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A recent report issued by People for Education has claimed that half of Ontario’s school principals had no option but to ask parents to keep their child at home because they were not able to accommodate their special education needs. The report highlighting how budget cuts have affected students with learning disabilities conducted a survey of about 1,300 school leaders from across Ontario.
The survey report published on Monday has come at a time when the province is adopting a new funding mechanism that observers hope will alleviate some of the financial pressures in special education. The report found that 49 per cent of elementary principals and 41 per cent of high-school principals have recommended parents to keep children designated as having special education needs not to attend a full day of school because of safety concerns or since the necessary supports are not available for the entire time a student is in the building.
The executive director of People for Education, Annie Kidder, explained that “we have made extraordinary progress in Ontario in our desire for full inclusion of all students. But …we still have farther to go, and principals are still being forced to make very difficult choices.” It was added that “ultimately it may come down to having to ask ourselves, how much are we willing to spend in order to ensure that all students are included? Hopefully the answer is that we will spend what it takes, because I’m not sure that we as a society think that principals should be having to make decisions like that.”
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