Item - 2022.EX33.13

That City Council delete the Executive Committee Recommendation:

Recommendation to be deleted

1. City Council request the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Catholic District School Board to collaborate with Social Development, Finance and Administration and other relevant City Divisions to work with Black families and students to explore and enhance ways to address anti-Black racism in Toronto schools, including embedding the collection and use of disaggregated race based data to inform decision-making related to Black student achievement, discipline, and experiences, and an evaluation framework to monitor school boards, and develop anti-Black racism and African-centred education and resources to advance educational outcomes for Black and equity-deserving students.

and adopt instead the following new recommendations:

1. City Council request the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Catholic District School Board to collaborate with the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration and other relevant City Divisions to engage Black families, students and community-based parent groups to promote the conditions critical to achieve and safeguard Black student well-being and explore and enhance ways to address anti-Black racism in Toronto schools, including:

a.  fully implementing the strategies, actions, programs and services outlined in the Supporting Black Student Achievement and Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in the Toronto District School Board;

b.  embedding the collection and application of disaggregated race-based data to understand and cultivate healthy Black student educational experiences and to inform decision-making to improve student well-being, sense of belonging, disciplinary actions, and student academic achievement, in the school and in the classroom;

c. development of an accountability framework outlining goals, targets, actions, and timelines to monitor school boards progress toward stated outcomes, including the creation of a transparent annual reporting mechanism on the state of anti-Black racism and Black student success in Toronto schools; and

d. acceleration of the development and implementation of anti-Black racism educational resources and African-centred curriculum to improve educational outcomes for Black, racialized and equity-deserving students.