[Replicable Practices] Identification, Placement, and Review Committee (IPRC)

Identification, Placement, and Review Committee

The (IPRC) is created under the authority of Ontario Regulation 181/98, which provides information about the Identification, Placement, and Review Committee (IPRC). The Education Act requires all publicly funded school boards to provide special education programs and services to students who have been identified as exceptional pupils.

1. Written request from a student's parent(s)/guardian(s) or the principal of the school must refer the student to an IPRC. The parent(s)/guardian(s), as well as a student who is sixteen years of age or older, have the right to attend the IPRC meeting and may request that the IPRC discuss potential programs that would meet the student's needs.
   
2. The IPRC will decide whether the student is an exceptional pupil and, if so, what type of educational placement is appropriate. On the basis of these discussions, the IPRC can recommend the special education programs and/or services that it considers to be appropriate for the student.

•  A regular class with indirect support
• A regular class with resource assistance
• A regular class with withdrawal assistance
• A special education class with partial integration
• A full-time special education class