Students at Toronto District School Board may get a break from homework just before exam time if a student trustee has his proposal approved.
Ted Kuhn wants to ban any new homework assignments or tests for a five day period before the start of examinations.
It is not a new idea. Some schools within the TDSB have the policy in place but others do not.
Kuhn, whose job as a student trustee is to ensure student concerns are heard at the school board level, said a pre-exam moratorium should be a board-wide policy.
"There's an inequity across the TDSB when it comes to moratoriums," Kuhn said Tuesday.
"There are a lot of schools that implement moratoriums, there are some schools that don't, and there are some that have them but don't enforce them. So it's a disadvantage for those students that don't experience moratoriums."
The student trustee said his policy has received wide support from students.
"The response, almost without exception, was that students really support this moratorium."
But Kuhn must get support from other board trustees to make it an enforceable policy for all schools.
Kuhn will present the idea at the school board's committee level Wednesday evening. If the policy receives approval there, it will then be presented to the entire school board by the end of January.
The school board will then decide if they want to enforce a homework ban as policy in all schools.
With a report from CTV's Galit Solomon
