Education Act

ONTARIO REGULATION 215/16

GRANTS FOR STUDENT NEEDS - LEGISLATIVE GRANTS FOR THE 2016-2017 SCHOOL BOARD FISCAL YEAR

Historical version for the period August 2, 2016 to December 5, 2016.

Last amendment: O. Reg. 280/16.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

CONTENTS

PART I
GENERAL
1. / Application and interpretation
2. / Fiscal year
3. / Documents referred to in this Regulation
4. / Pupil of a board
5. / Average daily enrolment
6. / Level of accuracy
7. / Legislative grants
8. / Payments
9. / Conditions for grant
10. / Adjusting overpayment
11. / Adjusting underpayment
12. / Operating revenue
PART II
GRANTS TO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS
13. / Grant allocations
14. / Amount of grant
15. / 2016-2017 tax revenue
16. / Pupil foundation allocation
17. / School foundation allocation
18. / Special education allocation
19. / Enrolment-based special education amount
20. / Special equipment amount
21. / Differentiated special education needs amount
22. / Special incidence
23. / Facilities amount
24. / Behaviour expertise amount
25. / Special education pupil, move to new board
26. / Language allocation, English-language boards
27. / French as a second language amount
28. / ESL/ELD amount
29. / Language allocation, French-language boards
30. / French as a first language amount
31. / ALF/PANA amount
32. / First Nation, Métis and Inuit education supplemental allocation
33. / Outlying schools allocation
34. / Remote and rural allocation
35. / Rural and small community allocation
36. / Learning opportunities allocation
37. / Safe and accepting schools allocation
38. / Continuing education and other programs allocation
39. / Cost adjustment and new teacher induction program allocation
40. / New teacher induction program amount
41. / Elementary and secondary qualification and experience amounts
42. / Educator qualification and experience amount
43. / Sick leave credit gratuities re-payment amount
44. / Public sector compensation restraint amount
45. / Transportation allocation
46. / Administration and governance allocation
47. / Debt charges allocation
48. / Interest on capital debt allocation
49. / School operations allocation
50. / School renewal allocation
51. / Pupil accommodation allocation
52. / Amount for urgent and high priority renewal projects
53. / Amount for school condition improvement
54. / Amount for temporary accommodation for pupils
55. / Amount for new pupil places
56. / Amount for consolidated capital programs
57. / Amount for capital priority projects
58. / Amount for capital priority land purchases
59. / Amount for child care capital projects
60. / Amount for full day junior kindergarten and kindergarten accommodation
61. / Calculations for various allocations
62. / Adjustment for declining enrolment
63. / Compliance
64. / Required spending, minor tangible capital assets
65. / Maximum administration and governance expenses
PART III
GRANTS TO SCHOOL AUTHORITIES
66. / Grants to isolate boards
67. / Grants to s. 68 boards
PART IV
PAYMENTS TO GOVERNING AUTHORITIES
68. / Definitions
69. / Pupil attending school in Manitoba or Quebec
70. / Pupil attending school on reserve
71. / Amounts payable to board, attendance at school for Indian children
Table 1 / Additional rural schools
Table 2 / Additional compensation for principals and vice principals
Table 3 / Differentiated special education needs amount
Table 4 / Pupils in canada component of esl/Eld grant
Table 5 / Broader community factors for alf funding
Table 6 / Demographic component of first nation, métis and inuit education supplement
Table 7 / First nation, métis and inuit — board action plan
Table 8 / Remote and rural allocation, rural and small community allocation
Table 9 / New remote and rural allocation
Table 10 / Learning opportunities
Table 11 / Weighted per pupil amount for safe and accepting schools allocation
Table 12 / Priority urban secondary schools
Table 13 / Cost adjustment amount for non-teachers
Table 14 / Conditional supports for extending eligibility for maternity leave, sick leave and short-term sick leave and disability plans
Table 15 / Earned leave plan
Table 16 / Teacher qualification and experience
Table 17 / Educator qualification and experience
Table 18 / Public sector compensation restraint factors
Table 19 / School authorities — amount for non-instructional space in former isolate boards
Table 20 / Amount for increasing capital planning capacity
Table 21 / Capital related debt eligible for funding support by district school board
Table 22 / Capital administration adjustment
Table 23 / Supplementary area factor
Table 24 / Geographic adjustment factors
Table 25 / Amount for renewal software licensing fees
Table 26 / Community use of schools allocation
Table 27 / New supplementary area factor
Table 28 / New geographic adjustment factors
Table 29 / Percentage of total area of elementary and secondary schools less than 20 years old or 20 years or older
Table 30 / School renewal enhancement amount
Table 31 / New percentage of total area of elementary and secondary schools less than 20 years old or 20 years or older
Table 32 / Good places to learn — maximum allocations
Table 33 / Amount for school condition improvement
Table 34 / Temporary pupil accommodations
Table 35 / Full day junior kindergarten and kindergarten accommodation maximum amount

PART I
GENERAL

Application and interpretation

1.(1)This Regulation applies to boards for the 2016-2017 fiscal year and to governing authorities in respect of payments for the period from September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.

(2)In this Regulation,

“2006-2007 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 341/06 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2006-2007 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2006-2007”)

“2007-2008 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 152/07 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2007-2008 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2007-2008”)

“2008-2009 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 85/08 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2008-2009 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2008-2009”)

“2009-2010 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 155/09 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2009-2010 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2009-2010”)

“2010-2011 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 196/10 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2010-2011 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2010-2011”)

“2011-2012 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 160/11 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2011-2012 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2011-2012”)

“2012-2013 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 136/12 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2012-2013 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2012-2013”)

“2013-2014 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 120/13 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2013-2014 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2013-2014”)

“2014-2015 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 76/14 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2014-2015 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2014-2015”)

“2015-2016 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 195/15 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2015-2016 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2015-2016”)

“2016-2017 A.D.E. regulation” means Ontario Regulation 217/16 (Calculation of Average Daily Enrolment for the 2016-2017 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur l’effectif quotidien moyen de 2016-2017”)

“2016-2017 fees regulation” means Ontario Regulation 216/16 (Calculation of Fees for Pupils for the 2016-2017 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les droits de 2016-2017”)

“ALF” stands for actualisation linguistique en français; (“ALF”)

“campus” means a property on which one or more schools are located and in respect of which the same campus identification number has been assigned by the Ministry to all of the schools located on the property; (“campus”)

“capital asset” means,

(a) a school site that provides or is capable of providing pupil accommodation and an addition or improvement to such a school site,

(b) a school building, fixture of a school building or fixture of school property, and an addition, alteration, renovation or major repair to a school building, fixture of a school building or fixture of school property,

(c) furniture and equipment to be used in school buildings,

(d) library materials for the initial equipping of a library in a school building,

(e) an installation on school property to supply a school building on the property with water, sewer, septic, electrical, heating, cooling, natural gas, telephone or cable services, and an alteration, replacement or major repair to the installation, and

(f) changes to the level, drainage or surface of school properties; (“immobilisation”)

“capital asset cost” means an expense that the board is required to capitalize under the terms of the document entitled “District School Board and School Authority Tangible Capital Assets: Provincial Accounting Policies and Implementation Guide”, revised April 2015, which is available as described in subsection 3 (2); (“coût des immobilisations”)

“cycle” has the same meaning as in the 2016-2017 A.D.E. regulation; (“horaire”)

“distant combined school” means a qualifying combined school that is located at least 20 kilometres but less than 45 kilometres from every other qualifying sole secondary school and qualifying combined school of the board; (“école combinée éloignée”)

“distant elementary school” means a qualifying sole elementary school that is located at least 10 kilometres but less than 20 kilometres from every other qualifying sole elementary school of the board; (“école élémentaire éloignée”)

“distant secondary school” means a qualifying sole secondary school that is located at least 20 kilometres but less than 45 kilometres from every other qualifying sole secondary school and qualifying combined school of the board; (“école secondaire éloignée”)

“ELD” stands for English literacy development; (“ELD”)

“elementary school pupil” means a pupil who is enrolled in any of junior kindergarten, kindergarten and grades 1 to 8; (“élève de l’élémentaire”)

“ESL” stands for English as a second language; (“ESL”)

“isolate board” is a school authority other than a section 68 board; (“conseil isolé”)

“outlying combined school” means a qualifying combined school that is located at least 45 kilometres from every other qualifying sole secondary school and qualifying combined school of the board; (“école combinée excentrée”)

“outlying elementary school” means a qualifying sole elementary school that is located at least 20 kilometres from every other qualifying sole elementary school of the board; (“école élémentaire excentrée”)

“outlying secondary school” means a qualifying sole secondary school that is located at least 45 kilometres from every other qualifying sole secondary school and qualifying combined school of the board; (“école secondaire excentrée”)

“PANA” stands for programme d’appui aux nouveaux arrivants; (“PANA”)

“qualifying combined school” means a qualifying combined school under subsection (4); (“école combinée admissible”)

“qualifying sole elementary school” means a qualifying sole elementary school under subsection (4); (“école élémentaire admissible”)

“qualifying sole secondary school” means a qualifying sole secondary school under subsection (4); (“école secondaire admissible”)

“regular combined school” means a qualifying combined school that is not an outlying combined school or a distant combined school; (“école combinée ordinaire”)

“regular elementary school” means a qualifying sole elementary school that is not an outlying elementary school or distant elementary school; (“école élémentaire ordinaire”)

“regular secondary school” means a qualifying sole secondary school that is not an outlying secondary school or distant secondary school; (“école secondaire ordinaire”)

“revenue from other sources” means, with respect to a district school board, the revenue of the board other than,

(a) the amount of grants payable to the board under this Regulation, and

(b) the amount that would be the board’s 2016-2017 tax revenue amount if no amount were required to be deducted under paragraph 3 of subsection 15(1); (“recettes provenant d’autres sources”)

“rural elementary school” means, with respect to a board, an elementary school that is identified as an elementary school in accordance with the document entitled “User Guide for the School Facilities Inventory System Application”, dated November 2009, which is available as described in subsection 3 (3), that has a 2016-2017 enrolment, within the meaning of subsection 49 (4), greater than zero, and that meets at least one of the following two criteria:

1. On October 31, 2016, the second character of the school’s postal code is 0.

2. The school is listed in Column 3 of Table 1 opposite the name of the board in Column 1 of that Table; (“école élémentaire rurale”)

“rural secondary school” means, with respect to a board, a secondary school that is identified as a secondary school in accordance with the document entitled “User Guide for the School Facilities Inventory System Application”, dated November 2009, which is available as described in subsection 3 (3), that has a 2016-2017 enrolment, within the meaning of subsection 49 (4), greater than zero, and that meets at least one of the following two criteria:

1. On October 31, 2016, the second character of the school’s postal code is 0.

2. The school is listed in Column 4 of Table 1 opposite the name of the board in Column 1 of that Table; (“école secondaire rurale”)

“School Foundation Allocation Table” means the Table set out in the document entitled “List of schools eligible for School Foundation Allocation for the 2016-2017 school year”, dated April 2016, which is available as described in subsection 3 (1); (“tableau de l’élément éducation de base pour les écoles”)

“secondary school pupil” means a pupil who is enrolled in any of grades 9 to 12; (“élève du secondaire”)

“section 68 board” is a board established under section 68 of the Act. (“conseil créé en vertu de l’article 68”)

(3)The following rules apply for the purposes of the definitions in subsection (2):

1. A measure of distance shall be by road and shall be accurate to 0.1 kilometres.

2. A qualifying sole elementary school, a qualifying sole secondary school or a qualifying combined school under subsection (4) that is located on an island that is not connected by road to the mainland shall be considered an outlying elementary school, an outlying secondary school or an outlying combined school, as the case may be, unless the school is located in the City of Toronto, in which case it shall be considered a regular elementary school, a regular secondary school or a regular combined school, as the case may be.