Updates
September 30, 2020 – The Ministry of Education’s Early Years and Child Care Annual Report 2020
February 1, 2017 – OPSBA Submission regarding Building a Better Future – Early Years and Child Care Discussion Paper
November 23, 2016 – OPSBA Submission regarding before-and-after-school care for kindergarten to Grade 6 draft policies and guidelines for school boards
June 15, 2016 – Implementation Timelines and Supports for the Kindergarten Addendum to Growing Success and the Communication of Learning Templates
May 10, 2016 – Phase 2 Regulations Under the Child Care and Early Years and the Education Act filed:
- Regulation O. Reg. 137/15 under the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 titled “General”
- Regulation O. Reg. 138/15 under the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 titled “Funding, Cost sharing and Financial Assistance
- Regulation O. Reg. 221/11 under the Education Act titled “Extended Day and Third Party Programs”
- Regulation O. Reg. 306 under the Education Act titled “Special Education Programs and Services”
- April 1, 2016 – OPSBA Response to the Regulatory Registry Consultation Document Regarding the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 and the Education Act
- May 11, 2015 – OPSBA Response to the Regulatory Registry Posting related to the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014
- November 19, 2014 – OPSBA Submission re: Bill 10, Childcare Modernization Act, 2014
- April 29, 2014 – OPSBA Submission re: Proposed Changes to Ontario’s Fire Code Requirements
- April 25, 2014 – How Does Learning Happen? Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years
- February 28, 2014 – OPSBA Submission re: the Proposal to Amend Regulation 262 under the Day Nurseries Act – Child Care Modernization Document
- December 19, 2013 – Provincial Consultation paper on Proposed Regulatory Changes to the Day Nurseries Act and the Early Childhood Educators Act
- December 12, 2013 – Minister’s Partnership Table Update on Child Care and FDK
- August 2013 – OPSBA Submission to the Ministry of Labour in regards to a Review of the Early Childhood Educators Act
Background – Full Day Kindergarten and Child Care
On July 10, 2014, Minister of Education Liz Sandals reintroduced Bill 10, Child Care Modernization Act, 2014. OPSBA sent a written submission that focused on the two proposed amendments aimed at the Education Act. The first requires school boards to ensure before and/or after school programs are available to students six-to-12-years-old. This could be provided by boards directly or by a third party provider. The second proposed change would allow the Ministry to regulate accommodation fees charged by boards to third party providers located in schools. Bill 10 received Royal Assent in December 2014 and with the exception of the amendments to the Education Act requiring school boards to ensure the provision of before-and-after-school programs, all other sections of the Child Care Modernization Act, 2014 were proclaimed on Aug. 31, 2015.
Research
OPSBA Discussion Paper on Full Time Early Learning
Study from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Key Findings from Year 3 of Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten in Peel
Key Findings from Year 2 of Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten in Peel
Key Findings from Year 1 of Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten in Peel
