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(1) In this Regulation, “2009-2010 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 155/09 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2009-2010 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act, as it read immediately before it was revoked; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2009-2010”) “2010-2011 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 196/10 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2010-2011 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act, as it read immediately before it was revoked; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2010-2011”) “2011-2012 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 160/11 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2011-2012 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act, as it read immediately before it was revoked; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2011-2012”) “2012-2013 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 136/12 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2012-2013 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act, as it read immediately before it was revoked; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2012-2013”) “2013-2014 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 120/13 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2013-2014 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act, as it read immediately before it was revoked; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2013-2014”) “2014-2015 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 76/14 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2014-2015 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2014-2015”) “2015-2016 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 195/15 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2015-2016 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2015-2016”) “2016-2017 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 215/16 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2016-2017 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2016-2017”) “2017-2018 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 252/17 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2017-2018 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2017-2018”) “2018-2019 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 284/18 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2018-2019 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2018-2019”) “2019-2020 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 277/19 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2019-2020 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2019-2020”) “2021-2022 grant regulation” means Ontario Regulation 616/21 (Grants for Student Needs - Legislative Grants for The 2021-2022 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les subventions de 2021-2022”) “ADE” means the current fiscal year’s enrolment in respect of a school, or the current fiscal year’s combined enrolment in respect of a combined school, as the case may be; (“ADE”) “AEFO” stands for l’Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens; (“AEFO”) “AEFO certification” means the AEFO certification of Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 or Group 4; (“certification de l’AEFO”) “ALF” stands for actualisation linguistique en français; (“ALF”) “campus” means a property on which one or more schools are located and in respect of which the same campus identification number has been assigned by the Ministry to all of the schools located on the property; (“campus”) “capital asset” means, (a) a school site that provides or is capable of providing pupil accommodation and an addition or improvement to such a school site, (b) a school building, fixture of a school building or fixture of school property, and an addition, alteration, renovation or major repair to a school building, fixture of a school building or fixture of school property, (c) furniture and equipment to be used in school buildings, (d) library materials for the initial equipping of a library in a school building, (e) an installation on school property to supply a school building on the property with water, sewer, septic, electrical, heating, cooling, natural gas, telephone or cable services, and an alteration, replacement or major repair to the installation, and (f) changes to the level, drainage or surface of school properties; (“immobilisation”) “capital asset cost” means an expense that the board is 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 January 2021; (“coût des immobilisations”) “credit value” means, in respect of a listed course, the number of credits that a pupil is eligible to earn on successfully completing the listed course; (“valeur en crédits”) “Crown establishment” means an establishment maintained by a department of the Government of Canada, a federal Crown company, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, on lands held by the Crown in right of Canada that are not assessable for school purposes, and includes a reserve; (“établissement de la Couronne”) “current fiscal year” means the 2020-2021 fiscal year; (“exercice en cours”) “current fiscal year’s A.D.E. regulation” means Ontario Regulation 491/20 (Calculation of Average Daily Enrolment for the 2020-2021 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur l’effectif quotidien moyen de l’exercice en cours”) “current fiscal year’s combined enrolment” means, in respect of a qualifying combined school, the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of pupils, counting only pupils enrolled in schools that are part of the qualifying combined school; (“effectif combiné de l’exercice en cours”) “current fiscal year’s enrolment” means, in respect of a school, the current fiscal year’s day school average daily enrolment of pupils, counting only pupils enrolled in the school; (“effectif de l’exercice en cours”) “current fiscal year’s fees regulation” means Ontario Regulation 490/20 (Calculation of Fees for Pupils for the 2020-2021 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act; (“règlement sur les droits de l’exercice en cours”) “cycle” has the same meaning as in the current fiscal year’s A.D.E. regulation; (“horaire”) “distant combined school” means a qualifying combined school that is located at least 20 kilometres but less than 45 kilometres from every other qualifying sole secondary school and qualifying combined school of the board; (“école combinée éloignée”) “distant elementary school” means a qualifying sole elementary school that is located at least 10 kilometres but less than 20 kilometres from every other qualifying sole elementary school of the board; (“école élémentaire éloignée”) “distant secondary school” means a qualifying sole secondary school that is located at least 20 kilometres but less than 45 kilometres from every other qualifying sole secondary school and qualifying combined school of the board; (“école secondaire éloignée”) “educator” means a person who is employed by the board to fill a position in junior kindergarten or kindergarten that is designated by the board as requiring an early childhood educator; (“éducateur”) “eighth” means an academic term roughly corresponding to one eighth of the school year, during which pupils start and complete a class or course; (“huitième”) “ELD” stands for English literacy development; (“ELD”) “elementary school pupil” means a pupil who is enrolled in any of junior kindergarten, kindergarten and grades 1 to 8; (“élève de l’élémentaire”) “employee” is short for “employee of the board”; (“employé”) “ESL” stands for English as a second language; (“ESL”) “instruction in French” means instruction in the subject of French or instruction in any other subject if the language of instruction is French; (“enseignement en français”) “isolate board” is a school authority other than a section 68 board; (“conseil isolé”) “listed course” means a course at the secondary level that is assigned a course code in one of the Secondary Curriculum Documents; (“cours répertorié”) “mature student” is short for “mature student of the board”; (“élève expérimenté”) “non-semestered” means an academic term roughly corresponding to the full school year; (“non semestriel”) “OSSTF” stands for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation; (“FEESO”) “OSSTF certification” means the OSSTF certification of Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 or Group 4; (“certification de la FEESO”) “outlying combined school” means a qualifying combined school that is located at least 45 kilometres from every other qualifying sole secondary school and qualifying combined school; (“école combinée excentrée”) “outlying elementary school” means a qualifying sole elementary school that is located at least 20 kilometres from every other qualifying sole elementary school; (“école élémentaire excentrée”) “outlying secondary school” means a qualifying sole secondary school that is located at least 45 kilometres from every other qualifying sole secondary school and qualifying combined school; (“école secondaire excentrée”) “PANA” stands for programme d’appui aux nouveaux arrivants; (“PANA”) “previous fiscal year” means a fiscal year before the current fiscal year; (“exercice antérieur”) “pupil” is short for “pupil of the board”, except in Part IV; (“élève”) “QECO” stands for Qualifications Evaluation Council of Ontario; (“COEQ”) “QECO category” means the QECO category D, C, B, A1, A2, A3 or A4; (“catégorie du COEQ”) “qualifying combined school” means a qualifying combined school under subsection (3); (“école combinée admissible”) “qualifying sole elementary school” means a qualifying sole elementary school under subsection (3); (“école élémentaire admissible”) “qualifying sole secondary school” means a qualifying sole secondary school under subsection (3); (“école secondaire admissible”) “quarter” means an academic term roughly corresponding to one quarter of the school year, during which pupils start and complete a class or course; (“trimestre”) “regular combined school” means a qualifying combined school that is not an outlying combined school or a distant combined school; (“école combinée ordinaire”) “regular elementary school” means a qualifying sole elementary school that is not an outlying elementary school or distant elementary school; (“école élémentaire ordinaire”) “regular secondary school” means a qualifying sole secondary school that is not an outlying secondary school or distant secondary school; (“école secondaire ordinaire”) “reserve” means a reserve within the meaning of the Indian Act (Canada); (“réserve”) “revenue from other sources” means, with respect to a district school board, the revenue of the board other than, (a) the amount of grants payable to the board under this Regulation, and (b) the amount that would be the board’s tax revenue for the current fiscal year if no amount were required to be deducted under paragraph 3 of subsection 70 (1); (“recettes provenant d’autres sources”) “school” is short for “school of the board”, except in Part IV; (“école”) “school building” means a building used for instructional purposes that is part of a qualifying sole elementary school, qualifying sole secondary school or qualifying combined school; (“bâtiment scolaire”) “Secondary Curriculum Documents” means the following documents, 1. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: The Arts, 2010 (revised). 2. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: The Arts, 2010 (revised). 3. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Business Studies, 2006 (revised). 4. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Business Studies, 2006 (revised). 5. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Canadian and World Studies – Geography, History, Civics (Politics), 2018 (revised). 6. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Canadian and World Studies – Economics, Geography, History, Law, Politics, 2015 (revised). 7. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 to 12: Classical Studies and International Languages, 2016 (revised). 8. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 10 to 12: Computer Studies, 2008 (revised). 9. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Cooperative Education, 2018. 10. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: English, 2007 (revised). 11. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: English, 2007 (revised). 12. The Ontario Curriculum, English: The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course (OSSLC), 2003. 13. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 to 12: English as a Second Language and English Literacy Development, 2007 (revised). 14. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 to 12: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, 2019 (revised). 15. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 to 12: French as a Second Language — Core French, Extended French, French Immersion, 2014 (revised). 16. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Guidance and Career Education, 2006 (revised). 17.   The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 10, Open (GLC20): Career Studies, 2019 (revised course). 18. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Guidance and Career Education, 2006 (revised). 19. The Ontario Curriculum: Grades 9 to 12: Health and Physical Education, 2015 (revised). 20. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Interdisciplinary Studies, 2002. 21. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Mathematics, 2005 (revised). 22. The Ontario Curriculum: Mathematics — Mathematics Transfer Course, Grade 9, Applied to Academic, 2006. 23. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11: Mathematics, 2006 (revised). 24. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Mathematics, 2007 (revised). 25. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Native Languages, 1999. 26. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Native Languages, 2000. 27. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Science, 2008 (revised). 28. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Science, 2008 (revised). 29. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 to 12: Social Sciences and Humanities, 2013 (revised). 30. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: Technological Education, 2009 (revised). 31. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Technological Education, 2009 (revised). “secondary school pupil” means a pupil who is enrolled in any of grades 9 to 12; (“élève du secondaire”) “section 68 board” is a board established under section 68 of the Act; (“conseil créé en vertu de l’article 68”) “semester” means an academic term roughly corresponding to one half of the school year, during which pupils start and complete a class or course; (“semestre”) “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; (“facteur de redressement géographique spécifique à l’emplacement”) “teacher” is short for “teacher of the board”; (“enseignant”) “teacher qualification category” means AEFO certification, OSSTF certification or QECO category; (“catégorie de qualifications des enseignants”) “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; (“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. (“superficie variable par élève du secondaire”) O. Reg. 489/20, s. 2 (1); O. Reg. 752/20, s. 1; O. Reg. 61/21, s. 1; O. Reg. 618/21, s. 2. (2) The following rules apply for the purposes of the definitions in subsection (1): 1. A measure of distance shall be by road and shall be accurate to 0.1 kilometres. 2. A qualifying sole elementary school that is not connected by road to any other qualifying sole elementary school shall be considered an outlying elementary school, unless the school is located in the City of Toronto, in which case it shall be considered a regular elementary school. 3. For greater certainty, if there is only one qualifying sole elementary school, the school shall be considered an outlying elementary school. 4. A qualifying sole secondary school or qualifying combined school that is not connected by road to any other qualifying sole secondary school or qualifying combined school shall be considered an outlying secondary school or outlying combined school, as the case may be, unless the school is located in the City of Toronto, in which case it shall be considered a regular secondary school or a regular combined school, as the case may be. 5. For greater certainty, if there is only one qualifying sole secondary school and no qualifying combined school, the school shall be considered an outlying secondary school. 6. For greater certainty, if there is only one qualifying combined school and no qualifying sole secondary school, the school shall be considered an outlying combined school. 7. A qualifying sole elementary school, a qualifying sole secondary school or a qualifying combined school that is located on an island that is not connected by road to the mainland shall be considered an outlying elementary school, an outlying secondary school or an outlying combined school, as the case may be, unless the school is located in the City of Toronto, in which case it shall be considered a regular elementary school, a regular secondary school or a regular combined school, as the case may be. 8. Where two or more qualifying sole elementary schools are treated as one qualifying sole elementary school under paragraph 4 of subsection (3), the qualifying sole elementary school within the group that has the largest capacity, within the meaning of subsection 68 (3), shall be used as the starting point for the purpose of measuring distance. 9. Where two or more qualifying sole secondary schools are treated as one qualifying sole secondary school under paragraph 5 of subsection (3), the qualifying sole secondary school within the group that has the largest capacity, within the meaning of subsection 68 (4), shall be used as the starting point for the purpose of measuring distance. 10. The school that, among the schools making up a qualifying combined school under paragraph 2 of subsection (3), has the greatest capacity within the meaning of subsection 68 (3) or (4), as the case may be, shall be used as the starting point for the purpose of measuring distance. 11. The distance between schools shall be determined as of June 30 of the current fiscal year. O. Reg. 489/20, s. 2 (2). (3) The following rules determine whether a school is a qualifying sole elementary school, a qualifying sole secondary school or a part of a qualifying combined school: 1. A school is a qualifying elementary or secondary school if, i. it is identified as an elementary or secondary school in accordance with the document entitled “User Guide for the School Facilities Inventory System Application”, dated November 2009, and ii. its current fiscal year’s enrolment is more than zero. 2. If one or more qualifying elementary schools and one or more qualifying secondary schools are located on the same school site, the schools make up a qualifying combined school. 3. Any qualifying school that is not part of a qualifying combined school is a qualifying sole elementary school or a qualifying sole secondary school, as the case may be. 4. Despite paragraph 3, two or more qualifying sole elementary schools shall be treated as if they were one qualifying sole elementary school if the schools are all located on the same school site. 5. Despite paragraph 3, two or more qualifying sole secondary schools shall be treated as if they were one qualifying sole secondary school if the schools are all located on the same school site. O. Reg. 489/20, s. 2 (3).