Education in Ontario: policy and program direction

Read the Ministry of Education’s direction and expectations for district school boards and school authorities. Direction is issued as policy documents called Policy and Program Memoranda ( PPM ), which are all given a specific number.

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• Policy/Program Memorandum 171: Attendance Support Programs ( ASP )
• Policy/Program Memorandum 170: School board communication with parents
• Policy/Program Memorandum 169: Student Mental Health
• Policy/Program Memorandum 168: Reading Instruction and Early Reading Screening
• Policy/Program Memorandum 167: Online learning graduation requirement
• Policy/Program Memorandum 166: Keeping Students Safe: Policy Framework for School Board Anti-Sex Trafficking Protocols
• Policy/Program Memorandum 165: School board teacher hiring practices
• Policy/Program Memorandum 164: Requirements for Remote Learning
• Policy/Program Memorandum 163: School Board Policies on Service Animals
• Policy/Program Memorandum 162: Exemption from Instruction related to the Human Development and Sexual Health Expectations in The Ontario Curriculum: Health and Physical Education, Grades 1–8, 2019
• Policy/Program Memorandum 161: Supporting children and students with prevalent medical conditions (anaphylaxis, asthma, diabetes, and/or epilepsy) in schools
• Policy/Program Memorandum 160: Protected time for daily mathematics instruction, Grades 1 to 8
• Policy/Program Memorandum 159: Collaborative professionalism
• Policy/Program Memorandum 158: School board policies on concussion
• Policy/Program Memorandum 157: Use of copyright-protected works for education
• Policy/Program Memorandum 156: Supporting transitions for students with special education needs
• Policy/Program Memorandum 155: Diagnostic assessment in support of student learning
• Policy/Program Memorandum 154: Applications for letters of permission for positions requiring a registered early childhood educator
• Policy/Program Memorandum 153: Applications for Temporary Letters of Approval
• Policy/Program Memorandum 152: Terms and conditions of employment of principals and vice-principals
• Policy/Program Memorandum 151: Professional activity days devoted to provincial education priorities
• Policy/Program Memorandum 150: School food and beverage policy
• Policy/Program Memorandum 149: Protocol for partnerships with external agencies for provision of services by regulated health professionals, regulated social service professionals, and paraprofessionals
• Policy/Program Memorandum 148: Policies governing admission to French-language schools in Ontario
• Policy/Program Memorandum 147: Applications for Letters of Permission
• Policy/Program Memorandum 145: Progressive discipline and promoting positive student behaviour
• Policy/Program Memorandum 144: Bullying prevention and intervention
• Policy/Program Memorandum 142: School board programs for expelled students
• Policy/Program Memorandum 141: School board program for students on long-term suspension
• Policy/Program Memorandum 140: Incorporating methods of applied behaviour analysis ( ABA ) into programs for students with autism spectrum disorders ( ASD )
• Policy/Program Memorandum 138: Daily physical activity in elementary schools, grades 1-8
• Policy/Program Memorandum 137: Use of additional teacher resources to support student success in Ontario secondary schools
• Policy/Program Memorandum 136: Clarification of section 49.1 of the Education Act : education of persons unlawfully in Canada
• Policy/Program Memorandum 132: Prior learning assessment and recognition ( PLAR ) for mature students: implementation in Ontario secondary schools
• Policy/Program Memorandum 131: Home Schooling
• Policy/Program Memorandum 129: Prior learning assessment and recognition ( PLAR ): implementation in Ontario secondary schools
• Policy/Program Memorandum 128: The provincial code of conduct and school board codes of conduct
• Policy/Program Memorandum 124: Ontario Secondary School Diploma requirement: community involvement activities
• Policy/Program Memorandum 123: Safe arrivals
• Policy/Program Memorandum 120: Reporting violent incidents to the Ministry of Education
• Policy/Program Memorandum 119: Developing and implementing equity and inclusive education policies in Ontario schools
• Policy/Program Memorandum 118: Religious education programs offered in inspected private secondary schools
• Policy/Program Memorandum 117: Access to information on secondary school, programs and to guidance services between coterminous school boards
• Policy/Program Memorandum 108: Opening or closing exercises in public elementary and secondary schools
• Policy/Program Memorandum 89: The residential demonstration schools for students with learning disabilities: general information and details of the referral process
• Policy/Program Memorandum 81: Provision of health support services in school settings
• Policy/Program Memorandum 76C: Alternative educational programs and services for deaf, blind, and deaf-blind exceptional pupils
• Policy/Program Memorandum 76A: Workplace Safety and Insurance Coverage for Students in Work Education Programs
• Policy/Program Memorandum 75A: Carter Scholarship program, 1994: Procedures and conditions of award
• Policy/Program Memorandum 60A: Ontario young travellers program: visits by students from northern Ontario to the provincial capital
• Policy/Program Memorandum 59: Psychological testing and assessment of pupils
• Policy/Program Memorandum 53: Ontario Scholar program
• Policy/Program Memorandum 11: Early identification of children's learning needs
• Policy/Program Memorandum 9: Duty to report children in need of protection
• Policy/Program Memorandum 8: Identification of and program planning for students with learning disabilities
• Policy/Program Memorandum 1: Ontario schools for the blind and deaf as resource centres

Revoked 1 st of September 2023

• PPM 124A: Ontario secondary school diploma requirement: community involvement activities in English-language schools

Revoked 18 th of July 2014

• PPM 85: Educational Programs for Pupils in Government-Approved Care and/or Treatment Facilities

Revoked 10 th of October 2012

• PPM 127: The Secondary School Literacy Graduation Requirement
• PPM 133: Music Certificates Accepted for Credits
• PPM 134: Increase in the Number of Locally Developed Compulsory Credit Courses
• PPM 139: Revisions to Ontario Secondary Schools ( OSS ) to Support Student Success and Learning to 18
• PPM 146: Revisions to Credit Requirements to Support Student Success and Learning to 18

Revoked 6 th of September 2011

• PPM 135: Healthy foods and beverages in elementary school vending machines superseded by PPM 150
  • Dietitians of Canada: School Food and Nutrition Recommendations for Ontario Ministry of Education Regarding Snacks and Beverages Dispensed by Vending Machines
  • Dietitians of Canada: Recommendations for School Food and Nutrition for Ontario Ministry of Education

  Revoked 9 th of September 2010

  • PPM 143: Expectations Regarding Inclusion of Non-teaching Staff Affected by the 2006 Amendment to R.R.O. 1990, Regulation 304
  • PPM 116: Integration of computers across the curriculum
  • PPM 30: Hairstylist programs in secondary schools

  Revoked 9 th of September 2009

  • PPM 7: Heritage Languages Program
  • PPM 15: Supervision of Pupils at Lunch Hour
  • PPM 16: Reproduction of Copyright Materials
  • PPM 19: Remembrance Day Curriculum
  • PPM 20: National Anthem
  • PPM 23: Driver Education
  • PPM 33: Employment of Continuing Education Teachers and Continuing Education Instructors
  • PPM 60: Ministry Resource Document – Partners in Action: the Library Resource Centre in the School Curriculum
  • PPM 65: 1. Non-Guideline Courses
    2. OSIS : Appendix B
    3. OSIS : Appendix C
  • PPM 76: Custody and Guardianship of Minors
  • PPM 84: Equal Educational Opportunity for Students
  • PPM 96: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ( AIDS ) Education
  • PPM 97: Programs Leading to Qualification as a Teacher of the Deaf, Blind, and Deaf-Blind
  • PPM 102: Affirmative Action/Employment Equity for Women Employees of School Boards
  • PPM 103: Termination of the Book Purchase Plan
  • PPM 110: Interrelationship of Native-As-a-Second Language ( NSL ) and French-As-a-Second Language Programs
  • PPM 112: Education about Religion in the Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
  • PPM 113: Funding for Cross-Curricular Use of Computer Technology
  • PPM 114: Requirements for Reporting Attendance in Registers

  Revoked 18 th of October 2006

  • PPM 121: Suspension and Dismissal of Supervisory Officers
  • PPM 95: Revised Guidelines for Special Education Additional Qualification Courses
  • PPM 77: Tuberculosis Control Program
  • PPM 54: Ministry of Education Training Programs for Teachers, 1988-89
  • PPM 38: Principal's Qualification Program, 1995
  • PPM 14: Supervisory Officers – Equal Employment and Promotion Opportunities

  Revoked 27 th of June 2005

  • PPM 126: Implementation of the Teacher-Adviser Program and use of the term "co-instructional activities"

  Revoked 24 th of August 2004

  • PPM 115: Program policy for elementary and secondary education
  • PPM 109: Termination of the Learning Materials Development Plan
  • PPM 107: Reduction of class size in grades 1 and 2
  • PPM 58: Elementary school Core French programs
  • PPM 45: The Ontario Assessment Instrument Pool/ Banque d'instruments de mesure de l'Ontario ( OAIP / BIMO )
  • PPM 36: Clarification of funding policy on adult education