High-credit factor
 9. (1) For the purposes of sections 10 and 11, a pupil’s high-credit factor shall be determined in accordance with this section. (2) A pupil’s high-credit factor, as of October 31, 2014, is the greater of zero and the number determined in accordance with the following formula: [A – (34 – B)] ÷ C in which, “A” is the sum of, (a) the total credit value of the semestered classes and courses in which the pupil is enrolled on October 31, 2014 in a secondary school of the board, other than exempt classes and courses, and (b) the product of 0.5 and the total credit value of the non-semestered classes and courses in which the pupil is enrolled on October 31, 2014 in a secondary school of the board, other than exempt classes and courses, “B” is the lesser of 34 and the number of credits that the pupil has earned before October 31, 2014, other than exempt credits, and “C” is the sum of, (a) the total credit value of the semestered classes and courses in which the pupil is enrolled on October 31, 2014 in a secondary school of the board, and (b) the product of 0.5 and the total credit value of the non-semestered classes and courses in which the pupil is enrolled on October 31, 2014 in a secondary school of the board. (3) A pupil’s high-credit factor, as of March 31, 2015, is the greater of zero and the number determined in accordance with the following formula: [A – (34 – B)] ÷ C in which, “A” is the sum of, (a) the total credit value of the semestered classes and courses in which the pupil is enrolled on March 31, 2015 in a secondary school of the board, other than exempt classes and courses, and (b) the product of 0.5 and the total credit value of the non-semestered classes and courses in which the pupil is enrolled on either or both of October 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015 in a secondary school of the board, other than exempt classes and courses and any class or course in respect of which a credit was earned before March 31, 2015, “B” is the lesser of 34 and the sum of, (a) the number of credits that the pupil has earned before March 31, 2015, other than exempt credits and credits earned on or after October 31, 2014 that were not earned in respect of a class or course that is part of a day school program, and (b) the product of 0.5 and the total credit value of the non-semestered classes and courses in which the pupil is enrolled on either or both of October 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015 in a secondary school of the board, other than exempt classes or courses and any class or course in respect of which a credit was earned before March 31, 2015, and “C” is the sum of, (a) the total credit value of the semestered classes and courses in which the pupil is enrolled on March 31, 2015 in a secondary school of the board, and (b) the product of 0.5 and the total credit value of the non-semestered classes and courses in which the pupil is enrolled on either or both of October 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015 in a secondary school of the board, other than any class or course in respect of which a credit was earned before March 31, 2015. (4) Despite subsections (2) and (3), the high-credit factor of the following pupils is zero: 1. Any pupil who, i. was enrolled in grade 9 in a secondary school (within the meaning of the Act) in the 2011-2012 school year or any subsequent school year, and ii. in the case of a pupil who enrolled in grade 9 in a secondary school more than once, did not enrol in grade 9 in any school year prior to the 2011-2012 school year. 2. Any pupil who, i. was never enrolled in grade 9 in a secondary school (within the meaning of the Act), and ii. is under 18 years old on December 31, 2014. 3. Any pupil who has an individual education plan, i. on October 31, 2014, for the purposes of the pupil’s high-credit factor as of October 31, 2014, or ii. on March 31, 2015, for the purposes of the pupil’s high-credit factor as of March 31, 2015.