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* Instructional assistants only going to severely handicapped students Instructional assistants will be placed where they're real ly needed, but it will cost, says the Halton District School Board's education director. Dusty Papke told trustees recently, the assistants are being placed with student with severe needs, to ensure they can attend school. The neighbouring Hamilton-Wentworth board has made a controversial decision to keep 23 special needs students from classes because of an instructional assistant shortage. Staffing levels required in this area are greater than the provincial funding provided, Papke said at Wednesday's board meeting. "The IAs are being placed primarily for health and safety reasons," he told the board meeting. "That's not what we'd like to do, but that's what we have to do." He noted there's no funding available for kindergarten pupils or students joining the board in mid-year who'd require instructional assistants. "The ministry expectations for special education require another $300-$500 million for school boards," said Papke. "The government has allocated $30 million more, but we're going to work with them to have them do some tinkering." The board will have to work to determine soon how to pay for the instructional assistants that are needed. "It will really strain our budget," he said. In April 1998, the board issued layoff notices to 273 instructional assistants, but many were later recalled after provincial funding was acquired. A media release outlining how the province's special edu cation funding model is seriously flawed was issued by the board last week. "The current funding model does not recognize or address the current and growing needs of special education stu dents," said Frances McKenna, president of the Ontario Public Supervisory Officials' Association (OPSOA). 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