2003 - SSAAM

Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth
UPDATE
2003
1. Bill 13, An Amendment to the Public School Act (Appropriate Educational
Programming) has been introduced and had First Reading on November
25th by the Honourable Minister Peter Bjornson. Second reading, which is
the next step before the committee stage, will occur during this session of
the Legislature. Organizations can make presentation to the committee by
contacting the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly to be placed on a list of
presenters. There will be consultations regarding the content of
Regulations in early 2004.
2. MECY had the first meeting of the Student Service/Inclusive Education
Advisory Committee in October. This committee will continue the advisory
role that the SERI Advisory committee provided. Representatives include
MTS, MASS, MAST, MART, SSAAM and the Parent Coalition. The
committee will meet 3-4 times a year.
3. Student Services Planning: Student Services Plan is due November 30th.
The letter to the field provided 2 options, a separate SS Plan or on
integrated into the Division Planning Report
3. MECY REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS FOR THE
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN SCHOOL - A GUIDE FOR
PARENTS AND FAMILIES
• SSAAM has partnered on the development of the support document
(Sandy Mccaig and Tanya Edgar)
• meetings have been held with representatives of MTS, MAST, MASS,
MAPC, and the Parent Coalition
• Thank you to all the school divisions that participated and hosted a
parent consultation session.
7. Student Services Grant
• 2 day planning meeting held in October
• The next step in the pilot will be developing a funding formula.
• Pilot divisions have made good progress in the implementation of
programming changes. An interim report should be available soon.