Regional AgreementRegional Agreement • May 22nd, 2024
Contract Type FiledMay 22nd, 2024The obligations of each ministry involved in the delivery of assistive listening technology to children and youth are specified in the Inter-Ministerial Protocol for the Provision of Audiological Support Service (the Protocol), within the Inter- Ministerial Protocol for the Provision of Support Services to Schools (2013). Through the Protocol, the British Columbia Ministries of Health, Children and Family Development, and the Ministry of Education and Childcare are making a commitment to provide assistive listening technology to students with peripheral hearing loss to give them better auditory access to their educational programs. The B.C. Ministry of Health provides funding and delegates authority to Regional Health Authorities for audiological services for children under 19 years old. The Ministry of Education provides funding and delegates authority to Boards of Education and the Provincial Resource Program - Auditory Outreach, for the provision of education support services and as