Céline T. Allard

In a preliminary conference before the Ontario Special Education Tribunal, the parties disputed the temporal scope of evidence admissible for an upcoming appeal regarding a student's placement.

The school board argued the Tribunal's mandate was limited to the date of the July 10, 2003 IPRC decision, while the parents sought to include evidence up to the hearing date.

The Tribunal ruled that to properly determine the child's current needs and make a binding decision on placement, it must consider all relevant evidence from the 2003 IPRC date up to the child's most recent report card.