Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act
Ontario's Bill 209 (Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act) codifies in statute the Ontario PC government's 2024 ministerial directive restricting cellphone use in K-12 classrooms (in effect for the September 2024 school year, with phones to be powered off and stored during instructional time at all 4,800 publicly funded Ontario schools serving roughly 2 million students). Adds new reporting requirements on student-supports staffing levels (mental-health counsellors, child-and-youth workers, language pathologists), and creates a publicly accessible Education Accountability Dashboard for parents to track school-level outcomes. Effective for the 2024-2025 school year.
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Codifies in statute the 2024 Ontario ministerial directive restricting cellphone use in K-12 classrooms, plus adds new reporting requirements on student-supports staffing levels.
Issues this bill touches
- Education
Codifies the 2024 Ontario ministerial directive restricting cellphone use in K-12 classrooms.
Legislative history
- Introduced
Tabled in the originating chamber by the sponsor.
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Approved by both chambers and granted royal assent; now law.
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Sponsored by
Doug FordON PCOfficial source
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