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RTA Residential Tenancies Act

RTA · Education Act

Part 1 — Access to Education

11 Responsibility to students

Current to 2025-12-11 · Official PDF

(1) A board shall ensure that each of its resident students is
provided with an education program consistent with the
requirements of this Act and the regulations.
(2) A board shall provide to each student enrolled in a school
operated by the board an education program consistent with the
requirements of this Act and the regulations that will give the
student the opportunity to meet the standards of education set by
the Minister.
(3) In respect of a student referred to in subsection (2), if a
student's behavioural, intellectual, learning, communication or
physical characteristics, or a combination of any of them, impair
the student's ability and opportunity to learn, a board may
determine that the student is in need of specialized supports and
services.
(4) Subject to section 40, a student who is determined by a board
to be in need of specialized supports and services is entitled to have
access to those supports and services in an education program
provided in accordance with this Act that will give the student the
opportunity to meet the standards of education set by the Minister.
(5) Before providing specialized supports and services to a student,
a board shall
(a) consult with the parent of the student, and
(b) where appropriate, consult with the student.
(6) The Minister may make regulations respecting the delivery of
specialized supports and services.
2012 cE-0.3 s11;2015 c6 s6