HomeMy WebLinkAbout16b Notice of Motion Trustee Bled re Equity of Access to Programs/S /.
Ottawa - Carleton District School Board
TO: Chair and Members of the Board DATE: 23 March 1998
Trustee Bled has given notice that she will move as follows at the 23 March 1998
meeting of the Board:
WHEREAS parents are anxiously seeking a statement of the principles that the Board
will apply to program entitlement in the system; and
WHEREAS the Board has not yet made a clear pronouncement on the principles or
focused guidelines that it will apply for budget decision- making with regard to
program entitlement; and
WHEREAS these principles once established will be relevant to decision- making
irrespective of the amount of funding available to the Board;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
A. THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIVERSAL
ENTITLEMENT, MEANING THAT ALL PROGRAMS WILL BE OFFERED
UNDER CRITERIA THAT ARE APPLIED ACROSS THE BOARD AND THAT
NO PROGRAM WILL BE OFFERED TO STUDENTS IN ONE
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF THE BOARD WITHOUT PROVISIONS FOR IT
TO BE ACCESSIBLE ACROSS THE BOARD TO STUDENTS WHO MEET
NON - GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY CRITERIA AS ESTABLISHED BY THE
BOARD.
B . THAT THE ADMINISTRATION INVESTIGATE AND REPORT ON WAYS TO
ENSURE UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY OR EQUITY OF ACCESS TO
PROGRAMS FOR ALL QUALIFYING STUDENTS IN THE BOARD, AND
THAT SUCH INVESTIGATION MIGHT INCLUDE THE FEASIBILITY OF
ESTABLISHING A FAMILY OF SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THAT WHERE
THERE IS A VIABLE DEMAND, AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL IN EACH
CLUSTER OFFERS ANY PRE - SECONDARY PROGRAM THAT IS
AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS MEETING CRITERIA ESTABLISHED FOR THE
PROGRAM.
C. THAT THIS PRINCIPLE OF UNIVERSAL ENTITLEMENT OR EQUITY OF
ACCESS BE EMPLOYED DURING THE 1998 -99 BUDGET DELIBERATIONS
OF THE BOARD.
Trustee Bled will provide further rationale for he3
Secretary of the Board