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Know Your Rights
Reduced Schedules

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A recurring half-day, late start, or early dismissal is a reduced instructional day.
Source: Ontario Regulation 298, section 3(3)
Reduced instructional day
HALF-DAY

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Ontario Regulation 298, section 3(3), permits a board to reduce the instructional program
below five hours for an exceptional pupil in a special education program.
Source: Ontario Regulation 298, section 3(3)

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A shorter day is not automatically lawful or unlawful
based only on consent.
Source: Human Rights Code and applicable special-education processes

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The board must still comply with the Human Rights Code duty to accommodate.
Source: Human Rights Code and applicable special-education processes

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Ask for the authority
Authority
Reasons
Duration
Supports considered
Review date
Source: Ontario Regulation 298 and the Human Rights Code

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Read the guide
www.endthewaitontario.com/education/reduced-schedules
Sources: Ontario Regulation 298, section 3(3); Human Rights Code; special-education processes.
Verified 2026-11-03