14 févr. 1980 - Bill 82
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In 1980, Ontarion passed a critical piece of legislation that changed special education completely. It was called Bill 82. The law mandated that ALL children requiring special education were to receive those classes, meaning that all special needs children had the right to be properly educated.
This also meant that the bill erased the previous legislation, which stated that school boards could refuse to educate the "trainable retarded" students. School boards now had to make sure all types of special education courses were in place by 1985 or they had to provide students with those services through other boards.
The only thing that didn't change as much were the laws regarding the education of the "hard-to-serve" students. Boards were still not required to teach these students however, they were responsible for helping those students and their parents find alternative education placements that were suitable for the child. (Ellis & Axelrod, 2016, p. 17-18).
The huge downfall seen in the bill is the fact that it did not require boards to integrate students. It stated to "encourage the placement of children as close as possible to the Toal integration end of the spectrum of programs and placements" but that did not mean that boards had to mainstream any students. (Ellis & Axelrod, 2016, p. 18).
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History of Inclusive Education
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