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Before and after school programs kindergarten to grade 6: policies and guidelines for school boards

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  • Introduction
  • Working together for children and families
  • Duty: provision of before and after school care
  • Program fees and access to child care subsidy
  • Planning: community engagement
  • School board–operated (extended day) program
  • Authorized recreational/skill building programs
  • Third party programs: linkages to the school day

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Before and after school programs kindergarten to grade 6: policies and guidelines for school boards

Read the operational requirements for before and after school programs.

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  • Introduction
  • Working together for children and families
    • Local service system managers
    • School boards
    • Duty to cooperate
  • Duty: provision of before and after school care
    • Schools subject to the duty
    • Eligible providers: school board-operated or third party
    • Third party programs
    • Entering into agreements with another school board
  • Program fees and access to child care subsidy
    • Parent fees: school board-operated programs (extended day)
    • Parent fees: third party programs
    • Child care subsidy
  • Planning: community engagement
    • Working with indigenous organizations as local partners
    • A consistent approach for families
    • Co-terminous school boards
    • Exemptions from duty
    • Determinations
  • Schoolboard-operated (extended day) program
    • Program requirements
  • Authorized recreational and skill building programs
    • Program requirements
    • Health and safety requirements
    • Organizations requirements
  • Licensed child care centres
  • Third party programs: linkages to the school day
    • Transitions around the school day
    • Safe schools
    • Programs offered off school premises
  • Communication to parents
  • Reporting to the ministry
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Updated: December 15, 2023
Published: December 07, 2021

Ministry of Education

The Ministry of Education is responsible for child care and for administering the system of publicly funded elementary and secondary school education in Ontario.

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