BC Government’s compensation fund is accepting applications online for students who can demonstrate losses or expenses that arose from the June 2019 provincial Grade 12 exam tabulation errors.
The compensation program launches today, Monday, March 1, and claim submissions and adjudication will take place from March 1 to May 24.
Compensation will be issued for validated claims by August 2021.
The students can apply for reimbursement online here.
The ministry says it has established a fair and transparent process for receiving, reviewing and determining compensation claims.
An independent third party will provide adjudication services for the compensation fund.
Applicants will be notified of claim decisions and the reasons for claim validity or denial. There will also be a detailed process for appeal.
Apology letters are also being sent to all students whose exam marks were impacted.
These two were part of recommendations from the Office of the Ombudsperson report, which was released on August 20.
Following the errors, the ministry said it has made immediate changes to policies and procedures to ensure a more rigorous process is used for processing provincial assessments, which are no longer tied to grades.
