Interpretation
3. (1) For the purposes of this Regulation, the 1998-99 day school average daily enrolment of pupils of a board is the day school average daily enrolment for the board determined under section 2 of the 1998-99 A.D.E. regulation, counting only pupils of the board, excluding secondary school pupils who are 21 years of age or more on December 31, 1998, and counting kindergarten pupils in accordance with subsection (5). (2) For the purposes of this Regulation, the 1998-99 day school average daily enrolment of elementary pupils of a board is the day school average daily enrolment for the board determined under section 2 of the 1998-99 A.D.E. regulation, counting only the elementary school pupils of the board and counting kindergarten pupils in accordance with subsection (5). (3) For the purposes of this Regulation, the 1998-99 day school average daily enrolment of secondary pupils of a board is the day school average daily enrolment for the board determined under section 2 of the 1998-99 A.D.E. regulation, counting only secondary school pupils of the board and excluding secondary school pupils who are 21 years of age or more on December 31, 1998. (4) For the purposes of this Regulation, the day school full-time equivalent enrolment for a board as of October 31, 1998 is the sum of, (a) the number of full-time pupils of the board enrolled on October 31, 1998, excluding secondary school pupils who are 21 years of age or more on December 31, 1998 and counting kindergarten pupils in accordance with subsection (5); (b) 0.5 times the number of half-time pupils of the board enrolled on October 31, 1998, excluding secondary school pupils who are 21 years of age or more on December 31, 1998 and counting kindergarten pupils in accordance with subsection (5); and (c) the quotient obtained by determining, for each part-time pupil of the board enrolled on October 31, 1998, other than secondary school pupils who are 21 years of age or more on December 31, 1998, the number of minutes for which the pupil is registered for classroom instruction in the cycle that includes October 31, 1998, in a course other than an independent study course, and dividing the sum of the numbers so determined by the product of 300 and the number of days in the cycle. (5) For the purposes of subsections (1), (2) and (4), if the number of kindergarten full-time pupils of the board on October 31, 1998 exceeds the number of kindergarten full-time pupils of the board on March 31, 1998, determined in accordance with subsection (6), the kindergarten pupils of the board shall be counted in accordance with the following rules: 1. When applying the formula set out in section 2 of the 1998-99 A.D.E. regulation, i. the maximum number that may be counted as kindergarten full-time pupils of the board on the count date of October 31, 1998 or March 31, 1999 is the number of kindergarten full-time pupils of the board on March 31, 1998, determined in accordance with subsection (6), and ii. any remaining kindergarten full-time pupils of the board shall be counted as half-time pupils of the board. 2. When applying the formula set out in subsection (4), i. the maximum number that may be counted as kindergarten full-time pupils of the board on the count date of October 31, 1998 is the number of kindergarten full-time pupils of the board on March 31, 1998, determined in accordance with subsection (6), and ii. any remaining kindergarten full-time pupils of the board shall be counted as half-time pupils of the board. (6) For the purposes of subsection (5), a pupil is a kindergarten full-time pupil of a board on March 31, 1998 if, (a) the pupil was enrolled in a kindergarten in a school governed by the board on March 31, 1998; (b) in respect of the cycle that includes March 31, 1998, the pupil was registered for classroom instruction for an average of at least 210 minutes per school day; (c) on March 31, 1998, the pupil was not receiving instruction in an education program provided by the board in a facility described or mentioned in subsection 19 (2); and (d) on March 31, 1998, the pupil was not a pupil described in subsection 2 (5). (7) Where this Regulation requires that pupils be counted but does not provide that the count shall be on the basis of average daily enrolment or on the basis of full-time equivalent enrolment, each pupil, whether full-time, half-time or part-time, shall be counted as one. O. Reg. 287/98, s. 3.