letter to Education minister of online classes problem
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I am writing on behalf of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC).
We hope this letter finds you and your team safe and healthy, and we thank you for your ongoing efforts to provide continuity of learning for students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The OHRC welcomes the June 19 announcement of the government’s School Safety Plan for the 2020 – 2021 school year, and understands that school boards will develop specific plans by late July based on this direction. In addition to this plan, we know that the Ministry of Education (MOE) has provided guidance to school boards on continuity of learning for students with special education needs.
The unprecedented closure of schools has been difficult for all students. The OHRC has heard from stakeholders that students with special education needs and other vulnerabilities have experienced unique and compounded challenges, that their circumstances have not consistently been considered and addressed, and that as a result, they have fallen even further behind than their peers. It is imperative that the MOE and school boards establish plans and programs to systematically and consistently address the needs of students with disabilities for the 2020 – 2021 school year. Some specific concerns have been raised in the context of the OHRC’s current Right to Read public inquiry into human rights issues affecting students with reading disabilities. We have also heard from members of the OHRC’s Education Advisory Group, as well as from disability rights organizations