
Earlier this week, the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility released the Final Recommendations Report from the K–12 Education Standards Development Committee (ESDC) regarding the development of a proposed K–12 Education Standard under the Accessibility for Ontarians...
Education Policy
Legislative Update – March 6, 2023
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session this past week. The government’s legislation Bill 60, Your Health Act, 2023, has passed Second Reading and was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy. MPPs will be back this week and then off for a...
OPSBA Board of Directors Meeting – February 24 and 25, 2023
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Board of Directors held a meeting in Toronto on February 24 and 25, 2023. This was the first Board of Directors meeting attended by Stephanie Donaldson in her new role as Executive Director. On the evening of...
Legislative Update – February 27, 2023
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has been resumed with NDP MPP Marit Stiles officially introduced to the house as the new Leader of the Opposition. The first order of government business was the introduction of Bill 60, Your Health Act, by Health Minister Sylvia...
Legislative Update – January 16, 2023
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains adjourned for Winter Recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 21, 2023. ATTENTION ALL Trustees -- 2022-2026 Good Governance Guide OPSBA, in partnership with the Ontario Education Services...
Legislative Update – November 28, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament have eight sitting days before rising for winter recess after December 8. OPSBA’s PES Registration is open! OPSBA’s 2023 Public Education Symposium (PES) will be held from January 26 to 28 at the Sheraton Centre, Toronto. We look...
Legislative Update – November 21, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament have returned to Queen’s Park and three weeks are left before rising for winter recess after December 8. WELOME NEW AND RETURNING TRUSTEES! OPSBA extends a warm welcome to all new and returning trustees with many member boards having...
Legislative Update – November 14, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament returned to Queen’s Park today, November 14. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is expected to present the government’s fall economic statement and the government has stated it will introduce legislation to rescind Bill 28, Keeping...
Legislative Update – October 31, 2022
Members of Provincial Parliament returned to Queen’s Park on October 25 to begin the fall legislative session. Bill 26, Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act This legislation was introduced on October 27, 2022, by Minister of Colleges and...
Legislative Update – October 25, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has returned to Queen’s Park as of October 25. One of the first expected bills to be introduced is to focus on housing and be a follow up to Bill 3, Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022. The Ontario PC Party’s 2022 annual general...
Legislative Update – September 12, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has adjourned and will resume for one day only, in the afternoon on Wednesday, September 13, in order to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. When news of the monarch’s passing broke, flags at the legislature were immediately lowered...
Legislative Update – September 6, 2022
The legislature’s summer session will run into a fifth week. MPPs returned to Queen’s Park after the long weekend on September 6, 2022. The House may then adjourn until after the Municipal and School Board elections are held. First Day of School! While some school...
Legislative Update – August 5, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario will reconvene on August 8 for a five-week summer session. Electing a Speaker will be the first item on the agenda when MPPs return to Queen’s Park. The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will deliver...
Legislative Update – April 30, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario resumed on April 28 with the main agenda item of allowing Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance, to deliver the 2022 Budget in the Ontario Legislature. After the budget was tabled, MPPs passed a motion to adjourn the House. The...
Legislative Update – April 4, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario remains in session and has an upcoming constituency week beginning on April 18, 2022. Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the federal government will table their spring budget on April 7, 2022. Ontario’s budget is...
Legislative Update – March 29, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has resumed. With mandatory face-covering rules lifted across the province and in the legislature, voluntary masking in the chamber is divided mostly along partisan lines. The public galleries were also open for attendees during...
Legislative Update – March 14, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is adjourned while MPPs are on a constituency week from March 14 to 18, 2022. They return to Queen’s Park on March 21, 2022 for four back-to-back sitting weeks that run until the Easter holiday and then another constituency week...
Legislative Update – March 7, 2022
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is in session. New and Recent Legislation Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 This proposed legislation was introduced on February 28, 2022, by Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development Monte McNaughton. It contains...
Release of Final Recommendations Report regarding a proposed K-12 Education Standard for accessibility
Earlier this week, the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility released the Final Recommendations Report from the K–12 Education Standards Development Committee (ESDC) regarding the development of a proposed K–12 Education Standard under the Accessibility for Ontarians...
