Identification, Placement and Review Committee (IPRC)

An Identification, Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) is a school-based meeting to decide whether or not a student should be formally identified as "a student whose behavioural, communicational, intellectual, physical or multiple exceptionalities are such that he or she is considered to need placement in a special education program". There are no additional services or programs associated with formal identification through an IPRC in our Board. The regular classroom is a student's home school is the placement decision in our Board.

Members of an Identification Placement and Review Committee
In our Board, members of an IPRC include:

• Principal or Vice-Principal (Chair of the Committee);
• Family of Schools Superintendent; and
• Family of School Coordinator.

IPRC process

A parent or the school can request an IPRC. Once requested, the principal has fifteen days to provide the parent with a copy of the Parent's Guide to Special Education and a written statement of when the IPRC will convene. The time of the meeting should be convenient for both the parents and school.

Parents and students who are 16 years of age or older are entitled to be present at and participate in all committee discussions and be present when the committee's identification and placement decision is made. Parents are allowed to bring their own representative to the meeting, however they must inform the principal in advance. At an IPRC meeting, the parent or principal may request the attendance of one or more of the following people:

• student's classroom or subject teacher;
• Program Support teacher; and
• Board support staff or professionals who may provide additional information or clarification.

Please note - Parents can request the services of an interpreter through the principal.

To learn more about the IPRC process read our Parent's Guide to Special Education.