School operations allocation
 48. (1) The amount of the school operations allocation for a district school board for the fiscal year is the sum of the following amounts: 1. The amount determined under subsection (2), multiplied by 2/3. 2. The amount determined under subsection (3), multiplied by 1/3. (2) The amount referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) is determined as follows: 1. Determine the 2015-2016 day school average daily enrolment of elementary school pupils of the board. 2. Multiply the number determined under paragraph 1 by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 9.7 metres squared to obtain the elementary school area requirement for the board. 3. Determine the adjusted elementary school area requirement for the board in metres squared by applying, to the amount determined under paragraph 2, the supplementary elementary school area factor set out in Column 2 of Table 19 opposite the name of the Board. 4. Determine the 2015-2016 day school high-credit average daily enrolment of secondary school pupils of the board. 5. Determine the 2015-2016 day school average daily enrolment of pupils of the board who are 21 years old or older. 6. Determine the 2015-2016 continuing education average daily enrolment of pupils of the board, counting only pupils enrolled in a course for which the pupil may earn a credit and in which instruction is given between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and excluding, pupils enrolled in a continuing education course delivered primarily through means other than classroom instruction. 7. Determine the 2015-2016 summer school average daily enrolment of pupils of the board. 8. Take the total number of pupil places in education programs provided by the board that are qualifying education programs within the meaning of subsection 23 (2) for which instruction is provided on board premises. 9. Add the numbers determined under paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. 10. Multiply the total determined under paragraph 9 by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 9.29 metres squared, to obtain the continuing education and other programs area requirement for the board. 11. Determine the adjusted continuing education and other programs area requirement for the board in metres squared by applying, to the amount determined under paragraph 10, the supplementary continuing education and other programs area factor set out in Column 4 of Table 19 opposite the name of the board. 12. Determine the 2015-2016 day school average daily enrolment of secondary school pupils of the board. 13. Multiply the number determined under paragraph 12 by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 12.07 metres squared to obtain the secondary school area requirement for the board. 14. Determine the adjusted secondary school area requirement for the board in metres squared by applying, to the amount determined under paragraph 13, the supplementary secondary school area factor set out in Column 3 of Table 19 opposite the name of the board. 15. Obtain the adjusted total area requirement for the board in metres squared by adding the following amounts: i. The adjusted elementary school area requirement for the board determined under paragraph 3. ii. The adjusted continuing education and other programs area requirement for the board determined under paragraph 11. iii. The adjusted secondary school area requirement for the board determined under paragraph 14. 16. Multiply the number obtained under paragraph 15 by the benchmark operating cost of $81.15 per metre squared. 17. Identify each school of the board that meets the following criteria: i. The school 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 (2). ii. The school opened and began operating before September 1, 2010. iii. If the school has been the subject of an addition, alteration, renovation or major repair project that was completed on or after September 1, 2010, the total construction costs incurred by the board for the project, less any insurance proceeds received by the board in respect of the project, did not exceed the following amount: A. Take the number determined under subparagraph 18 ii or the predecessor of subparagraph 18 ii in the grant regulation for the fiscal year in which the construction began, multiplied by the variable area per elementary pupil for the school. B. Multiply the number determined under sub-subparagraph A by $1,921.46. C. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph B by the site specific geographic adjustment factor for the school. D. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph C by 0.5. 18. For each school of the board identified under paragraph 17, calculate a top-up amount for school operations as follows: i. Determine the 2015-2016 enrolment. ii. Determine the capacity of the school, in terms of pupil places, in accordance with subsection 59 (3). However, the capacity of a school, for which the number determined under subparagraph i is zero, is deemed, for the purposes of this paragraph, to be zero. iii. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph i by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 9.7 metres squared. iv. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph iii by the benchmark operating cost of $81.15 per metre squared. v. Multiply the amount determined under subparagraph iv by the supplementary elementary school area factor set out in Column 2 of Table 19 opposite the name of the board. vi. Multiply the capacity of the school, in terms of pupil places, as determined under subparagraph ii, by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 9.7 metres squared. vii. Multiply the amount determined under subparagraph vi by the benchmark operating cost of $81.15 per metre squared. viii. Multiply the amount determined under subparagraph vii by the supplementary elementary school area factor set out in Column 2 of Table 19 opposite the name of the board. ix. Multiply the amount determined under subparagraph viii by 0.95. x. Divide the number determined under subparagraph i by the number determined under subparagraph ii. If the number determined for the purposes of subparagraph ii is zero, the number determined for the purposes of this subparagraph shall be zero. xi. If the number determined under subparagraph x is less than or equal to 0.65, multiply the amount determined under subparagraph viii by 0.10. xii. If the number determined under subparagraph x is greater than 0.65, multiply the amount determined under subparagraph viii by 0.15. xiii. Subtract the amount determined under subparagraph v from the amount determined under subparagraph ix. xiv. Take the lesser of the amount determined under subparagraph xi or xii, as the case may be, and the amount determined under subparagraph xiii to obtain the top-up amount for school operations for the elementary school. However, if the amount determined under subparagraph xiii is zero or negative or if the number determined under subparagraph i is zero, the top-up amount for school operations for the elementary school is zero. 19. Total the top-up amounts for school operations determined under paragraph 18 for each elementary school of the board. 20. Identify each rural elementary school of the board that meets the following criteria: i. The school is not an outlying elementary school facility of the board. ii. The school opened and began operating before September 1, 2010. iii. If the school has been the subject of an addition, alteration, renovation or major repair project that was completed on or after September 1, 2010, the total construction costs incurred by the board for the project, less any insurance proceeds received by the board in respect of the project, did not exceed the following amount: A. Take the number determined under subparagraph 18 ii or the predecessor of subparagraph 18 ii in the grant regulation for the fiscal year in which the construction began, multiplied by the variable area per elementary pupil for the school. B. Multiply the number determined under sub-subparagraph A by $1,921.46. C. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph B by the site specific geographic adjustment factor for the school. D. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph C by 0.5. 21. For each rural elementary school of the board identified under paragraph 20, subtract the amount determined under subparagraph 18 v from the amount determined under subparagraph 18 viii. 22. Total the amounts determined under paragraph 21. If the number determined for a school under subparagraph 18 i is zero, or if the amount determined for the school under paragraph 21 is negative, the amount determined for the school under paragraph 21 is deemed to be zero for the purposes of this paragraph. 23. Total the amounts determined under subparagraph 18 xiv for the rural elementary schools of the board identified in paragraph 20. 24. Subtract the amount determined under paragraph 23 from the amount determined under paragraph 22. 25. For each outlying elementary school facility of the board that meets the criteria set out in subparagraphs 20 ii and iii, subtract the amount determined under subparagraph 18 v from the amount determined under subparagraph 18 viii. 26. Total the amounts determined under paragraph 25. If the number determined for a school under subparagraph 18 i is zero, or if the amount determined for the school under paragraph 25 is negative, the amount determined for the school under paragraph 25 is deemed to be zero for the purposes of this paragraph. 27. Total the amounts determined under subparagraph 18 xiv for the outlying elementary school facilities of the board. 28. Subtract the amount determined under paragraph 27 from the amount determined under paragraph 26. 29. Identify each school of the board that meets the following criteria: i. The school 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 (2). ii. The school opened and began operating before September 1, 2010. iii. If the school has been the subject of an addition, alteration, renovation or major repair project that was completed on or after September 1, 2010, the total construction costs incurred by the board for the project, less any insurance proceeds received by the board in respect of the project, did not exceed the following amount: A. Take the number determined under subparagraph 30 ii or the predecessor of subparagraph 30 ii in the grant regulation for the fiscal year in which the construction began, multiplied by the variable area per secondary pupil for the school. B. Multiply the number determined under sub-subparagraph A by $2,096.16. C. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph B by the site specific geographic adjustment factor for the school. D. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph C by 0.5. 30. For each school of the board identified under paragraph 29, calculate a top-up amount for school operations as follows: i. Determine the 2015-2016 enrolment. ii. Determine the capacity of the school, in terms of pupil places, in accordance with subsection 59 (4). However, the capacity of a school, for which the number determined under subparagraph i is zero, is deemed, for the purposes of this paragraph, to be zero. iii. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph i by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 12.07 metres squared. iv. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph iii by the benchmark operating cost of $81.15 per metre squared. v. Multiply the amount determined under subparagraph iv by the supplementary secondary school area factor set out in Column 3 of Table 19 opposite the name of the board. vi. Multiply the capacity of the school, in terms of pupil places, as determined under subparagraph ii, by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 12.07 metres squared. vii. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph vi by the benchmark operating cost of $81.15 per metre squared. viii. Multiply the amount determined under subparagraph vii by the supplementary secondary school area factor set out in Column 3 of Table 19 opposite the name of the board. ix. Multiply the amount determined under subparagraph viii by 0.95. x. Divide the number determined under subparagraph i by the number determined under subparagraph ii. If the number determined for the purposes of subparagraph ii is zero, the number determined for the purposes of this subparagraph shall be zero. xi. If the number determined under subparagraph x is less than or equal to 0.65, multiply the amount determined under subparagraph viii by 0.10. xii. If the number determined under subparagraph x is greater than 0.65, multiply the amount determined under subparagraph viii by 0.15. xiii. Subtract the amount determined under subparagraph v from the amount determined under subparagraph ix. xiv. Take the lesser of the amount determined under subparagraph xi or xii, as the case may be, and the amount determined under subparagraph xiii to obtain the top-up amount for school operations for the secondary school. However, if the amount determined under subparagraph xiii is zero or negative or if the number determined under subparagraph i is zero, the top-up amount for school operations for the secondary school is zero. 31. Total the top-up amounts for school operations determined under paragraph 30 for each secondary school of the board. 32. Identify each rural secondary school of the board that meets the following criteria: i. The school is not an outlying secondary school facility of the board. ii. The school opened and began operating before September 1, 2010. iii. If the school has been the subject of an addition, alteration, renovation or major repair project that was completed on or after September 1, 2010, the total construction costs incurred by the board for the project, less any insurance proceeds received by the board in respect of the project, did not exceed the following amount: A. Take the number determined under subparagraph 30 ii or the predecessor of subparagraph 30 ii in the grant regulation for the fiscal year in which the construction began, multiplied by the variable area per secondary pupil for the school. B. Multiply the number determined under sub-subparagraph A by $2,096.16. C. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph B by the site specific geographic adjustment factor for the school. D. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph C by 0.5. 33. For each rural secondary school of the board identified under paragraph 32, subtract the amount determined under subparagraph 30 v from the amount determined under subparagraph 30 viii. 34. Total the amounts determined under paragraph 33. If the number determined for a school under subparagraph 30 i is zero, or if the amount determined for the school under paragraph 33 is negative, the amount determined for the school under paragraph 33 is deemed to be zero for the purposes of this paragraph. 35. Total the amounts determined under subparagraph 30 xiv for the rural secondary schools of the board identified in paragraph 32. 36. Subtract the amount determined under paragraph 35 from the amount determined under paragraph 34. 37. For each outlying secondary school facility of the board that meets the criteria set out in subparagraphs 32 ii and iii, subtract the amount determined under subparagraph 30 v from the amount determined under subparagraph 30 viii. 38. Total the amounts determined under paragraph 37. If the number determined for a school under subparagraph 30 i is zero, or if the amount determined for the school under paragraph 37 is negative, the amount determined for the school under paragraph 37 is deemed to be zero for the purposes of this paragraph. 39. Total the amounts determined under subparagraph 30 xiv for the outlying secondary school facilities of the board. 40. Subtract the amount determined under paragraph 39 from the amount determined under paragraph 38. 41. Take the lesser of, i. the amount for renewal software licensing fees set out in Column 2 of Table 21 opposite the name of the board, and ii. the board’s expenditure for renewal software licensing fees as reported to the Ministry in the board’s annual financial statements for the school board fiscal year. 42. Take the community use of schools amount set out in Column 2 of Table 22 opposite the name of the board. 43. In the case of the Northeastern Catholic District School Board, take $100,000. 44. Total the amounts determined under paragraphs 16, 19, 24, 28, 31, 36, 40, 41, 42 and 43. (3) The amount referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection (1) is determined as follows: 1. Determine the 2015-2016 day school average daily enrolment of elementary school pupils of the board. 2. Multiply the number determined under paragraph 1 by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 9.7 metres squared to obtain the elementary school area requirement for the board. 3. Determine the adjusted elementary school area requirement for the board in metres squared by applying, to the amount determined under paragraph 2, the supplementary elementary school area factor set out in Column 2 of Table 23 opposite the name of the Board. 4. Determine the 2015-2016 day school high-credit average daily enrolment of secondary school pupils of the board. 5. Determine the 2015-2016 day school average daily enrolment of pupils of the board who are 21 years old or older. 6. Determine the 2015-2016 continuing education average daily enrolment of pupils of the board, counting only pupils enrolled in a course for which the pupil may earn a credit and in which instruction is given between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and excluding, pupils enrolled in a continuing education course delivered primarily through means other than classroom instruction. 7. Determine the 2015-2016 summer school average daily enrolment of pupils of the board. 8. Take the total number of pupil places in education programs provided by the board that are qualifying education programs within the meaning of subsection 23 (2) for which instruction is provided on board premises. 9. Add the numbers determined under paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. 10. Multiply the total determined under paragraph 9 by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 9.29 metres squared to obtain the continuing education and other programs area requirement for the board. 11. Determine the adjusted continuing education and other programs area requirement for the board in metres squared by applying, to the amount determined under paragraph 10, the supplementary continuing education and other programs area factor set out in Column 4 of Table 23 opposite the name of the board. 12. Determine the 2015-2016 day school average daily enrolment of secondary school pupils of the board. 13. Multiply the number determined under paragraph 12 by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 12.07 metres squared to obtain the secondary school area requirement for the board. 14. Determine the adjusted secondary school area requirement for the board in metres squared by applying, to the amount determined under paragraph 13, the supplementary secondary school area factor set out in Column 3 of Table 23 opposite the name of the board. 15. Obtain the adjusted total area requirement for the board in metres squared by adding the following amounts: i. The adjusted elementary school area requirement for the board determined under paragraph 3. ii. The adjusted continuing education and other programs area requirement for the board determined under paragraph 11. iii. The adjusted secondary school area requirement for the board determined under paragraph 14. 16. Multiply the number obtained under paragraph 15 by the benchmark operating cost of $84.38 per metre squared. 17. Identify each school of the board that meets the following criteria: i. The school 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 (2). ii. The school is located at least 10 kilometres from every other elementary or secondary school, identified as such 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 (2), that is located on a different campus and has a 2015-2016 enrolment that is greater than zero. iii. The school opened and began operating before September 1, 2010. iv. If the school has been the subject of an addition, alteration, renovation or major repair project that was completed on or after September 1, 2010, the total construction costs incurred by the board for the project, less any insurance proceeds received by the board in respect of the project, did not exceed the following amount: A. Take the number determined under subparagraph 18 ii or the predecessor of subparagraph 18 ii in the grant regulation for the fiscal year in which the construction began, multiplied by the variable area per elementary pupil for the school. B. Multiply the number determined under sub-subparagraph A by $1,921.46. C. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph B by the site specific geographic adjustment factor for the school. D. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph C by 0.5. 18. For each school of the board identified under paragraph 17, calculate a top-up amount for school operations as follows: i. Determine the 2015-2016 enrolment. ii. Determine the capacity of the school, in terms of pupil places, in accordance with subsection 59 (3). However, the capacity of a school, for which the number determined under subparagraph i is zero, is deemed, for the purposes of this paragraph, to be zero. iii. Subtract the number determined under subparagraph i from the number determined under subparagraph ii.  If the result is negative, it is deemed to be zero. iv. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph iii by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 9.7 metres squared. v. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph iv by the benchmark operating cost of $84.38 per metre squared. vi. Multiply the amount determined under subparagraph v by the supplementary elementary school area factor set out in Column 2 of Table 23 opposite the name of the board. 19. Total the top-up amounts for school operations determined under paragraph 18 for each elementary school of the board. 20. Identify each school of the board that meets the following criteria: i. The school 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 (2). ii. The school is located at least 20 kilometres from every other secondary school, identified as such 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 (2), that is located on a different campus and has a 2015-2016 enrolment that is greater than zero. iii. The school opened and began operating before September 1, 2010. iv. If the school has been the subject of an addition, alteration, renovation or major repair project that was completed on or after September 1, 2010, the total construction costs incurred by the board for the project, less any insurance proceeds received by the board in respect of the project, did not exceed the following amount: A. Take the number determined under subparagraph 21 ii or the predecessor of subparagraph 21 ii in the grant regulation for the fiscal year in which the construction began, multiplied by the variable area per secondary pupil for the school. B. Multiply the number determined under sub-subparagraph A by $2,096.16. C. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph B by the site specific geographic adjustment factor for the school. D. Multiply the amount determined under sub-subparagraph C by 0.5. 21. For each school of the board identified under paragraph 20, calculate a top-up amount for school operations as follows: i. Determine the 2015-2016 enrolment. ii. Determine the capacity of the school, in terms of pupil places, in accordance with subsection 59 (4). However, the capacity of a school, for which the number determined under subparagraph i is zero, is deemed, for the purposes of this paragraph, to be zero. iii. Subtract the number determined under subparagraph i from the number determined under subparagraph ii.  If the result is negative, it is deemed to be zero. iv. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph iii by the benchmark area requirement per pupil of 12.07 metres squared. v. Multiply the number determined under subparagraph iv by the benchmark operating cost of $84.38 per metre squared. vi. Multiply the amount determined under subparagraph v by the supplementary secondary school area factor set out in Column 3 of Table 23 opposite the name of the board. 22. Total the top-up amounts for school operations determined under paragraph 21 for each secondary school of the board. 23. Take the lesser of, i. the amount for renewal software licensing fees set out in Column 2 of Table 21 opposite the name of the board, and ii. the board’s expenditure for renewal software licensing fees as reported to the Ministry in the board’s annual financial statements for the school board fiscal year. 24. Take the community use of schools amount set out in Column 2 of Table 22 opposite the name of the board. 25. In the case of the Northeastern Catholic District School Board, take $100,000. 26. Total the amounts determined under paragraphs 16, 19, 22, 23, 24 and 25. (4) In this section and in sections 49 to 59, “2014-2015 enrolment” means, in respect of a school operated by a board, the 2014-2015 day school average daily enrolment of pupils of the board, within the meaning of the 2014-2015 grant regulation, counting only pupils enrolled in the school; (“effectif de 2014-2015”) “2015-2016 enrolment” means, in respect of a school operated by a board, the 2015-2016 day school average daily enrolment of pupils of the board, counting only pupils enrolled in the school; (“effectif de 2015-2016”) “instructional space” means a space in a school that can reasonably be used for instructional purposes; (“aire d’enseignement”) “outlying elementary school facility” means a school that, (a) 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 (2), and (b) is all or part of an outlying elementary school or outlying combined school within the meaning of subsection 17 (2); (“établissement scolaire élémentaire excentré”) “outlying secondary school facility” means a school that, (a) 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 (2), and (b) is all or part of an outlying secondary school or outlying combined school within the meaning of subsection 17 (2); (“établissement scolaire secondaire excentré”) “site specific geographic adjustment factor” means, in respect of a school, the geographic adjustment factor set out for the school in the document entitled “Geographic Adjustment Factors - School Facility Specific”, dated May 2015, which is available as described in subsection 3 (12); (“facteur de redressement géographique spécifique à l’emplacement”) “variable area per elementary pupil” means, in respect of a school, the area determined for elementary pupils in accordance with the document entitled “Variable Area Per Pupil Benchmark Table”, dated May 2015, which is available as described in subsection 3 (11); (“superficie variable par élève de l’élémentaire”) “variable area per secondary pupil” means, in respect of a school, the area determined for secondary pupils in accordance with the document entitled “Variable Area Per Pupil Benchmark Table”, dated May 2015, which is available as described in subsection 3 (11). (“superficie variable par élève du secondaire”) (5) The following rules apply for the purposes of subsection (3) and subsection 49 (3): 1. A measure of distance shall be by road and shall be accurate to 0.1 kilometre. 2. A school that is located on an island that is not connected by road to the mainland shall be considered to be located at least 20 kilometres from every other school of the board, unless the school is located in the City of Toronto, in which case it shall be considered to be less than 10 kilometres from every other school of the board.