jswizzle3737/ontario_laws_and_regs huggingface dataset:
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 1. This Regulation applies to boards for the 2019-2020 fiscal year and to governing authorities in respect of payments for the period from September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020.
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 8. In this Regulation, if a Table specifies amounts for boards or for schools of boards and there is no entry for a board, the amount specified for the board by the Table is zero.
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 9. (1) The following documents referred to in this Regulation are available on a website of the Government of Ontario: 1. District School Board and School Authority Tangible Capital Assets: Provincial Accounting Policies and Implementation Guide, revised May 2019. 2. The Secondary Curriculum Documents. 3. Geographic Adjustment Factors - School Facility Specific, dated May 2015. 4. Variable Area Per Pupil Benchmark Table, dated May 2015. 5. User Guide for the School Facilities Inventory System Application, dated November 2009. 6. Memorandum 2018 SB05: Cash Management Strategy, dated April 16, 2018. 7. Memorandum 2018 SB19: Cash Management Strategy – Proceeds of Disposition, dated September 28, 2018. 8. Special Education Funding Guidelines: Special Equipment Amount (SEA), 2019-20. 9. Special Education Funding Guidelines: Special Incidence Portion (SIP), 2019-20, Revised Summer 2020. 10. Supplementary Application Form for Enhanced Education and Treatment (EET) Programs 2015-16. 11. Ontario Schools, Kindergarten to Grade 12: Policy and Program Requirements, 2016. 12. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Employee Life and Health Trust Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated October 6, 2016. 13. Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Employee Life and Health Trust Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated October 6, 2016. 14. Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association Employee Life and Health Trust Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated October 6, 2016. 15. Fiducie de soins de santé au bénéfice des membres de l’Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens — Convention et déclaration de fiducie, dated January 30, 2017. 16. Canadian Union of Public Employees Education Workers Benefits Trust Agreement, dated February 28, 2018. 17. Ontario Non-union Education Trust Agreement, dated March 8, 2018. 18. Memorandum 2019 SB08: Student Transportation – Grants for Student Needs, 2019-20, dated May 24, 2019. 19. The Ministry’s Uniform Code of Accounts, revised May 2019. 19.1 Memorandum 2020 B26: Intake Request for Funding through the Federal Climate Action Incentive Fund (CAIF), dated December 18, 2020. 19.2 Memorandum 2021 B06: Next Steps for Climate Action Incentive Fund (CAIF) Projects, dated April 9, 2021. 20. The Report of the Pupil Accommodation Review Committee, dated August 1998. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 9 (1); O. Reg. 485/20, s. 2; O. Reg. 329/21, s. 1. (2) The 2005 Data Form A, referred to in this Regulation, is available for public inspection at the offices of the Education Funding Branch of the Ministry of Education. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 9 (2). Legislative Grants (s. 234 of the Act)
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 11. (1) A legislative grant payable to a board under this Regulation is paid on an estimated basis during the fiscal year and such adjustments as may be necessary must be made after the actual financial, enrolment and other data are available. (2) Despite subsection (1), if a legislative grant payable to a board includes an amount that is subject to a condition requiring the board to borrow money or incur debt in accordance with subsection 247 (1) of the Act, that amount is payable in accordance with the following rules: 1. The amount is payable to the board in the fiscal year except as specified in paragraph 2. 2. If the board is required to make a payment in a subsequent fiscal year in respect of the money borrowed or the debt incurred, payment of a corresponding amount of the legislative grant to the board is deferred until, and is payable in, that fiscal year. 3. The amount of the deferred payment during a fiscal year may be paid on an estimated basis and may be adjusted as described in subsection (1). (3) Despite subsection (1), the Minister may delay payment of all or part of a legislative grant, including delaying payment of all or part of a grant to a subsequent fiscal year, if the accumulated surplus and deferred revenue balance of the board, adjusted in accordance with the document entitled “Memorandum 2018 SB05: Cash Management Strategy”, dated April 16, 2018, exceeds the threshold set out in that Memorandum. (4) Despite subsection (1), the Minister may delay payment of all or part of a legislative grant, including delaying payment of all or part of a grant to a subsequent fiscal year, if the proceeds of disposition deferred revenue balance of the board, adjusted in accordance with the document entitled “Memorandum 2018 SB19: Cash Management Strategy – Proceeds of Disposition”, dated September 28, 2018, is greater than zero. (5) For greater certainty, if the Minister delays payment of all or part of a legislative grant under subsection (3) or (4), the amount of the payment remains payable to the board.
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 13. (1) If the amount payable to a board under a legislative grant regulation was overpaid and the overpayment has not been deducted from grants payable to the board under other legislative grant regulations, the overpayment must be deducted from the grants payable under this Regulation to the board. (2) If the amount payable to a board under a legislative grant regulation was underpaid, the amount of the underpayment that has not previously been paid must be added to the grants payable under this Regulation to the board. Operating Revenue
Operating revenue
 14. (1) A district school board’s operating revenue for the current fiscal year is determined as follows: 1. Take the total of the board’s grant allocations, except for the interest on capital debt allocation, the school renewal allocation and the pupil accommodation allocation. 1.1 Add the amount of the board’s adjustment for declining enrolment for the current fiscal year. 2. Subtract the amount of the board’s expenses that are not incurred in the current fiscal year by reason of a strike or lock-out affecting the operations of the board, calculated in accordance with Ontario Regulation 486/98 (Board Expenses Not Incurred by Reason of Strike or Lock-Out) made under the Act. 3. Subtract the employer bargaining agency fees amount (part of the administration and governance allocation). O. Reg. 277/19, s. 14 (1); O. Reg. 59/21, s. 1. (2) An isolate board’s operating revenue for the current fiscal year is determined by applying the formula set out in subsection (1), with such adaptations that are made under subsection 71 (2) for the purposes of determining the approved expense of the board. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 14 (2). PART II   GRANTS TO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS Amount of Grant
Amount of grant
 15. (1) The grant payable to a district school board for the current fiscal year is the amount determined using the following formula: (A + B) – (C + D + E) in which, “A” is the total amount of the board’s grant allocations for the current fiscal year, “B” is the amount of the board’s adjustment for declining enrolment for the current fiscal year, “C” is the amount of the board’s tax revenue for the current fiscal year, as determined in this Regulation, “D” is the amount of the board’s total fees revenue for the current fiscal year in respect of pupils described in section 4 of the current fiscal year’s fees regulation, as determined under that section, and “E” is the amount of the board’s expenses that are not incurred in the current fiscal year by reason of a strike or lock-out affecting the operations of the board, calculated in accordance with Ontario Regulation 486/98 (Board Expenses Not Incurred by Reason of Strike or Lock-Out) made under the Act. (2) The grant allocations for the current fiscal year are the following allocations: 1. Pupil foundation allocation. 2. School foundation allocation. 3. Special education allocation. 4. Language allocation. 5. Indigenous education supplemental allocation. 6. Outlying schools allocation. 7. Remote and rural allocation. 8. Rural and northern allocation. 9. Learning opportunities allocation. 10. Safe and accepting schools allocation. 11. Continuing education and other programs allocation. 12. Cost adjustment and new teacher induction program allocation. 13. Transportation allocation. 14. Administration and governance allocation. 15. Debt charges allocation. 16. Interest on capital debt allocation. 17. School operations allocation. 18. School renewal allocation. 19. Pupil accommodation allocation. Grant Allocations   Pupil Foundation Allocation
Grant Allocations Pupil Foundation Allocation
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Pupil foundation allocation
 16. (1) The pupil foundation allocation is the total of the following amounts: 1. The amount determined by multiplying $6,335.42 by the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of elementary school pupils, counting only pupils enrolled in junior kindergarten and kindergarten. 2. The amount determined by multiplying $5,821.40 by the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of elementary school pupils, counting only pupils enrolled in grades 1 to 3. 3. The amount determined by multiplying $4,844.11 by the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of elementary school pupils, counting only pupils enrolled in grades 4 to 8. 4. The amount determined by multiplying $222.89 by the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of elementary school pupils, counting only pupils enrolled in grades 7 and 8. 5. The amount determined by multiplying $4,927.44 by the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of secondary school pupils. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 16 (1); O. Reg. 485/20, s. 3. (2) It is a condition of the payment of a grant to a board under this Regulation that the board submit the reports required by Ontario Regulation 132/12 (Class Size) made under the Act, respecting class size in its elementary and secondary schools, to the Minister in accordance with that regulation. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 16 (2). (3) The Minister may withhold all or part of the grant otherwise payable to a district school board under the Act if, (a) the board does not meet the condition set out in subsection (2); or (b) a report referred to in subsection (2) indicates that the board is not complying with the requirements set out in Ontario Regulation 132/12 respecting class size. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 16 (3). School Foundation Allocation
Special education allocation
 18. The special education allocation is the total of the following amounts: 1. The enrolment-based special education amount. 2. The special equipment amount. 3. The differentiated special education needs amount. 4. The special incidence claim. 5. The care, treatment, custody and correctional amount. 6. The behaviour expertise amount.
Enrolment-based special education amount
 19. The enrolment-based special education amount is determined as follows: 1. Multiply the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of elementary school pupils, counting only pupils enrolled in junior kindergarten, kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, by $1,025.57 to determine the enrolment-based special education amount for junior kindergarten to grade 3. 2. Multiply the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of elementary school pupils, counting only pupils enrolled in grades 4 to 8, by $787.77 to determine the enrolment-based special education amount for grades 4 to 8. 3. Multiply the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of secondary school pupils by $520.03 to determine the enrolment-based special education amount for secondary schools. 4. Total the amounts determined under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 to determine the board’s enrolment-based special education amount. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 19; O. Reg. 485/20, s. 5.
Special equipment amount
 20. (1) Subject to adjustments made under section 25, the special equipment amount is the total of the following amounts: 1. $10,000 as a base amount. 2. The amount determined by multiplying the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of pupils by $36.101. 3. The total of all approved special equipment claims made by a board for its pupils. (2) A special equipment claim for a pupil of a district school board is an approved special equipment claim if, (a) the pupil meets the eligibility criteria for special equipment set out in the document entitled “Special Education Funding Guidelines: Special Equipment Amount (SEA), 2019-20”; and (b) the board has made a claim for the fiscal year for expenditures in excess of $800 for special equipment for the pupil, in accordance with the publication mentioned in clause (a), and the Minister has approved the claim. (3) It is a condition of the payment of a grant to a board under this Regulation that a board spend the special equipment amount in accordance with the document entitled “Special Education Funding Guidelines: Special Equipment Amount (SEA), 2019-20”.
Special incidence claim
 22. (1) The special incidence claim is the total of all approved special incidence claims for pupils, after any adjustment required under section 25. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 22 (1). (2) A special incidence claim for a pupil is an approved special incidence claim for the pupil if, (a) the board has designated the pupil as a pupil requiring special incidence funding in accordance with the document entitled “Special Education Funding Guidelines: Special Incidence Portion (SIP), 2019-20, Revised Summer 2020”; and (b) the board has made a special incidence claim for the pupil for the current fiscal year in an amount not exceeding $27,956, in accordance with the publication mentioned in clause (a), and the Minister has approved the claim. O. Reg. 485/20, s. 7.
Behaviour expertise amount
 24. (1) The behaviour expertise amount is the total of the following components: 1. The ABA expertise professionals component determined under subsection (2). 2. The ABA training component determined under subsection (3). O. Reg. 277/19, s. 24 (1). (2) The ABA expertise professionals component is the total of the two following amounts: 1. $178,409 as a base amount. 2. The amount determined by multiplying the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of pupils by $5.88. O. Reg. 485/20, s. 8. (3) The ABA training component is the total of the two following amounts: 1. $1,500 as a base amount. 2. The amount determined by multiplying the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of pupils by $2.95. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 24 (3).
Special education pupil, move to new board
 25. (1) Subsection (2) applies if, (a) special equipment has been purchased in respect of a pupil under section 20 for the current fiscal year, or under a predecessor of that section in the grant regulation for a prior fiscal year, and the pupil enrols during the current fiscal year in a school that is operated by a different district school board or by a section 68 board; or (b) a section 68 board has made expenditures to purchase special equipment for a pupil of a district school board and the pupil enrols during the current fiscal year in a school operated by a different district school board. (2) The special equipment referred to in subsection (1) must move with the pupil to the new board, unless in the opinion of the new board it is not practical to move the equipment. (3) Subsection (4) applies if a special equipment claim has been approved, as described in subsection 20 (2), for a district school board in respect of a pupil and the pupil enrols during the fiscal year in a school operated by a different district school board. (4) Any unspent part of the special equipment claim amount approved in respect of the pupil must be deducted from the amount determined under paragraph 3 of subsection 20 (1) for the former board and added to the amount determined under paragraph 3 of subsection 20 (1) for the new board. (5) Subsection (6) applies if a pupil, (a) was a pupil approved for special incidence funding in respect of a district school board; and (b) enrols in a school operated by a different district school board after the end of the 2018-2019 school year. (6) The total amount of the approved special incidence claims for pupils of the board referred to in clause (5) (a) is reduced and the amount of the approved special incidence claims for pupils of the board referred to in clause (5) (b) is increased to the extent, if any, that the Minister considers appropriate having regard to the costs of each board in the fiscal year in connection with providing the pupil’s special education program. Language Allocation English-language Boards
French as a first language amount
 30. The French as a first language amount is the total of the amounts determined under the following paragraphs: 1. Multiply $763.79 by the number of elementary school pupils on October 31 of the current fiscal year. 2. Multiply $875.49 by the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of secondary school pupils. 3. Multiply $18,964.63 by the number of elementary schools that are governed for the first time by the board in September of the current fiscal year. O. Reg. 485/20, s. 11.
Cost adjustment and new teacher induction program allocation
 39. (1) The cost adjustment and new teacher induction program allocation is determined as follows: 1. Take the new teacher induction program amount. 2. Add the elementary and secondary school teacher qualification and experience amount. 3. Add the educator qualification and experience amount. 4. Add the Crown contribution and stabilization adjustment for benefits trusts amount. 5. Subtract the sick leave credit gratuities re-payment amount. 6. Subtract the public sector compensation restraint amount. 7. Add the conditional supports for extending eligibility for maternity leave, sick leave and short-term sick leave and disability plans amount. 8.  Revoked: O. Reg. 485/20, s. 20. 9. Add the teacher job protection amount. 10.  Revoked: O. Reg. 485/20, s. 20. O. Reg 277/19, s. 39 (1); O. Reg 188/20, s. 1; O. Reg. 485/20, s. 20. (2) For purposes of this section and sections 40 and 41, the counting practices usually followed by the board for staffing purposes apply, subject to the following rules: 1. A teacher who is not assigned to provide instruction to pupils in a regular timetable that is in effect as of October 31 of the current fiscal year is not counted, unless he or she is on a leave of absence with pay on October 31 of the current fiscal year and the board is not reimbursed for the teacher’s pay during the leave of absence. 2. The provision of library instruction or guidance to pupils is considered the provision of instruction to pupils for the purposes of paragraph 1. 3. A temporary teacher is counted. 4. A continuing education teacher is not counted. 5. An occasional teacher is not counted, except as provided in paragraph 3 of subsection 41 (5). O. Reg 277/19, s. 39 (2).
New teacher induction program amount
 40. The new teacher induction program amount is the lesser of the following two amounts: 1. The sum of, i. $50,000, and ii. the product of $1,109.40 and the number of teachers of the board counted for the purposes of subsection 41 (4) of the 2018-2019 grant regulation who had two or fewer full years of teaching experience under subsection 41 (6) of that regulation. 2. The expenses of the board during the fiscal year for its new teacher induction program.
Educator qualification and experience amount
 42. (1) The educator qualification and experience amount is determined as follows: 1. For each row in the Table to this subsection, i. determine the number of educators employed by the board who have the qualification category of A and the number of full years of experience set out in Column 1 of the row, and ii. multiply the number determined under subparagraph i by the experience factor set out in Column 2 of the row. 2. Total the products determined under paragraph 1 for all the rows in the Table to this subsection. 3. Determine the number of educators employed by the board whose qualification category is B. 4. Multiply the number determined under paragraph 3 by 0.9517. 5. Take the total of the numbers determined under paragraphs 2 and 4. 6. Divide the sum determined under paragraph 5 by the total number of educators employed by the board. 7. Subtract one from the number obtained under paragraph 6. 8. Take the greater of zero and the number determined under paragraph 7. 9. Multiply the result obtained under paragraph 8 by $1,575.41. 10. Multiply the amount determined under paragraph 9 by the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of elementary school pupils, counting only pupils enrolled in junior kindergarten and kindergarten. TABLE Column 1   Number of full years of experience   Column 2   Experience factor for category A employees 

  0   1.0313 

  1   1.1104 

  2   1.1899 

  3   1.2690 

  4   1.3486 O. Reg 277/19, s. 42 (1); O. Reg. 485/20, s. 22. (2) For the purposes of this section, the number of educators employed by a board is the full-time equivalent number of educators employed by the board as of October 31 of the current fiscal year to fill positions in junior kindergarten and kindergarten that are designated by the board as requiring early childhood educators. O. Reg 277/19, s. 42 (2). (3) The following rules apply in determining the number of full years of experience of an educator: 1. The number of full years of experience of an educator is deemed to be the educator’s number of years of relevant professional experience before the first day of the 2019-2020 school year, rounded to the nearest whole number if the educator’s number of years of experience is not a whole number and, for this purpose, a number ending in .5 is considered to be nearer to the next whole number. 2. If the number of full years of experience of an educator exceeds 4, the number of full years of experience of the educator is deemed to be 4. O. Reg 277/19, s. 42 (3). (4) The following rules apply to determine the qualification category of an educator: 1. An educator who is a member of the College of Early Childhood Educators on October 31 of the current fiscal year is in category A. 2. An educator who is not described in paragraph 1 is in category B. O. Reg 277/19, s. 42 (4).
Sick leave credit gratuities re-payment amount
 44. The sick leave credit gratuities re-payment amount is determined as follows: 1. Determine the amount for the board under section 42.1 of the 2015-2016 grant regulation. 2. Add the board’s one-time actuarial gain or deduct the board’s one-time actuarial loss, as the case may be, reported to the Ministry in the 2015-2016 fiscal year to the amount determined in paragraph 1. 3. Divide the amount determined in paragraph 2 by the board’s expected average remaining service life of the employees eligible for a sick leave credit gratuity as determined under paragraph 9 of section 6 of Ontario Regulation 488/10 (Determination of Boards’ Surpluses and Deficits) made under the Act.
Pupil accommodation allocation
 55. The pupil accommodation allocation is the total of the following amounts: 1. The school condition improvement amount. 2. The temporary accommodation for pupils amount. 3. The capital priority projects amount. 4. The land priority purchases amount. 5.  Revoked: O. Reg. 329/21, s. 3 (1). 6. The community hub replacement amount. 7. The child care capital projects amount. 8. The EarlyON child and family centres capital projects amount. 8.1 The climate action incentive fund amount. 9. The full day junior kindergarten and kindergarten accommodation amount. 10.  Revoked: O. Reg. 329/21, s. 3 (3). O. Reg. 329/21, s. 3.
Community hub replacement amount
 61. The community hub replacement amount is the total of the amounts determined as follows for the community hub replacement projects set out for the board in the Table to this section: I − R in which, “I” is the lesser of, (a) the total construction costs that the board incurred for the project in all previous fiscal years and incurred in the current fiscal year, and that the board reported in a previous fiscal year or on or before August 31 of the current fiscal year, and (b) the amount specified for the project in the Table to this section, and “R” is the total amount of community hub replacement projects funding the board received in respect of the project in previous fiscal years under predecessors of this Regulation. If I − R is negative, it is deemed to be zero. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 61; O. Reg. 188/20, s. 8 (1). TABLE Item   Column 1   Name of board   Column 2   Municipality   Column 3   Project description   Column 4   Amount per project, in dollars 

  1.   Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario   Kingston   Replacement of a community hub at école secondaire publique Mille Îles   1,700,000 

  2.   Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Centre-Est de l’Ontario   Kingston   Replacement of a community hub at école secondaire catholique Marie-Rivier   1,700,000 

  3.   Conseil scolaire Viamonde   Welland   Replacement of a community hub at école élémentaire et secondaire publique Franco-Niagara   993,162 O. Reg. 188/20, s. 8 (2).
Required spending, minor tangible capital assets
 69. (1) It is a condition of the payment of a grant to a board under this Regulation that the board use the amount determined as follows to pay for assets described in subsection (2) before the board uses that amount for any other purpose: 1. Take the total of the grant allocations, except for the interest on capital debt allocation, the school renewal allocation and the pupil accommodation allocation. 1.1 Add the amount of the board’s adjustment for declining enrolment for the current fiscal year. 2. Subtract the employer bargaining agency fees amount (part of the administration and governance allocation). 3. Multiply the amount determined under paragraph 2 by 0.025. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 69 (1); O. Reg. 620/21, s. 2. (2) The assets referred to in subsection (1) are any vehicles, furniture, equipment, computer hardware and computer software that the board would be 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 May 2019. O. Reg. 277/19, s. 69 (2).
Grants to s. 68 boards
 72. (1) A section 68 board is paid a grant in an amount determined as follows: 1. Take the expenditure of the board for the current fiscal year that is acceptable to the Minister for grant purposes, excluding, i. expenditures for debt charges, ii. expenditures for the purchase of capital assets, and iii. expenditures for the restoration of destroyed or damaged capital assets. 2. Deduct the revenue of the board for the current fiscal year, not including revenue from, i. legislative grants, ii. an organization on whose property a school is located, and iii. refunds of expenditure of the kind described in subparagraph 1 i, ii or iii. (2) The capital assets referred to in subparagraphs 1 ii and iii of subsection (1) do not include equipment, computer hardware or computer software that a section 68 board would be 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 May 2019. (3) Subsection (4) applies if, (a) a section 68 board makes expenditures to purchase special equipment in accordance with the document entitled “Special Education Funding Guidelines: Special Equipment Amount (SEA), 2019-20” for a pupil of a section 68 board and the pupil enrols in a school operated by a district school board or by a different section 68 board during the current fiscal year; or (b) a claim for special equipment for a pupil of a section 68 board has been approved and the pupil enrols in a school operated by a different section 68 board during the 2018-2019 fiscal year. (4) The special equipment referred to in subsection (3) must move with the pupil to the new board unless, in the opinion of the new board, it is not practical to move the equipment. PART IV   PAYMENTS TO GOVERNING AUTHORITIES
Pupil attending school on reserve
 74. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this section applies if a pupil who resides in a territorial district, (a) is not resident in the area of jurisdiction of a board and is not resident on a Crown establishment; and (b) attends a school on a reserve that is operated by, (i) the Crown in right of Canada, or (ii) a band, the council of a band or an education authority, if the band, council of a band or education authority is authorized by the Crown in right of Canada to provide education for Indians. (2) This section does not apply if the pupil attends a school pursuant to section 185 of the Act. (3) The Minister shall pay the governing authority of the school attended by the pupil the amount agreed on between the governing authority and the Minister.
Supplementary area factor - before class-size changes
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Supplementary area factor - after class-size changes
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