Ontario Tuition Grant, terms for eligibility
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(1) The Minister may make an Ontario Tuition Grant to an individual if the individual, (a) is a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) or a protected person within the meaning of subsection 95 (2) of that Act; (b) meets the residency requirements that must be met in order to receive a student loan, as set out in section 6 of Ontario Regulation 268/01 (Ontario Student Loans made August 1, 2001 to July 31, 2017) made under the Act; (c) is enrolled at an approved institution in an approved program of study that does not require post-secondary studies as a prerequisite to enrolment in the first year of the program; (d) is taking at least the minimum required course load for the approved program of study in which he or she is enrolled; (e) ceased attending secondary school on a full-time basis less than four years before the first day of the period of study for which the grant is made or, if the individual has a permanent disability, ceased attending secondary school on a full-time basis less than six years before the first day of the period of study for which the grant is made; (f) has parents with a combined annual income of $160,000 or less for the most recent calendar year that ended immediately before the first day of the academic year relating to the period of study for which the grant application is made, where the income is, as applicable, (i) as shown on Line 150 of each parent’s income tax return for that calendar year, and (ii) any equivalent income for each parent from another jurisdiction for that calendar year; (g) is not the subject of a determination made by the Minister under section 42.1 of Ontario Regulation 268/01, as a result of which the individual is ineligible to receive a certificate of loan approval for a student loan at the time of the application for the grant; and (h) is not ineligible for a certificate of loan approval for a student loan under section 15.1 of Ontario Regulation 268/01. O. Reg. 212/12, s. 8; O. Reg. 20/14, s. 4 (1); O. Reg. 73/17, s. 5 (1). (2) The Minister may, in order to accommodate an individual based on reasons of a disability, family status or marital status, determine that clause (1) (e) does not apply.  O. Reg. 212/12, s. 8. (2.1) Despite clause (1) (e), the Minister may make an Ontario Tuition Grant to an individual if the individual ceased attending secondary school on a full-time basis less than five years before the first day of the period of study for which the grant is made, where, (a) the individual is enrolled in a co-operative program; (b) the co-operative program contains no less than eight academic and one or more work terms, where both are required to fulfil the requirements of the approved program of study; and (c) the academic and work terms combined are more than 48 months in length. O. Reg. 20/14, s. 4 (2). (2.2) If the individual described in subsection (2.1) ceased attending secondary school on a full-time basis four years or more before the first day of a period of study for which a grant is sought, subsection (2.1) does not apply with respect to a period of study or any portion of a period of study that takes place before January 1, 2014. O. Reg. 20/14, s. 4 (2). (3) Despite clause (1) (f), the Minister shall determine the combined annual income of an individual’s parents by taking into account such evidence as the individual may provide if, (a) the amounts indicated in the income tax returns referred to in clause (1) (f) are no longer accurate due to a significant change in the combined annual income of the individual’s parents; and (b) the Minister receives evidence, to the satisfaction of the Minister, from the individual of the change and of the current combined annual income of the individual’s parents.  O. Reg. 212/12, s. 8. (4) Clause (1) (f) does not apply with respect to an individual if, (a) the individual’s parents are both deceased; (b) the individual is in extended society care or was in extended society care under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 at the time of his or her eighteenth birthday; or (c) there are such other exceptional circumstances as the Minister may approve and the Minister is satisfied that such circumstances exist.  O. Reg. 212/12, s. 8; O. Reg. 172/18, s. 2. (4.1) The Minister shall not make an Ontario Tuition Grant to an individual attending an approved institution described in clause (b) of the definition of “approved institution” in section 8 with respect to a period of study or any portion of a period of study that takes place before January 1, 2014. O. Reg. 20/14, s. 4 (2). (4.2) The Minister shall not make an Ontario Tuition Grant to an individual with respect to a period of study that begins on or after August 1, 2017. O. Reg. 73/17, s. 5 (2). (5) The Minister shall not include the Universal Child Care Benefit in determining the combined annual income of the individual’s parents under clause (1) (f).  O. Reg. 212/12, s. 8. (6) In this section, “Universal Child Care Benefit” means a benefit provided under section 4 of the Universal Child Care Benefit Act (Canada).  O. Reg. 212/12, s. 8.