Item - 2017.TS8.2

Tracking Status

This item was considered by City-School Boards Advisory Committee on October 25, 2017 and was adopted with amendments.

TS8.2 - 2016-2017 Progress Update: City-School Board Cooperation to Strengthen the Pupil Accommodation Review Process and Respond to Surplus Declarations of School Property

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Amended

Wards:: All

Committee Decision

The City-School Boards Advisory Committee recommends to the Executive Committee that:

1. City Council request the Minister of Education to amend the eligibility requirements for school board child care capital funding to include secondary, non-operating and other school board properties.

Origin

(October 2, 2017) Report from the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division

Summary

The City and the school boards are partnering on a number of city-building initiatives. Areas of ongoing engagement with the school boards include the development approvals process, the provision of spaces for licensed child care and permitting for recreation or other community use purposes. This report provides information to the City-School Boards Advisory Committee on how the City and school boards have improved communications through the Pupil Accommodation Review (PAR) process and how these improvements have advanced the model of schools as community assets.

Background Information

(October 2, 2017) Report from the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division on 2016-2017 Progress Update: City-School Board Cooperation to Strengthen the Pupil Accommodation Review Process and Respond to Surplus Declarations of School Property
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ts/bgrd/backgroundfile-107727.pdf

Motions

Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Janet Davis (Carried)

That the City-School Boards Advisory Committee recommend to the Executive Committee that:

City Council request the Minister of Education to amend the eligibility requirements for school board child care capital funding to include secondary, non-operating and other school board properties.

Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Josh Matlow (Withdrawn)

That the City-School Boards Advisory Committee recommend to the Executive Committee that:

1. City Council request the four school boards operating in Toronto to inform local City Councillors of the launch of a Pupil Accommodation Review when affected schools are located in their wards.

Motion to Withdraw a Motion moved by Councillor Josh Matlow (Carried)

That the motion from Councillor Matlow be withdrawn.