O. Reg. 27/26: GRANTS FOR STUDENT NEEDS - LEGISLATIVE GRANTS FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL BOARD FISCAL YEAR, EDUCATION ACT
ontario regulation 27/26
made under the
Education Act
Made: February 12, 2026
Filed: February 12, 2026
Published on e-Laws: February 13, 2026
Published in The Ontario Gazette: February 28, 2026
Amending O. Reg. 266/23
(GRANTS FOR STUDENT NEEDS — LEGISLATIVE GRANTS FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL BOARD FISCAL YEAR)
1. Paragraph 1 of subsection 41 (6) of Ontario Regulation 266/23 is revoked and the following substituted:
1. A pupil is a mature student for the current fiscal year if they are 18 years old or older, or will turn 18 years old before the end of the current fiscal year, and are enrolled in a program for the purpose of obtaining an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.
2. Paragraph 10 of subsection 60 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “subsection 58 (1)” and substituting “subsection 61 (1)”.
3. Table 8 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
Table 8
Differentiated special education needs amount
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
| 1. | Algoma District School Board | 3,833,444 | 5,541,986 | 201,075 |
| 2. | Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board | 2,681,343 | 5,671,387 | 180,297 |
| 3. | Avon Maitland District School Board | 1,923,011 | 7,811,438 | 208,369 |
| 4. | Bluewater District School Board | 2,788,611 | 9,244,118 | 255,061 |
| 5. | Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board | 2,236,249 | 5,587,703 | 169,554 |
| 6. | Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board | 1,356,512 | 2,537,207 | 89,706 |
| 7. | Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario | 2,777,074 | 6,675,357 | 202,639 |
| 8. | Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario | 4,549,964 | 7,370,030 | 252,771 |
| 9. | Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir | 4,210,691 | 6,145,894 | 221,008 |
| 10. | Conseil scolaire catholique Providence | 3,792,449 | 3,596,927 | 160,725 |
| 11. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien | 3,607,704 | 4,791,959 | 181,251 |
| 12. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales | 1,322,361 | 358,720 | 44,754 |
| 13. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Grandes Rivières | 3,314,479 | 2,734,848 | 133,500 |
| 14. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Centre-Est de l’Ontario | 6,080,208 | 10,746,033 | 352,448 |
| 15. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario | 3,439,702 | 2,573,833 | 132,773 |
| 16. | Conseil scolaire de district catholique Franco-Nord | 1,742,349 | 1,327,701 | 72,972 |
| 17. | Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario | 2,293,000 | 1,223,211 | 82,037 |
| 18. | Conseil scolaire public du Nord-Est de l’Ontario | 1,958,153 | 946,291 | 69,608 |
| 19. | Conseil scolaire Viamonde | 4,346,136 | 5,032,401 | 201,138 |
| 20. | District School Board of Niagara | 5,299,408 | 18,993,238 | 504,138 |
| 21. | District School Board Ontario North East | 3,395,687 | 3,861,413 | 158,038 |
| 22. | Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board | 8,378,051 | 28,245,824 | 754,663 |
| 23. | Durham Catholic District School Board | 2,504,480 | 9,146,661 | 247,309 |
| 24. | Durham District School Board | 9,649,970 | 32,583,945 | 868,639 |
| 25. | Grand Erie District School Board | 3,652,293 | 12,930,781 | 347,508 |
| 26. | Greater Essex County District School Board | 4,425,092 | 15,713,304 | 419,739 |
| 27. | Halton Catholic District School Board | 3,956,204 | 14,170,822 | 378,875 |
| 28. | Halton District School Board | 7,427,589 | 26,473,635 | 699,349 |
| 29. | Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board | 3,447,708 | 13,616,064 | 357,274 |
| 30. | Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board | 6,756,064 | 23,065,041 | 616,456 |
| 31. | Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board | 2,809,992 | 7,943,223 | 229,066 |
| 32. | Huron Perth Catholic District School Board | 1,251,324 | 2,228,797 | 81,304 |
| 33. | Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board | 2,280,864 | 2,298,363 | 103,633 |
| 34. | Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board | 4,777,942 | 16,050,470 | 433,757 |
| 35. | Keewatin-Patricia District School Board | 3,078,352 | 2,434,956 | 122,610 |
| 36. | Kenora Catholic District School Board | 839,716 | 622,562 | 40,308 |
| 37. | Lakehead District School Board | 3,051,111 | 4,190,322 | 157,720 |
| 38. | Lambton Kent District School Board | 2,897,280 | 10,764,189 | 288,151 |
| 39. | Limestone District School Board | 3,111,643 | 9,573,183 | 268,309 |
| 40. | London District Catholic School Board | 3,185,227 | 11,219,740 | 303,256 |
| 41. | Near North District School Board | 2,874,637 | 5,442,519 | 179,574 |
| 42. | Niagara Catholic District School Board | 2,508,875 | 9,681,794 | 258,270 |
| 43. | Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board | 1,167,748 | 1,592,010 | 66,668 |
| 44. | Northeastern Catholic District School Board | 1,261,474 | 1,195,870 | 60,524 |
| 45. | Northwest Catholic District School Board | 941,700 | 550,154 | 40,909 |
| 46. | Ottawa-Carleton District School Board | 9,382,985 | 32,094,274 | 853,266 |
| 47. | Ottawa Catholic District School Board | 5,793,114 | 20,358,997 | 541,915 |
| 48. | Peel District School Board | 18,635,352 | 56,197,917 | 1,530,938 |
| 49. | Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board | 2,233,767 | 6,667,745 | 191,446 |
| 50. | Rainbow District School Board | 3,839,484 | 6,666,909 | 224,052 |
| 51. | Rainy River District School Board | 1,121,894 | 1,169,206 | 57,147 |
| 52. | Renfrew County Catholic District School Board | 1,579,262 | 2,434,799 | 92,151 |
| 53. | Renfrew County District School Board | 2,540,835 | 4,875,460 | 161,272 |
| 54. | Simcoe County District School Board | 8,308,563 | 25,244,505 | 692,276 |
| 55. | Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board | 3,489,176 | 10,737,820 | 299,641 |
| 56. | St. Clair Catholic District School Board | 2,101,056 | 4,303,421 | 140,716 |
| 57. | Sudbury Catholic District School Board | 2,167,817 | 3,127,086 | 118,173 |
| 58. | Superior-Greenstone District School Board | 768,279 | 686,593 | 40,158 |
| 59. | Superior North Catholic District School Board | 457,530 | 299,515 | 25,981 |
| 60. | Thames Valley District School Board | 10,394,229 | 36,530,730 | 963,943 |
| 61. | Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board | 2,304,997 | 3,166,309 | 121,757 |
| 62. | Toronto Catholic District School Board | 9,488,055 | 36,190,888 | 938,629 |
| 63. | Toronto District School Board | 27,570,571 | 98,526,617 | 2,572,433 |
| 64. | Trillium Lakelands District School Board | 2,997,398 | 9,259,441 | 259,614 |
| 65. | Upper Canada District School Board | 4,744,100 | 13,875,555 | 388,883 |
| 66. | Upper Grand District School Board | 4,482,773 | 15,069,442 | 407,830 |
| 67. | Waterloo Catholic District School Board | 3,237,805 | 10,871,843 | 297,257 |
| 68. | Waterloo Region District School Board | 7,970,722 | 26,781,862 | 716,645 |
| 69. | Wellington Catholic District School Board | 1,851,357 | 3,468,294 | 118,676 |
| 70. | Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board | 2,650,512 | 9,502,431 | 257,503 |
| 71. | York Catholic District School Board | 5,128,251 | 20,307,002 | 527,351 |
| 72. | York Region District School Board | 13,936,803 | 51,985,044 | 1,349,890 |
Commencement
4. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.