O. Reg. 323/10: FULL DAY JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN AND KINDERGARTEN, Filled August 16, 2010 under Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2

ontario regulation 323/10

made under the

education act

Made: August 5, 2010
Approved: August 10, 2010
Filed: August 16, 2010
Published on e-Laws: August 18, 2010
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: September 4, 2010

Amending O. Reg. 224/10

(Full Day Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten)

1. Section 5 of Ontario Regulation 224/10 is revoked and the following substituted:

Appointment to early childhood educator positions, urgent situations

5. (1) Subject to section 6, where no early childhood educator is available, a board may appoint, to a junior kindergarten or kindergarten position designated by the board as requiring an early childhood educator, a person who is not,

(a) an early childhood educator; or

(b) a person authorized by a letter of permission to be appointed to a position designated by the board as requiring an early childhood educator.

(2) A person appointed under subsection (1) shall be 18 years of age or older and hold an Ontario secondary school diploma, a secondary school graduation diploma or a secondary school honour graduation diploma, or an equivalent to any of them.

(3) An appointment under this section is valid for 10 school days commencing with the day on which the person is appointed.

(4) A board shall submit an annual report to the Minister, and any additional reports that the Minister may require, about appointments made under this section.

(5) A report shall address such matters as the Minister may specify and shall be submitted within the time and in the form that the Minister may specify.

Appointment to early childhood educator positions, urgent or letter of permission

6. (1) A board shall not appoint a person to a junior kindergarten or kindergarten position designated by the board as requiring an early childhood educator under section 5, or in accordance with a letter of permission, if the person is or has ever been a member of the College of Early Childhood Educators.

(2) A board shall not appoint a person to a junior kindergarten or kindergarten position designated by the board as requiring an early childhood educator under section 5, or in accordance with a letter of permission, unless the person has provided to the board a written statement that any early childhood education certificate or licence granted to him or her by another jurisdiction is not cancelled, suspended or revoked for any reason other than failure to pay fees or levies to the governing body.

Certificate cancelled, revoked or suspended

7. A person whose early childhood education certificate of registration is cancelled, revoked or suspended by the College of Early Childhood Educators shall not be appointed to a junior kindergarten or kindergarten position designated by a board as requiring an early childhood educator.

2. (1) Items 39, 40, 41 and 42 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation are amended by striking out “2010/2011” wherever it appears in Column 3 and substituting “2011/2012” in each case.

(2) Schedule 1 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “CÉP du Centre-Sud-Ouest” in the row between items 70 and 71 and substituting “CSD du Centre-Sud-Ouest”.

(3) Schedule 1 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “CÉP du Grand Nord de l’Ontario” in the row between items 75 and 76 and substituting “CSD du Grand Nord de l’Ontario”.

3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

La ministre de l’Éducation,

Leona Dombrowsky

Minister of Education

Date made: August 5, 2010.
Pris le : 5 août 2010.