Ontario Education Minister Gains Expanded Control Over School Boards
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 7:20 am
Ontario’s new measure grants the education minister greater authority to assume control over school boards, aiming to streamline oversight and enforce regulatory compliance. The move, hailed by supporters as necessary reform, faces criticism amid concerns over potential overreach and loss of local autonomy.
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The legislation is set to expand the reasons for initiating an investigation or putting a board under supervision beyond just financial ones, to include matters of public interest
The legislation, which is expected to be introduced today, is set to expand the reasons for initiating an investigation or putting a board under supervision beyond just financial ones
Ontario is set to give the minister of education power to more easily put school boards under supervision and require more boards to put police officers in schools.
Ontario is set to give the Minister of Education the power to more easily put school boards under supervision and require more boards to put police officers in schools. The Canadian Press has learned that Education Minister Paul Calandra will introduce broad legislation today, following weeks of…
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