Application and interpretation
 1. (1) This Regulation applies to boards for the fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2020 and ending on August 31, 2021. O. Reg. 491/20, s. 1 (1). (2) In this Regulation, “credit value” means, in respect of a class or course, the number of credits that a pupil is eligible to earn on successfully completing the class or course; (“valeur en crédits”) “cycle” means the number of school days for which a schedule of classes in a school continues before the schedule is repeated; (“horaire”) “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”) “exempt class or course” means, (a) a class or course in actualisation linguistique en français (ALF), English literacy development (ELD) or English as a second language (ESL), (b) a class or course in respect of programme d’appui aux nouveaux arrivants (PANA), or (c) a 55-hour upgrading class or course provided by a board during the summer of 2020; (“classe ou cours exempté”) “exempt credit” means a credit granted to a pupil in respect of an exempt class or course; (“crédit exempté”) “full-time pupil” means, (a) a pupil who is, (i) enrolled in an elementary day school and, in respect of a cycle, is enrolled for classroom instruction for an average of at least 210 minutes per school day, (ii) enrolled in a day school which has, in accordance with a calendar that has been approved by the Minister under Regulation 304 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (School Year Calendar, Professional Activity Days) made under the Act, a designated school year of 12 months and instructional days in each of those months, and in which the credit value of the courses in which the pupil is enrolled in a school year is at least seven, or (iii) enrolled in a secondary day school and, in respect of a cycle, is enrolled for classroom instruction for an average of at least 210 minutes per school day, as determined by taking the sum of, (A) the average of the minutes, in respect of a cycle, for which the pupil is enrolled for the first two or last two quarters, as the case may be, (B) the average of the minutes, in respect of a cycle, for which the pupil is enrolled for the first four or last four eighths, as the case may be, and (C) the average of the minutes, in respect of a cycle, for which the pupil is enrolled for semestered or non-semestered classes or courses, or (b) a supervised alternative learning pupil who is, (i) enrolled in an elementary day school and, in respect of a cycle, whose supervised alternative learning plan includes classroom instruction for an average of at least 70 minutes per school day, or (ii) enrolled in a secondary day school and, in respect of a cycle, whose supervised alternative learning plan includes classroom instruction for an average of at least 70 minutes per school day, as determined by taking the sum of, (A) the average of the minutes, in respect of a cycle, for which the pupil is enrolled for the first two or last two quarters, as the case may be, (B) the average of the minutes, in respect of a cycle, for which the pupil is enrolled for the first four or last four eighths, as the case may be, and (C) the average of the minutes, in respect of a cycle, for which the pupil is enrolled for semestered or non-semestered classes or courses; (“élève à temps plein”) “high-credit factor” means the factor determined under section 9 in respect of a pupil; (“coefficient de crédits excédentaires”) “independent study course” means a credit course that is provided to a pupil other than a full-time pupil and that, (a) meets the criteria set out in the independent study course register for inclusion in the determination of day school enrolment, or (b) is approved by the Minister as an independent study course to be included in the determination of day school enrolment; (“cours d’études personnelles”) “individual education plan” means an individual education plan within the meaning of section 6 of Ontario Regulation 181/98 (Identification and Placement of Exceptional Pupils); (“plan d’enseignement individualisé”) “non-semestered” means an academic term roughly corresponding to the full school year; (“non semestriel”) “other pupil” means a pupil, (a) who is a registered Indian residing on a reserve within the meaning of the Indian Act
(Canada), other than a pupil who is, or whose parent or guardian is, an owner or tenant of property within the area of jurisdiction of the board that is assessed for an amount not less than the assessment limit for the fiscal year set out in section 1 of Ontario Regulation 471/98 (School Attendance Rights — Non-Resident Property Owners), (b) who is liable to pay fees as specified in subsection 49 (6) of the Act, or (c) whose parent or guardian does not reside in Ontario and who was not counted as a pupil of a board for the purposes of Ontario Regulation 277/19 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2019-2020 School Board Fiscal Year); (“autre élève”) “part-time pupil” means a pupil who is enrolled in day school and is neither a full-time pupil nor a supervised alternative learning pupil whose supervised alternative learning plan in respect of a cycle includes classroom instruction for an average of less than 70 minutes per school day; (“élève à temps partiel”) “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”) “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”) “supervised alternative learning pupil” means a pupil who has been approved by a supervised alternative learning committee to participate in supervised alternative learning. (“élève en apprentissage parallèle dirigé”) O. Reg. 491/20, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 753/20, s. 1. (3) For the purposes of this Regulation, the terms “day school”, “day school program”, “elementary school” and “secondary school” do not include continuing education or summer school classes or courses. O. Reg. 491/20, s. 1 (3).