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Consultation responses

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Consultation responses

Equality Commission consultation responses to:

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee: Call for Evidence on Integrated Education (pdf, 2024)
Dept of Education: circumstances which would enable a parent/carer to excuse their child from receiving age-appropriate, comprehensive and scientifically accurate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights (pdf, 2023)
Dept of Education: Statutory guidance on the reduction and management of restrictive practices in educational settings (pdf, 2023)
Dept of Education: Spending Plans for 2023-2024 Equality Impact Assessment (pdf, 2023)
Education Authority: draft interim language policies for Irish and Ulster-Scots (pdf, 2023)
Every Child: Department of Education’s Corporate Plan 2023-28 (pdf, 2022)
Education Authority: Planning for Sustainable Provision - Draft Strategic Area Plan 2022-27 (pdf, 2022)
Dept for the Economy: draft Skills Strategy for Northern Ireland (pdf, 2021)
Dept of Education: Pre-school education – review of the statutory admissions criteria (pdf, 2021)
DUP: Promoting Excellence - Improving boys' educational achievements in NI (pdf, 2021)
Dept of Education: Educational underachievements - expert panel survey (pdf, Oct 2020)
Dept of Education: Supporting newcomer pupils (pdf, 2019)
Education Authority: Draft Guidelines on Elective Home Education (pdf, 2019)
Education Authority: Providing Pathways, Northern Ireland’s first regional strategic area plan 2017–20 (pdf, 2016)

Education Committee (NI Assembly): Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill (evidence submission) (pdf, 2016)

Dept of Education: Review of Integrated Education (pdf, 2016)

Dept of Education: Shared education draft policy and legislation consultation - Full response / Summary response (pdfs, 2015)

NI Assembly's Education Committee Inquiry into Shared Education and Integrated education (pdf, 2014)

The Ministerial Advisory Group on Advancing Shared Education (pdf, 2012)

The consultation on the Dept for Education’s strategy for Youth Services (pdf, 2012)

The Education Committee request for evidence in relation to the Common Funding Formula for Schools (pdf, 2012)

The proposed discontinuance of Stranmillis University College (SUC) and its proposed merger with the Queen’s University of Belfast (QUB) (pdf, 2011)

Dept of Education Review of Public Administration – Promoting Equality through the Review of Public Administration (pdf, 2009)

The Establishment of the Education Advisory Forum (Policy paper 19) (pdf, 2009)

Dept of Education Review of Public Administration Policy Paper 20: Publicly owned schools – ownership and representation (pdf, 2009)

Dept of Education: Transfer 2010 (pdf, 2009)

“A Shared Future” – a consultation by OFMDFM on improving relations in Northern Ireland - September 2003 (pdf, 2003)

Dept of Education: recommendations on post-primary arrangement (pdf, 2001)

Disability in Education & SENDO consultation responses

Equality Commission consultation responses to:

Dept of Education: Enhancing transitions services for school leavers with special educational needs and disabilities (pdf, 2024)
Education Authority: Planning for Special Education Provision: Draft Strategic Area Plan 2022-27 (pdf, 2022)
Dept of Education: draft SEN Code of Practice (pdf, 2021)
Dept of Education: New draft SEN Regulations (pdf, 2021)
Education Authority: Proposed Framework of Future Provision for Children in the Early Years with Special Education Needs (pdf, 2018)
Dept of Education: Draft Special Educational Needs (SEN) Regulations 2016 (pdf, 2016)
NI Assembly Education Committee: Evidence on the proposed Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill (SEND) (pdf, 2015)
The Way Forward for Special Educational Needs and Inclusion (pdf, 2012)
DENI Consultation on SEN Review (pdf, 2012)
Department of Education Policy Proposal Document - Every School a Good School - The way forward for special educational needs and inclusion (pdf, 2010)
Department of Education’s Draft Regulations Prohibiting Discrimination by General Qualifications Bodies on Grounds of Disability (pdf, 2007)
Draft Special Educational Needs and Disability Order (pdf, 2004)
Proposals for the Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill (pdf, 2003)

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