Amounts spent by district school board in respect of distant schools
42.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a district school board shall ensure that the amount it spends in the fiscal year for the purposes set out in subsection (4) in respect of schools of the board that are distant schools within the meaning of subsection 29 (1) is not less than the amount by which the total of the following amounts exceeds the part of the OMERS savings for the board that is attributable to expenditures for the purposes set out in subsection (4) in respect of schools of the board that are distant schools within the meaning of subsection 29 (1): 1. The amount determined for the board under paragraph 3 of subsection 29 (3). 2. The total of the distant school top-up amounts for school operations for each of the elementary schools of the board minus the total of the amounts determined under subparagraph 15 xviii of subsection 37 (3) for each elementary school of the board that is, i. a distant elementary school within the meaning of subsection 29 (2.1), or ii. one of the two or more schools that are treated as a combined elementary school under subsection 29 (2.3) or (2.4) where that combined school is a distant elementary school within the meaning of subsection 29 (2.1). 3. The total of the distant school top-up amounts for school operations for each of the secondary schools of the board minus the total of the amounts determined under subparagraph 17 xiv of subsection 37 (3) for each secondary school of the board that is, i. a distant secondary school within the meaning of subsection 29 (2.6), or ii. one of the two or more schools that are treated as a combined secondary school under subsection 29 (2.8) or (2.9) where that combined school is a distant secondary school within the meaning of subsection 29 (2.6). O. Reg. 353/03, s. 8; O. Reg. 139/04, s. 8. (2) If a board’s net expenditure on distant schools of the board in the fiscal year is less than the amount required under subsection (1), the board shall place the difference in the board’s distant schools reserve fund. O. Reg. 353/03, s. 8. (3) For the purpose of this section, a board’s net expenditure on distant schools of the board in the fiscal year is determined as follows: 1. Add the part of the amount that is in the board’s reserve fund under subsection 233 (1) of the Act on August 31, 2004, immediately before the transfer under subsection 233 (2) of the Act, that is attributable to expenditures for the purposes set out in subsection (4) in respect of distant schools of the board to the board’s expenditures for the purposes set out in subsection (4) in respect of distant schools of the board. 2. Deduct the following amounts from the amount determined under paragraph 1: i. The amount of any transfers from the board’s distant school reserve fund in the fiscal year. ii. The amounts of any other transfers from reserves in the fiscal year that were applied for the purposes set out in subsection (4) in respect of distant schools of the board. iii. Any revenue from other sources received by the board in the fiscal year that is spent by the board in the fiscal year for the purposes set out in subsection (4) in respect of distant schools of the board. O. Reg. 353/03, s. 8. (4) The purposes referred to in subsection (3) are the following: 1. To ensure sufficient teaching staff to provide quality curriculum. 2. To provide for full-time adult presence. 3. To acquire learning resources and materials. 4. To meet the operational costs of distant schools. O. Reg. 353/03, s. 8. (5) This section shall not be interpreted as limiting the amount that a board may spend for the purposes set out in subsection (4) in respect of distant schools of the board. O. Reg. 353/03, s. 8.