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O. Reg. 355/03: RESERVE FUNDS
filed August 28, 2003 under Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2
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made under the
Education act
Made: August 27, 2003
Filed: August 28, 2003
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: September 13, 2003
Amending O. Reg. 446/98
(Reserve Funds)
1. Ontario Regulation 446/98 is amended by adding the following section:
Distant Schools Reserve Fund
6. (1) A district school board shall establish a reserve fund for the sole purpose of funding expenditures by the board for the following purposes in respect of distant schools of the board:
1. To ensure sufficient teaching staff to provide quality curriculum.
2. To provide for full-time adult presence.
3. To acquire learning resources and materials.
4. To meet the operational costs of distant schools.
(2) In this section,
“distant school” means a school of the board that is either,
(a) an elementary school in which pupils were enrolled in day school programs in the 2003-2004 school year and that is not located on any of the Toronto Islands but is located,
(i) at least 8.0 kilometres by road, accurate to the nearest 0.1 kilometre, from every other elementary school of the board in which pupils were enrolled in day school programs in the 2003-2004 school year, or
(ii) on Amherst Island, Pelee Island or Wolfe Island, or
(b) a secondary school in which pupils were enrolled in day school programs in the 2003-2004 school year and that is not located on any of the Toronto Islands but is located,
(i) at least 32.0 kilometres by road, accurate to the nearest 0.1 kilometre, from every other secondary school of the board in which pupils were enrolled in day school programs in the 2003-2004 school year, or
(ii) that is the only secondary school operated by the board; (“école éloignée”)
“elementary school” means an elementary school of the board that has been identified as an elementary school in accordance with the Ministry publication entitled “Data Collection Instruction Guide for the School Facilities Inventory Database”, dated January 1998 and available for public inspection at the offices of the Ministry of Education, 900 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1L2; (“école élémentaire”)
“secondary school” means a secondary school of the board that has been identified as a secondary school in accordance with the Ministry publication entitled “Data Collection Instruction Guide for the School Facilities Inventory Database”, dated January 1998 and available for public inspection at the offices of the Ministry of Education, 900 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1L2. (“école secondaire”)
(3) A district school board shall allocate to the reserve fund established under subsection (1) the amount required by subsection 42.1 (2) of Ontario Regulation 139/03.
Made by:
Elizabeth Witmer
Minister of Education
Date made: August 27, 2003.