O. Reg. 550/17: RESTRICTED PURPOSE REVENUES

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ontario regulation 550/17

made under the

Education Act

Made: December 6, 2017
Filed: December 18, 2017
Published on e-Laws: December 18, 2017
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 6, 2018

Amending O. Reg. 193/10

(RESTRICTED PURPOSE REVENUES)

1. Subsection 4 (1) of Ontario Regulation 193/10 is revoked and the following substituted:

School renewal

(1) A board shall use the amount determined as follows, in respect of a fiscal year, only for the purpose of school renewal expenditures:

the school renewal allocation − the lesser of the shortfall amount and the amount, if any, the board has elected to use to address the shortfall amount

in which

“school renewal allocation” is the amount determined for the board’s school renewal allocation under the legislative grant regulation for the fiscal year,

“shortfall amount” is B − C

in which

“B” is the amount of the board’s depreciation for the fiscal year for tangible capital assets that are acquired as a result of expenditures made by the board that are school renewal expenditures, and

“C” is the amount of the board’s deferred capital contributions recognized in revenue in the fiscal year, in respect of the assets referred to in item B.

If B − C is negative, it is deemed to be zero.

2. (1) Subsection 4.2 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “retrofitting” and substituting “additions, retrofits and major renovations to”.

(2) Clause 4.2 (2) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “to retrofit” and substituting “for additions, retrofits and major renovations to”.

3. (1) Subsection 5.4 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Indigenous education lead

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a district school board shall use at least 50 per cent of the Indigenous education lead amount (part of the board’s Indigenous education supplemental allocation) under the legislative grant regulations only for the purpose of paying the salary and benefits of an Indigenous education lead.

(2) Subsection 5.4 (2) of the Regulation is amended by,

(a) striking out “for the First Nation, Métis and Inuit education lead” and substituting “as the minimum amount to be used for the purpose of paying the salary and benefits of an Indigenous education lead”; and

(b) striking out “a First Nation, Métis and Inuit education lead” at the end and substituting “an Indigenous education lead”.

4. Section 5.5 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Indigenous education board action plan

5.5 A district school board shall use the amount determined as follows only for the purpose of the board action plan referred to in the Indigenous education supplemental allocation under the legislative grant regulations:

A − B

in which

  “A” is the greater of the census-based Indigenous amount (part of the board’s Indigenous education supplemental allocation) under the legislative grant regulations and the Indigenous education lead amount (part of the board’s Indigenous education supplemental allocation) under the legislative grant regulations, and

  “B” is the portion of the Indigenous education lead amount (part of the board’s Indigenous education supplemental allocation) under the legislative grant regulations that the board uses only for the purpose of paying the salary and benefits of the Indigenous education lead.

Rural and northern allocation

5.6 (1)  A board shall use the rural and northern allocation under Ontario Regulation 252/17 (Grants for Student Needs — Legislative Grants for the 2017-2018 School Board Fiscal Year) made under the Act only for the purpose of expenditures described in subsection (2) that are incurred by the board in relation to a school included in the List of schools eligible for Rural and Northern Education Fund Allocation for the 2017-18 school year, dated September 2017, which is available on a website of the Government of Ontario.

(2)  The expenditures referred to in subsection (1) are expenditures for the purpose of,

(a) improving educational programs or support services for educational programs;

(b) improving transportation of pupils; or

(c) continuing the operation of a school identified in subsection (1) that would close if the expenditure is not made.

5. Paragraphs 2 to 6 of subsection 6.2 (2) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

2. School buildings, fixtures of school buildings or fixtures of school properties, or alterations, renovations or major repairs to school buildings, fixtures of school buildings or fixtures of school properties.

3. Installations on school properties to supply school buildings on the properties with water, sewer, septic, electrical, heating, cooling, natural gas, telephone or cable services, and alterations, replacements or major repairs to those installations.

4. Additions to school buildings for the purpose of improving the accessibility of the building or in relation to installations described in paragraph 3.

5. Furniture and equipment for the initial equipping of school buildings.

6. Furniture and equipment that are fixtures of school buildings.

7. Library materials for the initial equipping of libraries in school buildings.

8. Changes to the level, drainage or surface of school properties.

Commencement

6. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

La ministre de l’Éducation,

Mitzie Hunter

Minister of Education

 

Date made: December 6, 2017
Pris le : 6 décembre 2017

 

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