Lexis Nexis Student Discipline, 3rd Edition - A Guide to Bill 157 (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School)
This book simplifies the Bill 157 changes to the Education Act and explains all of the steps and procedures to be followed for student suspensions and expulsions. Learn the practical and legal implications of Bill 157, and other legal changes.
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Bill 157, the Education Amendment Act (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School), 2009 made significant changes to the student discipline process in Ontario when it came into effect in February of 2010. Since then, school boards, administrators, educators and other employees have faced the challenge of implementing the additional obligations imposed by its provisions:
- Mandatory reporting of incidents
- Requirements to respond to certain misconduct
- Notification of parents or guardian of victims
- Provision of support to victims
- Principal's delegation of student discipline powers
Student Discipline, 3rd Edition - A Guide to Bill 157 (Keeping Our Kids Safe at School) simplifies the Bill 157 changes to the Education Act which significantly increased obligations on the part of school boards, administrators, teachers and other employees relating to student discipline matters. In straightforward language it explains all of the steps and procedures that must be followed for student suspensions and expulsions. Learn the practical and legal implications of the Bill 157 changes, and other legal changes such as the Bill 168 amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, plus specific measures to keep your school safe.
Topics include:
- When employees and others are required to report and respond to misconduct
- When and how a victim's family must be notified
- What support must be provided to a victim's family
- Step-by-step procedures for disciplining students and conducting appeals
- The application of student discipline regarding pupils with special needs
- Student discipline powers that a principal can delegate to a vice-principal and teacher and what steps must be taken to do so
- Tips for conducting principal inquiries
- Legal issues that may arise at expulsion hearings or appeals
Keep your knowledge up-to-date with:
- Detailed explanations regarding the new Bill 157 obligations
- Implications of the recent Bill 168 amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act on student discipline matters
- Amendments to the ministry guidelines regarding bullying prevention and intervention and progressive discipline
- Relevant amended sections of the Education Act and related regulations
- Relevant updated policy/program memoranda of the Ministry of Education
Who Should Buy
- Principals and vice-principals who need hands-on information about the procedures and legal issues of student discipline
- Educators and other board employees who need information about their new obligations to report and respond to certain student misconduct
- School superintendents and trustees who need information about reviewing discipline decisions and conducting discipline hearings and appeals
- School board administrators and Ministry of Education advisors who need guidance on developing policies for implementing and enforcing the student discipline provisions of the Education Act
- Education lawyers who need information about the procedures, school boards obligations and student's rights
Table des matières
About The Author
Commentary
A. Introduction
B. Overview of Changes to the Student Discipline Regime
C. The Application of Mitigating Factors and Progressive Discipline
D. Suspensions
E. Expulsions
F. Education for Suspended and Expelled Pupils
G. Code of Conduct
H. Denial of Access Provisions
I. Discipline of Pupils with Special Needs
Legislation
Appendix
Index
