Janice Leroux

The appellants requested that the Tribunal no longer remain seized of the appeal regarding the implementation of its previous orders concerning their child's special education placement and assessment.

The respondent school board opposed the request, noting the appellants had not permitted the ordered psycho-educational assessment and the student was not attending school.

The Tribunal granted the appellants' request and closed its file, finding that its orders remain final and binding but it has no further jurisdiction to compel the student's attendance at school, which is a process governed by the Education Act outside the Tribunal's role.

The parents of a 16-year-old student appealed the school board's decisions regarding the student's special education identification and placement.

The student had been excluded from school since January 2010.

The Tribunal issued an interim decision to facilitate the student's return to school, granting the appeal of the specific exceptionality identification and dismissing the placement appeal at this time.

The Tribunal ordered the school board to arrange a full psycho-educational assessment, convene an Identification Placement Review Committee meeting, and arrange an interim self-contained special education class placement.