Small schools allocation
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(1) In this section, “small elementary school” means, (a) in relation to an English-language district school board, an elementary school that has an average of less than 20 pupils per grade and that is located at least eight kilometres by road from every other elementary school of the board, and (b) in relation to a French-language district school board, an elementary school that has an average of less than 20 pupils per grade and is located at least eight kilometres by road from every other elementary school of the board that is located in the same portion of the board’s area of jurisdiction; (“petite école élémentaire”) “small school” means a small elementary school or a small secondary school; (“petite école”) “small secondary school” means, (a) in relation to an English-language district school board, a secondary school that has an average of less than 120 pupils per grade and is located at least 32 kilometres by road from every other secondary school of the board, and (b) in relation to a French-language district school board, a secondary school that has an average of less than 120 pupils per grade and is located at least 32 kilometres by road from every other secondary school of the board that is located in the same portion of the board’s area of jurisdiction. (“petite école secondaire”) O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (1). (2) The following rules apply for the purposes of this section: 1. A board is coterminous with another board if the areas of jurisdiction of the two boards are wholly or partly the same. 2. The area of jurisdiction of a French-language public district school board is divided into portions matching the areas of jurisdiction of the coterminous English-language public district school boards. 3. The area of jurisdiction of a French-language separate district school board is divided into portions matching the areas of jurisdiction of the coterminous English-language Roman Catholic boards. 4. If the area of jurisdiction of a French-language separate district school board is the same as the area of jurisdiction of an English-language Roman Catholic board, the total area of jurisdiction of the French-language separate district school board is one portion. 5. Junior kindergarten, kindergarten and grades one to eight are elementary grades. 6. Grades nine to twelve and OAC are secondary grades. 7. Except as provided in paragraph 9, a school that offers instruction in one or more of the elementary grades is treated as an elementary school. 8. Except as provided in paragraph 9, a school that offers instruction in one or more of the secondary grades is treated as a secondary school. 9. If a school offers instruction in one or more of the elementary grades and in one or more of the secondary grades, the school is treated as two distinct schools, namely, one elementary school offering instruction in the relevant elementary grades and one secondary school offering instruction in the relevant secondary grades. 10. For the purposes of this section, the average number of pupils per grade of an elementary school is calculated as follows: i. Determine the day school full-time equivalent enrolment for the board as of October 31, 2002, counting only the pupils enrolled in the school. For the purposes of this paragraph, a pupil who would be a pupil of a board were it not for subsection 2 (5) is deemed to be a pupil of the board. ii. Determine the number of grades in which instruction is given in the school, counting junior kindergarten and kindergarten as 0.5 grades each. iii. Divide the number determined under subparagraph i by the number determined under subparagraph ii. 11. The average number of pupils per grade of a secondary school is calculated as follows: i. Determine the day school full-time equivalent enrolment for the board as of October 31, 2002, counting only the pupils enrolled in the school. For the purposes of this paragraph, a pupil who would be a pupil of a board were it not for subsection 2 (4) or (5) is deemed to be a pupil of the board. ii. Divide the number determined under subparagraph i by the number of grades in which instruction is provided in the school. 12. If two or more elementary schools of an English-language district school board are all located within eight kilometres of each other by road, their combined average number of pupils per grade is less than 20 pupils per grade and one or more of the schools in the group is located eight or more kilometres by road from every elementary school of the board that is not in the group, i. the group of two or more schools is deemed to be one small school for the purposes of this section, and ii. each of the two or more schools in the group is deemed not to be a small school for the purposes of this section. 13. If two or more elementary schools of a French-language district school board are all located in the same portion of the board’s area of jurisdiction, are all within eight kilometres of each other by road, their combined average number of pupils per grade is less than 20 pupils per grade and one or more of the schools in the group is located eight or more kilometres by road from every elementary school of the board that is not in the group but is in the same portion of the board’s area of jurisdiction, i. the group of two or more schools is deemed to be one small school for the purposes of this section, and ii. each of the two or more schools in the group is deemed not to be a small school for the purposes of this section. 14. The combined average number of pupils per grade of a group of two or more elementary schools is calculated as follows: i. Determine the day school full-time equivalent enrolment for the board as of October 31, 2002, counting only the pupils enrolled in the schools in the group. For the purposes of this paragraph, a pupil who would be a pupil of a board were it not for subsection 2 (5) is deemed to be a pupil of the board. ii. Determine the number of grades in which instruction is given in one or more of the schools in the group, counting junior kindergarten and kindergarten as 0.5 grades each. iii. Divide the number determined under subparagraph i by the number determined under subparagraph ii. O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (2). (3) The amount of the small school allocation for a district school board for the fiscal year is determined as follows: 1. For each small elementary school of the board, i. determine the school size factor, in accordance with subsection (4), ii. determine the remoteness factor, in accordance with subsection (5), and iii. determine the day school full-time equivalent enrolment for the board as of October 31, 2002, counting only the pupils of the board enrolled in the school. 2. For each small elementary school of the board, multiply the school size factor by the remoteness factor. Multiply the product by the enrolment determined for the school under subparagraph 1 iii. 3. For each small elementary school of the board, multiply the product obtained under paragraph 2 by $6,251. 4. Total the amounts determined for each of the small elementary schools of the board under paragraph 3. 5. For each small secondary school of the board, i. determine the school size factor, in accordance with subsection (7), ii. determine the remoteness factor, in accordance with subsection (8), and iii. determine the day school full-time equivalent enrolment for the board as of October 31, 2002, counting only pupils of the board enrolled in the school. For the purposes of this subparagraph, pupils enrolled in the school who would be pupils of the board were it not for subsection 2 (4) are deemed to be pupils of the board. 6. For each small secondary school of the board, multiply the school size factor by the remoteness factor. Multiply the product by the enrolment number determined for the school under subparagraph 5 iii. 7. For each small secondary school of the board, multiply the product obtained under paragraph 6 by $7,612. 8. Total the amounts determined for each of the small secondary schools of the board under paragraph 7. 9. Total the totals determined under paragraphs 4 and 8. 10. Add the elementary school principals amount determined under subsection (9) to the amount determined under paragraph 9. 11. Add the secondary school principals amount determined under subsection (11) to the amount determined under paragraph 10. O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (3); O. Reg. 348/02, s. 8 (1, 2). (4) The school size factor for a small elementary school is determined as follows: 1. For a school with an average number of pupils per grade that is less than two, the school size factor is 1. 2. For a school with an average number of pupils per grade that is two or more but not more than 10, the school size factor is determined on a sliding scale as follows: i. Divide 10 by the average number of pupils per grade. ii. Multiply the result obtained under subparagraph i by 0.2. 3. For a school with an average number of pupils per grade that is more than 10 but less than 20, the school size factor is determined on a sliding scale as follows: i. Subtract 10 from the average number of pupils per grade. ii. Divide the result obtained under subparagraph i by 10. iii. Subtract the result obtained under subparagraph ii from one. iv. Multiply the result obtained under subparagraph iii by 0.2. O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (4). (5) The remoteness factor for a small elementary school is determined as follows: 1. For a school of an English-language district school board located 80 kilometres or more by road from all other elementary schools of the board, the remoteness factor is 1.5. 2. For a school of an English-language district school board located more than 32 kilometres by road but less than 80 kilometres by road from all other elementary schools of the board, the remoteness factor is 1.25. 3. For all other schools of an English-language district school board, the remoteness factor is 1.0. 4. For a school of a French-language district school board located 80 kilometres or more by road from all other elementary schools of the board that are located in the same portion of the board’s area of jurisdiction, the remoteness factor is 1.5. 5. For a school of a French-language district school board located more than 32 kilometres by road but less than 80 kilometres by road from all other elementary schools of the board that are located in the same portion of the board’s area of jurisdiction, the remoteness factor is 1.25. 6. For all other schools of a French-language district school board, the remoteness factor is 1.0. O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (5). (6) The following rules apply for the purposes of subsection (5) if a group of two or more schools of a board is deemed to be one small school for the purposes of this section: 1. In the case of elementary schools of an English-language district school board, if one or more of the schools in the group is located 80 kilometres or more by road from every elementary school of the board that is not in the group, the small school is deemed to be located 80 kilometres or more by road from all other elementary schools of the board. 2. Except if paragraph 1 applies, in the case of elementary schools of an English-language district school board, if one or more of the schools in the group is located more than 32 kilometres by road from every elementary school of the board that is not in the group, the small school is deemed to be located more than 32 kilometres by road but less than 80 kilometres by road from all other elementary schools of the board. 3. In the case of elementary schools of a French-language district school board, if one or more of the schools in the group is located 80 kilometres or more by road from every elementary school of the board that is not in the group but that is located in the same portion of the board’s area of jurisdiction, the small school is deemed to be located 80 kilometres or more by road from all other elementary schools of the board. 4. Except if paragraph 3 applies, in the case of elementary schools of a French-language district school board, if one or more of the schools in the group is located more than 32 kilometres by road from every elementary school of the board that is not in the group but that is located in the same portion of the board’s area of jurisdiction, the small school is deemed to be located more than 32 kilometres by road but less than 80 kilometres by road from all other elementary schools of the board. O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (6). (7) The school size factor for a small secondary school is determined as follows: 1. For a school with an average number of pupils per grade of less than 20, the school size factor is 0.45. 2. For a school with an average number of pupils per grade of 20 or more but not more than 60, the school size factor is determined on a sliding scale as follows: i. Divide 60 by the average number of pupils per grade. ii. Multiply the result obtained under subparagraph i by 0.15. 3. For a school with an average number of pupils per grade of more than 60 but less than 120, the school size factor is determined on a sliding scale as follows: i. Subtract 60 from the average number of pupils per grade. ii. Divide the result obtained under subparagraph i by 60. iii. Subtract the result obtained under subparagraph ii from one. iv. Multiply the result obtained under subparagraph iii by 0.15. O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (7). (8) The remoteness factor for a small secondary school is determined as follows: 1. For a school of an English-language district school board that has an average number of pupils per grade of less than 20 and that is located 80 kilometres or more by road from all other secondary schools of the board, the remoteness factor is 2.0. 2. For a school of an English-language district school board that has an average number of pupils per grade of 20 or more but less than 120, and that is located 80 kilometres or more by road from all other secondary schools of the board, the remoteness factor is determined as follows: i. Add 20 to the average number of pupils per grade. ii. Divide 40 by the sum obtained under subparagraph i. iii. Add one to the result obtained under subparagraph ii. 3. For all other small secondary schools of an English-language district school board, the remoteness factor is 1.0. 4. For a school of a French-language district school board that has an average number of pupils per grade of less than 20 and that is located 80 kilometres or more by road from all other secondary schools of the board that are located in the same portion of the board’s area of jurisdiction, the remoteness factor is 2.0. 5. For a school of a French-language district school board that has an average number of pupils per grade of 20 or more but less than 120, and that is located 80 kilometres or more by road from all other secondary schools of the board that are located in the same portion of the board’s area of jurisdiction, the remoteness factor is determined as follows: i. Add 20 to the average number of pupils per grade. ii. Divide 40 by the sum obtained under subparagraph i. iii. Add one to the result obtained under subparagraph ii. 6. For all other small secondary schools of a French-language district school board, the remoteness factor is 1.0. O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (8). (9) The elementary school principals amount is determined as follows: 1. Take the 2002-2003 day school average daily enrolment of elementary school pupils of the board. 2. Multiply the number determined under paragraph 1 by $251. 3. Divide the number determined under paragraph 2 by the product of $81,675 and 1.12. 4. Divide the number determined under paragraph 3 by the number of elementary schools of the board. 5. If the number determined under paragraph 4 is equal to or greater than 0.69, the elementary school principals amount is zero. 6. If the number determined under paragraph 4 is less than 0.69, the elementary school principals amount is the number determined as follows: i. Subtract the number determined under paragraph 4 from 0.69. ii. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph i by the product of $81,675 and 1.12. iii. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph ii by the number of elementary schools of the board. O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (9); O. Reg. 348/02, s. 8 (3); O. Reg. 134/03, s. 3 (1, 2). (10) For the purposes of subsection (9), a school is an elementary school if, (a) it has been identified by the board as an elementary school in accordance with the Ministry publication entitled “Data Collection Instruction Guide for the School Facilities Inventory Database”, dated January, 1998; and (b) pupils were enrolled in day school programs in the school in the 2002-2003 school year. O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (10). (11) The secondary school principals amount is determined as follows: 1. Take the 2002-2003 day school average daily enrolment of secondary school pupils of the board. 2. Multiply the number determined under paragraph 1 by $110. 3. Divide the number determined under paragraph 2 by the product of $89,073 and 1.12. 4. Divide the number determined under paragraph 3 by the number of secondary schools of the board. 5. If the number determined under paragraph 4 is equal to or greater than 0.4, the secondary school principals amount is zero. 6. If the number determined under paragraph 4 is less than 0.4, the secondary school principals amount is the number determined as follows: i. Subtract the number determined under paragraph 4 from 0.4. ii. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph i by the product of $89,073 and 1.12. iii. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph ii by the number of secondary schools of the board. O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (11); O. Reg. 348/02, s. 8 (4); O. Reg. 134/03, s. 3 (3, 4). (12) For the purposes of subsection (11), a school is a secondary school if, (a) it has been identified by the board as a secondary school in accordance with the Ministry publication entitled “Data Collection Instruction Guide for the School Facilities Inventory Database”, dated January, 1998; and (b) pupils were enrolled in day school programs in the school in the 2002-2003 school year. O. Reg. 156/02, s. 28 (12).