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- the IPRC’s recommendations regarding a special education program and special
education services;
• where the IPRC has decided that your child should be placed in a special education
class, the reasons for that decision.
If you agree with the IPRC decision, you will be asked to indicate, by signing your name,
that you agree with identification and placement decisions made by the IPRC. The
statement of decision may be signed at the IPRC meeting or taken home and returned.
If the IPRC has identified your child as exceptional and you have agreed with the IPRC
identification and placement decision, an Individual Education Plan (IEP) for your child will be
developed.
Review of Placement
A review IPRC meeting will be held within the school year, unless the principal, receives
written notice from you, the parent/guardian, dispensing with the annual review.
You may request a review IPRC meeting any time after your child has been in a special
education program for three months.
Consideration/Decision of the IPRC Review
• the IPRC considers the same type of information that was originally
documented;
• with your written permission, the IPRC conducting the review, will consider the
progress that your child has made in relation to the IEP;
• the IPRC will review the placement and identification decisions and decide whether
the recommendations should be continued or whether a different decision should
now be made.
Disagreeing with the IPRC Decision
If you do not agree with either the identification or placement decision by the IPRC, you
may:
• within 15 days of receipt of the decision, request that the IPRC hold a second
meeting to discuss your concerns; or
• within 30 days of receipt of the decision, file a notice or appeal with:
Director of Education, Anna Marie Abitong
P.O. Box 610, Massey, Ontario P0P 1P0
If you do not agree with the decision after the second meeting, you may file a notice of appeal
within 15 days of your receipt of the decision.
If you do not consent to the IPRC decision and you do not appeal it, the principal will
implement the IPRC decision.
Appealing an IPRC Decision
If you disagree with the IPRC’s identification of your child as exceptional or with the placement
decision, you may, within 30 days of receipt of the original decision or within 15 days of receipt
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