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 80.1 (1) A licensee who holds a licence issued under Part IX (Residential Licensing) of the Act shall ensure that any place where residential care is provided under the authority of the licence includes a space or spaces that constitute a suitable environment for each child or young person receiving residential care to undertake their studies, including completing homework and other assignments, that is responsive to each child or young person’s individual needs and appropriate given their age and maturity. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 7. (2) A licensee who holds a licence issued under Part IX of the Act or a person designated by the licensee shall, for the purposes of identifying and utilizing all relevant educational resources available for children or young persons receiving residential care under the authority of the licence, consult at least once in a year with, (a) the school boards in the area in which is located the children’s residence or other place where residential care is provided under the authority of the licence; and (b) any entity referred to in subsection (3) that operates a school in the area in which is located the children’s residence or other place where residential care is provided under the authority of the licence. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 7. (3) The entities mentioned in clause (2) (b) are the following: 1. Any band, or any council of the band within the meaning of the Indian Act (Canada). 2. The Crown in right of Canada. 3. Any education authority within the meaning of the Education Act that is authorized by an entity referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 7. (4) A licensee who holds a licence issued under Part IX of the Act or a person designated by the licensee shall provide a parent, placing agency or other person who places a child or young person to receive residential care under the authority of the licence with, (a) information respecting the educational resources identified by the licensee under subsection (2) that are available in the area where the child or young person receives residential care; and (b) the name and contact information of a person or persons responsible for the provision of residential care to the child or young person and who may be contacted by the child or young person’s school or other educational program regarding the child or young person’s education or in emergency situations in which the parent, placing agency or other person who places the child or young person is unavailable. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 7. (5) The licensee or person designated by the licensee shall also provide the information referred to in clause (4) (b) to the child or young person’s school or other educational program. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 7. (6) Subject to subsection (7), if a child or young person receiving residential care under the authority of a licence issued under Part IX of the Act is to be absent from school or from another educational program, the licensee who holds the licence or a person designated by the licensee shall, in advance of the absence, inform the parent, placing agency or other person who placed the child or young person of the absence and the reasons for it. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 7. (7) If, due to the nature of the absence, the licensee or person designated by the licensee is unable to inform the parent, placing agency or other person who placed the child of the absence and the reasons for it before the absence occurs, the licensee or person designated by the licensee shall do so within 24 hours after learning of the absence. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 7. (8) The licensee or person designated by the licensee shall document the actions taken to comply with subsections (6) and (7). O. Reg. 350/22, s. 7. (9) In this section, “educational program” means a program providing satisfactory instruction for the purposes of clause 21 (2) (a) of the
Education Act. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 7.