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WHAT IS BILL 33 33?

On Thursday, May 29, 2025, Minister of Education Paul Calandra announced Bill 33.

Key points:

Ministry can take over any school board
Control of school property sales is moved to Ministry (and without community consultation)
Pushes the school resource officer program even in communities where it was voted against
No funding commitment to education to meet

inflationary rates.

On Thursday, May 29, 2025, Minister of Education Paul Calandra announced Bill 33 (click on the link for the full proposal of changes).

The overview of the changes are as follows:

-allows the government to essential have superpowers to take any school board under supervision for any reason.

& supervision would supercede the need for Trustees and the democratically elected Trustees would no longer have the ability to vote on changes happening in school boards

-Minister Calandra pronounced that he would re-instate the school resource officer program

-Minister Calandra did not commit any further funding to ensure that students would get all the things they need.

-will give the Ministry of Education ability to sell off any school property which they deem necessary and then use those properties for other provincial purposes.

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Bill 33: How it could affect my child’s education.

What does this mean for our children’s education?

Trustees could be removed
Limiting parent/guardian participation & voice
Further increases to class sizes could happen
Programs could be cut from boards
Cuts to support staff could happen
Further crumbling school buildings
Increase in classroom incidents (due to overcrowding)
Police presence in schools

More central bureaucratic control will remove the programs that different communities have developed over time. A one size fits all answer from northern Ontario to Windsor governed by Queen’s Park without accountability will impoverish our students’ education.

What does this mean for our children’s education?

-Parental democratic rights via Trustees are at risk

-Increased class sizes

-Special Education Programs are at risk of decreasing, access to more choices for different learners such as

Gifted Programs,

Specialty Schools with a focus on the arts (Music, Visual Arts etc),

Intensive Support Program (ISP) classes designed for students with specific learning or behavioural needs,

Alternative Schools,

pool programs,

sport programs, Outdoor education,

Itinerant Music programs will potentially be cut from boards.

- cuts to Child & Youth Workers, Special Education Resource Teachers, Education Assistants, Developmental Early Childhood Educators, Special Needs Assistants (SNA)

- Further crumbling school buildings

- Potential of further violence in classrooms because of the above.

- Police presence in schools without parental consent or consultation, this is the Ministry’s solution to violence.

The main thing here is that there will be less choices for students to learn in the ways they learn best in environments that are enriching/fulsome.

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What is Supervision?

On Friday, June 27, 2025, Minister of Education Paul Calandra announced 4 school boards were being taken over by Supervision.

Key points:

A single Ministry appointed staff makes all decisions for school boards taken over
TDSB and 4 other boards are each currently governed through supervision, that is 25% of all Ontario students
Decisions are made behind closed doors without any public input. Parent and student voices have no space left to be heard.
Supervisor can cut any program and change any policy the Ministry tells them to and the public will only find out after the decision is made

On Thursday, May 29, 2025, Minister of Education Paul Calandra announced Bill 33 (click on the link for the full proposal of changes).

The overview of the changes are as follows:

-allows the government to essential have superpowers to take any school board under supervision for any reason.

& supervision would supercede the need for Trustees and the democratically elected Trustees would no longer have the ability to vote on changes happening in school boards

-Minister Calandra pronounced that he would re-instate the school resource officer program

-Minister Calandra did not commit any further funding to ensure that students would get all the things they need.

-will give the Ministry of Education ability to sell off any school property which they deem necessary and then use those properties for other provincial purposes.

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Supervision: how could it affect my child’s education?

What does this mean for our children’s education?

Trustees currently have no role in the running of the school board
CAC’s are currently either suspended or meetings are held without live broadcasts
Decisions have already been made that are impacting class sizes, without information to the public
Supervisor is not meeting or responding to parents or community needs
Minister Calanda has said:

Boards are outdated
Capital projects should move to Infrastructure Ontario
Decision needs to be made this year about future of school boards (e.g. removing school boards altogether)

What does this mean for our children’s education?

-Parental democratic rights via Trustees are at risk

-Increased class sizes

-Special Education Programs are at risk of decreasing, access to more choices for different learners such as

Gifted Programs,

Specialty Schools with a focus on the arts (Music, Visual Arts etc),

Intensive Support Program (ISP) classes designed for students with specific learning or behavioural needs,

Alternative Schools,

pool programs,

sport programs, Outdoor education,

Itinerant Music programs will potentially be cut from boards.

- cuts to Child & Youth Workers, Special Education Resource Teachers, Education Assistants, Developmental Early Childhood Educators, Special Needs Assistants (SNA)

- Further crumbling school buildings

- Potential of further violence in classrooms because of the above.

- Police presence in schools without parental consent or consultation, this is the Ministry’s solution to violence.

The main thing here is that there will be less choices for students to learn in the ways they learn best in environments that are enriching/fulsome.

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What can I do?

Parents/guardians, students and community have been getting organized. Writing letters, mobilizing in schools, petitions and more. Everything helps!

Toronto Education Advocacy Network - Sign up!

TDSB Special Education Advisory Committee

Parent Involvement Advisory Committee

www.fundourschools.ca - Phone Zaps and adopt a blue riding campaigns

www.policingfreeschools.ca - Many events and activities

What does this mean for our children’s education?

-Parental democratic rights via Trustees are at risk

-Increased class sizes

-Special Education Programs are at risk of decreasing, access to more choices for different learners such as

Gifted Programs,

Specialty Schools with a focus on the arts (Music, Visual Arts etc),

Intensive Support Program (ISP) classes designed for students with specific learning or behavioural needs,

Alternative Schools,

pool programs,

sport programs, Outdoor education,

Itinerant Music programs will potentially be cut from boards.

- cuts to Child & Youth Workers, Special Education Resource Teachers, Education Assistants, Developmental Early Childhood Educators, Special Needs Assistants (SNA)

- Further crumbling school buildings

- Potential of further violence in classrooms because of the above.

- Police presence in schools without parental consent or consultation, this is the Ministry’s solution to violence.

The main thing here is that there will be less choices for students to learn in the ways they learn best in environments that are enriching/fulsome.

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