Appropriate Educational Programming (AEP)

The Amendment to the Public Schools Act: Appropriate Educational Programming provides the regulation to guide policy and programming for all students, particularly those with special learning needs, in receiving the appropriate educational programming they require. The regulations confirm in legislation that all students in Manitoba are entitled to receive appropriate educational programming that fosters student participation in both the academic and social life of the school. The legislation supports Manitoba’s philosophy of inclusion.

Regulations and Standards

The regulations that have been put in place to support Appropriate Educational Programming are found in two Manitoba Regulations:

1. Appropriate Educational Programming Regulations 155/2005 ( 123 KB)
2. Education Administration Miscellaneous Provisions Regulations, amendment
   156/2005 ( 52 KB)
3. Appropriate Educational Programming in Manitoba: Standards for Student Services ( 130 KB)
4. Appropriate Educational Programming: A Handbook for Student Services ( 2.1 MB)
5. Appropriate Educational Programming in Manitoba: A Formal Dispute Resolution Process ( 338 KB)

The broad areas covered by the regulations include:

• General Obligations
• Assessment of students
• Individual Education Plans
• School-related Activities
• Transition into school
• Discipline, suspension, expulsion
• Dispute Resolution
  

 Involving Parents, Families and Communities

• Working Together: A Guide to Positive Problem Solving for Schools, Families and Communities
• Working Together: A Handbook for Parents of Children with Special Needs in Schools
• School Partnerships: A Guide for Parents, Schools and Communities
• Working Together: Safe, Caring Schools, Families and Communities ( 127 KB)

Planning and Information Tools

• AEP Presentation ( 301 KB)
• AEP in Everyday Language ( 301 KB)
• AEP Standards Planning Chart ( 78 KB)
• Manitoba Human Rights Commission
• Human Rights and Appropriate Educational Programming
• Provincial Parent-Friendly Report Card Initiative
• Dispute Resolution FAQs