Ontario. Special Education Policy and Programs Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Special Education Policy and Programs Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Special Education Policy and Programs Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Special Education Project

    • Special Education / Success for All Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    2002-

    History

    The Branch began as the Special Education Project, which was separated from the Policy and Programs Branch of the Strategic Planning and Elementary / Secondary Programs Division in 2002.

    In 2004, it was renamed the Special Education Policy and Programs Branch. It retained that name when it moved to the new Learning and Curriculum Division. in 2017, the name was changed to the Special Education / Success for All Branch in the new Student Support and Field Services Division.

    The Branch was composed of three units, dedicated to resources, programs, and long-term planning. There were several name changes over the early life of the Branch, but from 2006-2010 they were the Corporate and Program Resource Unit, Program Policy Unit,. and Strategic Policy and Coordinated Services Unit. In 2010, Coordinated Services was merged with Program Policy in a new Program Policy and Coordinated Services Unit and the Strategic Policy Unit was renamed the Strategic Planning Unit.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Special Education Policy and Programs Branch supported the educational achievement of students with special needs through evidenced-based policies; liaised with a wide range of stakeholders/educational partners to identify issues requiring policy responses; provided expertise to other branches of the ministry to ensure that issues associated with special education are considered and addressed; and ensured horizontal policy integration for interministry policy initiatives aimed at serving children and youth with special education needs.

    Address

    None

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Education (1999-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA116

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Education (1999-) controls Ontario. Special Education Policy and Programs Branch

    Dates of relationship

    2002-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training. Policy Branch (1997-)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA2162

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training. Policy Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Special Education Policy and Programs Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2438

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        Government telephone directories and KWIK indexes

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Levi