Special Education Services: A Manual of Policies, Procedures and GuidelinesF. Provincial Resource Program F.3 Procedures for Designation For a program to be designated under section 168 (2) (f) of the School Act as a Provincial Resource Program, and in order to be funded, the following is required: 1. A board seeking to operate a Provincial Resource Program must (a) apply in writing to the minister, providing all information required by the minister; (b) submit to the minister a proposed budget in an approved form; and (c) provide the minister with a written copy of the criteria for admission of students to the program. 2. A board seeking to renew a designation of a program as a Provincial Resource Program must comply with sub-sections (a), (b), and (c) of section 1 above. 3. The minister will review an application by a board for the designation or the renewal of designation of a program as a Provincial Resource Program and may approve or not approve the application as submitted. 4. Unless the minister orders otherwise, the designation of a program as a Provincial Resource Program will be for one year only. 5. Grants paid to a board for the operation of a Provincial Resource Program must be accounted for as trust funds and must be included in the audited financial statements of the board. 6. The minister may cancel the designation of a program as a Provincial Resource Program at any time if the board operating the Provincial Resource Program fails to admit students in accordance with the written criteria submitted by the board pursuant to section 1(c) above.
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