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O. Reg. 414/06: Training Completion Assurance Fund and other financial requirements for registration of Private Career Colleges
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made under the
Private Career Colleges Act, 2005
Made: August 24, 2006
Filed: August 28, 2006
Published on e-Laws: August 30, 2006
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: September 16, 2006
Training Completion Assurance Fund and other Financial Matters
CONTENTS
PART I |
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Interpretation |
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PART II |
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Establishment of Board |
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Composition of Board |
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Term of office |
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Remuneration and expenses |
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Indemnification of members |
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Quorum |
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Administrative support |
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Board functions |
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Reports |
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PART III |
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Establishment of Fund |
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Fiscal year |
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Founding premiums |
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Founding surcharge |
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Prorated amounts of founding surcharges and subsequent annual premiums |
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Late payment |
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Administration of Fund |
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Payments out of Fund |
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Employees and experts |
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Annual reports |
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PART IV |
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Collection of information |
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Payments to Fund by private career colleges |
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Notice of premium, etc. |
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Late payment |
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Initial annual premiums |
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Subsequent annual premiums |
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Prorated amounts of founding surcharges, premium surcharges and subsequent annual premiums |
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Premium surcharge |
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Levies |
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Adjustment to payments |
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Exemption |
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PART V |
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Security required |
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Amount of security |
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Forfeiture of security |
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Transition |
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PART VI |
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Definitions |
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General limitation |
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Duty to provide training completion, refunds |
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Training completion plan |
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Approval of training completion provider |
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Where training completion available |
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Student expenses re: training completion |
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Refund if student refuses training completion |
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Refunds if training completion not available |
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Payment of training completion providers’ costs |
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Time period for making student claims |
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Payment of student claims and training completion costs |
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Where proceeds from forfeited security excessive |
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Subrogation |
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Transition |
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Commencement |
Interpretation
“authorized issuer or guarantor” means,
(a) Canada, Ontario or another province of Canada,
(b) an agency of the Government of Canada or a province of Canada, or
(c) a bank or financial institution that is supervised or examined by the central bank of Canada or another governmental authority in Canada; (“émetteur ou caution autorisé”)
“Board” means the Training Completion Assurance Fund Advisory Board established under section 2; (“Conseil”)
“campus” means a location at which a private career college offers one or more vocational programs; (“campus”)
“financial statements” includes, unless a contrary intention appears, pro forma financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (“états financiers”)
“Fund” means the Training Completion Assurance Fund established under section 11; (“Fonds”)
“General Fund Money” means money in the Fund other than money received by the Superintendent as a result of realizing upon security provided by a private career college that has been declared to be forfeited under section 34 or income received by the Superintendent on any security provided by a private career college; (“sommes générales”)
“training completion” means training that is provided in accordance with Part VI to allow students enrolled in a vocational program at a private career college to complete their training in the vocation if the program is discontinued by the private career college before the students complete the program; (“achèvement de la formation”)
“unearned fee” means a fee that is paid to a private career college in respect of a vocational program before the program or a part of the program is provided and that is unearned by the college because the program or a paid portion of the program has not been provided. (“droits non acquis”)
(2) A reference to a vocational program in this Regulation is a reference to a vocational program that has been approved by the Superintendent under section 23 of the Act.
Part II
Training completion Assurance Fund Advisory Board
Establishment of Board
2. For the purposes of section 4 of the Act, an advisory board is hereby established to be known in English as the Training Completion Assurance Fund Advisory Board and in French as Conseil consultatif du Fonds d’assurance pour l’achèvement de la formation.
Composition of Board
3. (1) The Board shall be composed of,
(a) the Superintendent, who is a member by virtue of his or her office; and
(b) five to nine members who shall be appointed by the Minister.
(2) The Minister shall use his or her best efforts to ensure that the members appointed under clause (1) (b) include,
(a) representatives of private career colleges;
(b) students or former students of private career colleges;
(c) persons with no affiliation to any private career college; and
(d) an actuary.
(3) A majority of the members of the Board shall be representatives of private career colleges.
(4) The Superintendent is a non-voting member of the Board.
(5) The Superintendent may appoint a delegate to sit as a member of the Board in his or her stead.
(6) The Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Board as the chair of the Board and another member as vice-chair.
Term of office
4. A Board member is appointed for such term as may be specified in the appointment and is eligible for reappointment.
Remuneration and expenses
5. (1) Board members shall receive no remuneration for carrying out their duties as Board members.
(2) Board members shall be reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses and other reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as Board members.
Indemnification of members
6. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Superintendent shall indemnify out of General Fund Money a member or former member of the Board, or any heirs or legal representatives of the member or former member, against all costs and liabilities reasonably incurred in respect of any civil action or proceeding to which the member or former member is made a party by reason of being or having been a member of the Board.
(2) The Superintendent shall indemnify a person under subsection (1) only if the member or former member acted honestly and in good faith in the performance or intended performance of his or her duties with respect to the matters alleged in the action or proceeding.
(3) The Superintendent shall not pay any General Fund Money for the purposes of indemnifying a member or former member under subsection (1) if liability insurance has been purchased under subsection (4).
(4) The Superintendent may, on the recommendation of the Board, pay General Fund Money in order to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of members or former members of the Board against any liability that would otherwise be indemnified against out of General Fund Money under subsection (1).
Quorum
7. A majority of the Board members, excluding the Superintendent or his or her delegate, constitutes a quorum.
Administrative support
8. The Minister shall provide the Board with such administrative support as the Minister considers necessary for the purposes of the Board.
Board functions
9. The Board shall perform the following functions:
1. Provide advice and make recommendations to the Superintendent with respect to the administration of the Fund, including the amount of premiums, surcharges and levies to be paid into the Fund by private career colleges and the frequency of the payments.
2. Make recommendations with respect to guidelines that the Superintendent may adopt governing situations where a private career college ceases to provide a vocational program and, in particular, the provision and administration of training completion and the payment of training completion costs and refunds under Part VI in such situations.
3. Make recommendations to the Superintendent with respect to the measures to be taken in the event of a particular private career college ceasing to operate.
4. Make recommendations to the Superintendent on the suitability of any person, private career college or organization that may be approved under section 40 to provide training completion to the former students of a private career college that ceases to operate.
5. Develop and submit to the Superintendent recommended strategies to promote public awareness of the Fund.
6. Provide advice to the Superintendent with respect to the engaging of persons to provide professional, technical or other assistance to the Board under section 19.
7. Provide advice to the Superintendent with respect to the criteria to be used, for the purposes of clause 14 (1) (d) of the Act, in determining whether an applicant for registration under the Act can be expected to be financially responsible in the operation of a private career college.
Reports
10. (1) The Board shall provide the Superintendent with such reports and information as the Superintendent may request from time to time within the time period specified by the Superintendent.
(2) The Superintendent may publish the reports and information provided by the Board under subsection (1) in such manner as the Superintendent considers advisable.
Part III
Training Completion Assurance Fund
Establishment of Fund
11. (1) The Training Completion Assurance Fund is established for the purposes of section 3 of the Act.
(2) The Fund shall be composed of money from the following sources:
1. Premiums, surcharges and levies payable by private career colleges under sections 13, 14 and Part IV.
2. Interest charged under sections 16 and 24 and subsection 30 (3) on late payments of premiums, surcharges and levies.
3. Any income earned by the Fund, including income received by the Superintendent on any security provided under section 32.
4. Money received by the Superintendent as the result of realizing upon any security provided by a private career college that has been declared to be forfeited under section 34.
5. Money recovered in an action brought by the Superintendent under section 49.
6. Donations made to the Fund.
(3) Money received under subsection (2) shall be held in a separate interest-bearing account in the Consolidated Revenue Fund to be known as the Training Completion Assurance Fund Account.
Fiscal year
12. (1) The Fund’s fiscal year begins on January 1 of any given year.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the period beginning on the day this Regulation comes into force and ending on December 31, 2007 shall be deemed to be the first fiscal year for purposes of the operation of the Fund.
Founding premiums
13. (1) Subject to section 31, all private career colleges that are registered under the Act on the day this Regulation comes into force shall pay founding premiums to the Superintendent for deposit to the Fund for the Fund’s first two fiscal years in accordance with this section.
(2) A private career college shall pay a founding premium with respect to each of the college’s registration periods that overlaps with the Fund’s first two fiscal years in accordance with subsection (3).
(3) Depending on the length of any registration period of a private career college, a private career college shall pay either two or three founding premiums as follows:
1. The first founding premium shall be paid with respect to the period that begins on January 1, 2007 and ends when the college’s registration in effect on that date expires.
2. The second founding premium shall be paid with respect to the college’s following period of registration.
3. If the periods of registration referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 total less than 24 months, a third founding premium shall be paid with respect to the balance of the 24 months remaining in the following period of registration in accordance with subsection (8).
(4) The second founding premium and any third founding premium shall be paid by a private career college at such time before the college’s renewal of registration as may be specified by the Superintendent.
(5) The Superintendent shall give each private career college written notice of the day on which a founding premium is payable.
(6) The Superintendent shall determine the amount of a private career college’s first founding premium in accordance with the following rules:
1. If the period with respect to which the founding premium is paid is a period of one year, multiply by 0.875 per cent the amount of the college’s annual gross revenue from vocational programs, as indicated in the most recent financial statements available to the Superintendent on the day the amount is determined.
2. If the period with respect to which the founding premium is paid exceeds or is less than one year,
i. determine the amount under paragraph 1, and
ii. increase or decrease the amount proportionately, based on the amount of time by which the period exceeds or is less than one year.
(7) If the registration period in respect of which the second founding premium is paid ends on or before December 31, 2008, the Superintendent shall determine the amount of the premium by multiplying the amount of the college’s annual gross revenue from vocational programs, as indicated in the most recent financial statements available to the Superintendent on the day the amount is determined, by 0.875 per cent.
(8) The Superintendent shall determine the amount of a second founding premium that is paid with respect to a registration period that ends after December 31, 2008 and the amount of any third founding premium in accordance with the following rules:
1. Determine the portion of the registration period that will elapse before January 1, 2009.
2. Determine the amount in accordance with paragraph 1 of subsection (6) and reduce that amount proportionately to the portion determined under paragraph 1.
Founding surcharge
14. (1) Subject to section 31, in the Fund’s third fiscal year and in every subsequent fiscal year until the Fund reaches the value described in subsection (2), every private career college shall pay a founding surcharge to the Superintendent for deposit to the Fund in accordance with this section, in addition to paying its annual premium under section 26.
(2) The founding surcharge shall be paid annually until the value of the Fund equals or exceeds 3 per cent of the total gross revenues from vocational programs of all private career colleges in Ontario for the Fund’s previous fiscal year.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the total gross revenues from vocational programs of all private career colleges in Ontario shall be determined by adding the gross revenue from the vocational programs of each private career college, as set out in the college’s most recent financial statements filed before the beginning of the Fund’s fiscal year in which the founding surcharge is payable.
(4) The Superintendent shall determine the amount of a private career college’s founding surcharge for one of the Fund’s fiscal years by multiplying the amount of the college’s annual premium for the same fiscal year, as determined in accordance with section 26, by 6.
(5) In the case of a private career college that registers under the Act for the first time after this Regulation comes into force, the private career college shall begin to pay a founding surcharge annually in accordance with this section once it has paid its two initial annual premiums under section 25.
Prorated amounts of founding surcharges and subsequent annual premiums
15. If a private career college is required to pay a founding premium in a second or third registration period under subsection 13 (8), the Superintendent shall determine the amount of the annual premium payable under section 26 and of any founding surcharge payable under section 14 for such registration period in accordance with the following rules:
1. The annual premium is determined by,
i. determining the portion of the registration period that will elapse from January 1, 2009 until the last day of the period; and
ii. calculating the amount of the annual premium for the entire registration period in accordance with section 26 and reducing that amount proportionately to the portion determined under subparagraph i.
2. The founding surcharge is determined by calculating the amount of the founding surcharge for the entire registration period in accordance with section 14 and reducing that amount proportionately by the portion determined under subparagraph 1 i.
Late payment
16. If a private career college fails to remit all or part of a founding premium within 30 days of receiving notice under subsection 13 (5) or fails to remit all or part of a founding surcharge together with the annual premium under section 26, the Superintendent shall charge interest on the unpaid amount at the interest rate payable on unpaid taxes under the Retail Sales Tax Act.
Administration of Fund
17. (1) The Superintendent is responsible for the administration and management of the Fund.
(2) At the request of the Superintendent, a private career college shall provide him or her with such information as the Superintendent considers necessary for the administration and management of the Fund.
Payments out of Fund
18. (1) The Superintendent may direct that money received by the Superintendent as a result of realizing upon security provided by a private career college that has been declared to be forfeited under section 34 be paid out of the Fund for the following purposes only:
1. To pay training completion costs under section 45 or claims made by students under sections 42, 43 and 44 that arise as a result of that private career college ceasing to operate in the circumstances described in subsection 38 (1).
2. To pay any excess amount referred to in section 48.
(2) The Superintendent may direct that income received by the Superintendent on security provided by a private career college that has not been declared to be forfeited under section 34 be paid out of the Fund to the private career college to the extent that the sum of the value of the security and the income received by the Superintendent exceed the amount of security required to be provided by the college under section 33.
(3) The Superintendent may direct that General Fund Money be paid out of the Fund for the following purposes only:
1. Subject to subsections (4) and (6), to pay training completion costs under section 45 or claims made by students under sections 42, 43 and 44 that arise as a result of a private career college ceasing to operate in the circumstances described in subsection 38 (1).
2. To reimburse the members of the Board for reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as Board members.
3. To pay for the expenses incurred by the Superintendent for purposes of the administration and management of the Fund.
4. To pay for the indemnification of persons under subsections 6 (1) and (2) or for the cost of insurance referred to in subsection 6 (4).
5. To pay the amount of any overpayment referred to in clause 30 (1) (b).
(4) No General Fund Money shall be paid out of the Fund for the purpose referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (3) where security provided by the private career college is declared to be forfeited under section 34 before January 1, 2009.
(5) General Fund Money may be paid out of the Fund for the purpose referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (3) where security provided by the private career college is declared to be forfeited under section 34 on or after January 1, 2009, even if the event referred to in subsection 34 (1) that gave rise to the declaration of forfeiture occurred before that date.
(6) No General Fund Money shall be paid out of the Fund for the purpose referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (3) if the private career college ceased to operate at a time when it was exempt from making payments under section 31.
Employees and experts
19. The Superintendent may engage persons to provide professional, technical or other assistance to the Superintendent or to the Board.
Annual reports
20. The Board and the Superintendent shall prepare a joint annual report on the activities of the Board and of the Fund and shall submit the report to the Minister.
Collection of information
21. (1) For the purpose of determining the amount of any premium, surcharge or levy that a private career college is required to pay under this Regulation, every private career college shall,
(a) upon application for registration or renewal of registration under the Act, submit to the Superintendent a copy of the private career college’s financial statements prepared by a public accountant licensed under the Public Accounting Act, 2004 in respect of the private career college’s most recently completed fiscal year;
(b) at the request of the Superintendent, submit financial statements prepared by a public accountant licensed under the Public Accounting Act, 2004 with respect to such period of time as the Superintendent may specify;
(c) at the request of the Superintendent, submit such additional information as the Superintendent considers necessary to make his or her determination.
(2) A private career college shall provide the Superintendent with audited financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles if requested to do so by the Superintendent.
Payments to Fund by private career colleges
22. Subject to section 31, every private career college shall pay to the Superintendent for deposit to the Fund,
(a) founding premiums in accordance with section 13, if applicable;
(b) founding surcharges in accordance with section 14, if applicable;
(c) initial annual premiums in accordance with section 25, if applicable;
(d) annual premiums in accordance with section 26;
(e) any premium surcharges required under section 28; and
(f) any levy required under section 29.
Notice of premium, etc.
23. (1) The Superintendent shall give every private career college written notice of the day on which any premium, surcharge or levy is due.
(2) A private career college that receives notice under subsection (1) shall pay the premium, surcharge or levy within 30 days of receiving the notice.
Late payment
24. If a private career college fails to remit all or part of a premium, surcharge or levy within 30 days of receiving notice under section 23, the Superintendent shall charge interest on the unpaid amount at the interest rate payable on unpaid taxes under the Retail Sales Tax Act.
Initial annual premiums
25. (1) Subject to section 31, every private career college that registers under the Act for the first time after the day this Regulation comes into force shall pay to the Superintendent for deposit to the Fund the initial annual premiums referred to in clause 22 (c) for the first 24 months after the college is registered under the Act.
(2) A private career college shall pay an initial premium with respect to each registration period that begins during the 24-month period referred to in subsection (1).
(3) Depending on the length of the first registration period established under section 17 of the Act, a private career college shall pay either two or three initial premiums as follows:
1. The first initial annual premium shall be paid with respect to the first period of registration.
2. The second initial annual premium shall be paid with respect to the second period of registration.
3. If the second registration period ends before the end of the 24-month period referred to in subsection (1), a third initial annual premium shall be paid with respect to the third period of registration.
(4) The Superintendent shall determine the amount of a private career college’s first initial annual premium in accordance with the following rules:
1. If the period with respect to which the initial annual premium is paid is a period of one year, multiply by 0.875 per cent the amount of the college’s annual gross revenue from vocational programs, as indicated in the most recent financial statements available to the Superintendent on the day the amount is determined.
2. If the period with respect to which the initial annual premium is paid exceeds or is less than one year,
i. determine the amount under paragraph 1, and
ii. increase or decrease the amount proportionately, based on the amount of time by which the period exceeds or is less than one year.
(5) The Superintendent shall determine the amount of a second and any third initial annual premium in accordance with the following rules:
1. If the first period of registration referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (3) is 12 months, determine the amount for the second registration period in accordance with paragraph 1 of subsection (4).
2. If the first period of registration referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (3) is less than 12 months, determine the amount for the second registration period in accordance with paragraph 1 of subsection (4) and the amount for the third registration period in accordance with paragraph 2 of subsection (4).
3. If the first period of registration referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (3) is more than 12 months, determine the amount for the second registration period in accordance with paragraph 2 of subsection (4).
Subsequent annual premiums
26. (1) Subject to section 31, this section applies to a private career college,
(a) after it has paid its last founding premium under section 13, in the case of a private career college that is registered under the Act on the day this Regulation comes into force; or
(b) after it has paid its last initial annual premium under section 25, in the case of a private career college that registers under the Act for the first time after the day this Regulation comes into force.
(2) A private career college shall pay an annual premium to the Superintendent for deposit to the Fund on such day before every renewal of registration as may be specified in the notice referred to in section 23.
(3) The amount of an annual premium to be paid by a private career college shall be the greater of,
(a) $500.00; or
(b) the amount determined using the following formula:
A × B
where,
“A” is, subject to subsection (4), the percentage set out in Column 2 of the Table to this subsection opposite the range of credit risk scores set out in Column 1 of the Table within which the private career college’s credit risk score falls, as indicated in a report prepared by a credit rating agency, and
“B” is the private career college’s highest monthly unearned revenue account balance from fees paid by students in respect of vocational programs during the college’s most recent fiscal year that ended before the day the annual premium is assessed.
Table
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Range of credit risk scores |
Percentage (%) |
The range of credit risk scores assigned to one third of the persons rated by the agency who have the highest degree of credit risk |
1.25 |
The range of credit risk scores assigned to one third of the persons rated by the agency who have a middle degree of credit risk |
1 |
The range of credit risk scores assigned to one third of the persons rated by the agency who have the lowest degree of credit risk |
0.75 |
(4) For the purposes of the formula in clause (3) (b), the percentage referred to in the description of “A” shall be 1.25 per cent and not the amount determined in accordance with the Table to subsection (3) if,
(a) a report by a credit rating agency is not available with respect to a particular private career college; or
(b) the private career college is a partnership or sole proprietorship and the partners of the partnership or the sole proprietor, as the case may be, have refused to consent to the Superintendent obtaining a report from a credit rating agency regarding their credit rating.
(5) For the purposes of the formula in clause (3) (b), a private career college’s unearned revenue account balance from fees paid by students in respect of vocational programs, for any given month in the college’s fiscal year, shall be determined in accordance with the following rules:
1. Determine the portion of any fees collected in previous months as prepaid fees that remains unearned at the beginning of the month.
2. Add the amount of any prepaid unearned fees collected during the month to the amount determined under paragraph 1.
3. Subtract from the sum determined under paragraph 2 the portion of the fees referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 that is earned by the private career college during the month.
Prorated amounts of founding surcharges, premium surcharges and subsequent annual premiums
27. If a private career college is required to pay an initial annual premium in a second or third registration period under subsection 25 (5), the Superintendent shall determine the amount of the founding surcharge payable under section 14, the premium surcharge payable under section 28 or the annual premium payable under section 26 in accordance with the following rules:
1. The annual premium is determined by,
i. determining the portion of the registration period that will elapse from the end of the 24-month period referred to in subsection 25 (1) until the last day of the period, and
ii. calculating the amount of the annual premium for the entire registration period in accordance with section 26 and reducing that amount proportionately to the portion determined under subparagraph i.
2. The founding surcharge or premium surcharge, as the case may be, is determined by calculating the amount of the surcharge in accordance with subsection 14 (4) or subsection 28 (3), as applicable, based on the annual premium calculated in accordance with subparagraph 1 ii.
Premium surcharge
28. (1) This section does not apply until after the end of the Fund’s last fiscal year in which a founding surcharge is payable under section 14.
(2) If, at the end of one of the Fund’s fiscal years, the value of the Fund is less than 3 per cent of the total gross revenues from vocational programs of all private career colleges in Ontario for the Fund’s previous fiscal year, as determined under subsection (5),
(a) the Superintendent shall, during the Fund’s next fiscal year, give notice of a premium surcharge to every private career college, together with the notice of annual premium sent under section 23; and
(b) subject to section 31, every private career college shall pay the premium surcharge in accordance with this section, in addition to the annual premium payable under section 26.
(3) The Superintendent shall determine the amount of a premium surcharge payable by a private career college by multiplying the amount of the college’s annual premium determined in accordance with section 26 or 27, by the number determined under subsection (4).
(4) The number referred to in subsection (3) shall be the number set out in Column 2 of the Table to this subsection opposite the percentage of the total gross revenues from vocational programs of all private career colleges in Ontario, as set out in Column 1 of the Table, that the value of the Fund was at the end of the Fund’s previous fiscal year referred to in subsection (2).
Table
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Percentage |
Number |
A percentage that is at least 2.25 per cent but less than 3 per cent |
3 |
A percentage that is at least 1.5 per cent but less than 2.25 per cent |
4 |
A percentage that is at least 0.75 per cent but less than 1.5 per cent |
5 |
A percentage that is less than 0.75 per cent |
6 |
(5) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (4), the total gross revenues from vocational programs of all private career colleges in Ontario shall be determined by adding the gross revenue from such programs of each private career college, as set out in the most recent financial statements filed by each college before the day on which the value of the Fund is assessed.
Levies
29. (1) This section applies only on or after January 1, 2009.
(2) Subject to section 31, the Superintendent may impose a levy on all private career colleges if,
(a) the value of the Fund falls below 1.5 per cent of the total gross revenues from vocational programs of all private career colleges in Ontario, as determined under subsection (4); and
(b) the Superintendent has reasonable grounds to believe that the money in the Fund or to be paid into the Fund will not be sufficient to meet projected payments out of the Fund in accordance with section 18.
(3) The Superintendent may give notice of a levy at any time during a fiscal year of the Fund, and the levy shall be paid by all private career colleges, in addition to any surcharge or premium that may be required to be paid in the fiscal year under section 14, 25, 26 or 28.
(4) For the purposes of clause (2) (a), the total gross revenues from vocational programs of all private career colleges in Ontario shall be determined by adding the annual gross revenue from such programs of each private career college, as set out in the most recent financial statements filed by each college before the day on which the value of the Fund is assessed.
(5) In determining whether to impose a levy, the Superintendent shall consult with the Board.
(6) The Superintendent shall determine the amount of a levy to be paid by all private career colleges taking into account the factors listed in subsection (7).
(7) The following are the factors to be considered in determining the amount of the levy:
1. The amount of any decline in the value of the Fund.
2. The projected amounts to be paid out of the Fund under Part VI over the 12-month period that follows the date the levy is payable.
3. The effect that the levy will have on the private career college sector.
(8) Despite subsection (6), the amount of the total levy to be paid by each private career college shall not be greater than 0.875 per cent of the total gross revenues from vocational programs of the private career college in the fiscal year of the college, as set out in the most recent financial statements filed by the college before the day on which the levy is imposed.
(9) Each private career college shall pay, subject to the limit set out in subsection (8), the same percentage rate of a levy.
Adjustment to payments
30. (1) If the Superintendent receives audited financial statements from a private career college under subsection 21 (2) indicating that the amount of any payment previously made by the college under section 22 was incorrect, the Superintendent may determine the amount, based on the audited financial statements and,
(a) if that amount is more than the amount of the payment previously received, shall give the college notice that it must pay the difference between the two amounts within 30 days of receipt of the notice; and
(b) if that amount is less than the amount of the payment previously received, shall pay the amount of the overpayment to the college.
(2) A private career college that receives notice of an adjustment to a payment for a fiscal year under clause (1) (a) shall remit the amount of the adjustment to the Superintendent within 30 days of receipt of the notice.
(3) If a private career college fails to remit the amount of the adjustment on the day it is due, the Superintendent shall charge interest on the unpaid amount at the interest rate payable on unpaid taxes under the Retail Sales Tax Act.
Exemption
31. (1) A private career college is exempt from making a payment referred to in section 22 once the private career college’s gross annual revenue from vocational programs in any of its fiscal years, as shown on its financial statements, equals or exceeds $25,000,000.
(2) A private career college that becomes exempt from making payments under subsection (1) continues to be exempt until the financial statements submitted to the Superintendent under section 21 indicate that the private career college’s gross annual revenue from vocational programs has fallen to less than $20,000,000.
(3) The gross annual revenue from vocational programs of a private career college that is exempted shall not be included when determining the total gross revenues from vocational programs of all private career colleges in subsection 14 (3) or in section 26, 28 or 29.
Security required
32. (1) For the purposes of section 6 of the Act and subject to subsection (7), every applicant for registration or for renewal of a registration under section 14 of the Act shall provide the Superintendent with security that meets the requirements described in this section in an amount determined under section 33.
(2) The security shall be made payable to the Crown and shall be one of the following:
1. A personal bond accompanied by collateral security.
2. A bond issued or guaranteed by an authorized issuer or guarantor.
3. A letter of credit issued or guaranteed by an authorized issuer or guarantor.
(3) The types of security referred to in subsection (2) shall be in a form approved by the Superintendent.
(4) The classes of negotiable security that may be accepted as collateral security for a personal bond under paragraph 1 of subsection (2) are,
(a) bonds issued or guaranteed by Canada; or
(b) bonds issued or guaranteed by any province of Canada.
(5) The security must meet the following specifications:
1. The amount of the security must become payable to the Crown upon the direction of the Superintendent.
2. The Superintendent may give the direction referred to in paragraph 1 in the circumstances described in section 34 at any time during the period covered by the security and, subject to subsection (6), up to six months after the last day of that period.
3. If the security is in the form described in paragraph 2 of subsection (2), the authorized issuer or guarantor is not entitled to cancel the security before it expires unless,
i. the authorized issuer or guarantor gives at least two months’ written notice to the Superintendent and to the private career college that the authorized issuer or guarantor wishes to cancel it, and
ii. the Superintendent gives the authorized issuer or guarantor a written acknowledgement of receipt of the notice under subparagraph i, specifying the date on or after which the security may be cancelled.
(6) Despite paragraph 2 of subsection (5) or any provision in a security instrument, an institution that provided a bond referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection (2) on behalf of a private career college as security under this Part shall not be required to pay the bond to the Crown after the last day of the period covered by it if, on or before the last day of that period, the private career college provided the Superintendent with a personal bond or letter of credit referred to in paragraph 1 or 3 of subsection (2).
(7) An applicant for registration, or for renewal of a registration, under section 14 of the Act is not required to provide security under this section if the applicant is a registered charity as defined in subsection 248 (1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and has a charity registration number issued by the Canada Revenue Agency.
Amount of security
33. (1) Subject to subsections (4), (6) and (7), the amount of the security shall be,
(a) in the case of an applicant for registration under the Act, the greater of,
(i) $10,000, and
(ii) the amount determined under subsection (2);
(b) in the case of an applicant for renewal of registration, the greater of,
(i) $10,000, and
(ii) the amount determined under subsection (3).
(2) For the purposes of clause (1) (a), the amount shall be equal to 10 per cent of the private career college’s gross annual revenue from fees that will be paid by students in respect of vocational programs during the private career college’s first 12 months of operation, as indicated in the applicant’s pro forma financial statements.
(3) For the purposes of subclause (1) (b) (ii), the amount shall be equal to 25 per cent of the private career college’s highest monthly unearned revenue account balance from fees paid by students in respect of vocational programs during the college’s last fiscal year that ended before the application for renewal is made, as set out in the college’s financial statements for that fiscal year.
(4) If the amount determined under subsection (2) or (3) is greater than $3,000,000, the amount of the security that an applicant must pay under subsection (1) is $3,000,000.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (3), a private career college’s unearned revenue account balance, from fees paid by students in respect of vocational programs, for any given month shall be determined in accordance with the following rules:
1. Determine the portion of any fees collected in previous months as prepaid fees that remains unearned at the beginning of the month.
2. Add the amount of any prepaid unearned fees collected during the month to the amount determined under paragraph 1.
3. Subtract from the sum determined under paragraph 2 the portion of the fees referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 that is earned by the private career college during the month.
(6) The Superintendent may,
(a) subject to subsection (4), increase the amount of the security to be provided by an applicant under this section if the applicant opens a campus or offers a vocational program at a campus that did not previously offer the program, or in any other circumstance in which the Superintendent is satisfied that the increased amount is necessary to provide appropriate protection for the students of a private career college; or
(b) decrease the amount of the security to be provided by an applicant under this section if the Superintendent is satisfied that the decreased amount will provide appropriate protection for the students of the private career college.
(7) If an applicant is exempt from paying premiums, surcharges or levies under section 31, the amount of security the applicant is required to provide under this section is $3,000,000.
(8) Any security provided by a private career college shall be deposited with the Superintendent and maintained in the amount required under this section.
Forfeiture of security
34. (1) The Superintendent may declare the security provided by a private career college under section 32 to be forfeited if either of the following events occurs:
1. A private career college has ceased to operate and discontinued all vocational programs before some of the students enrolled in the programs had completed their training.
2. The Superintendent has issued a proposal to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a private career college’s registration.
(2) If the Superintendent decides to declare a security to be forfeited under subsection (1), he or she shall do so within 12 months of having knowledge of the occurrence of the event that gave rise to the decision.
(3) Despite subsection (2), if the event that gives rise to the Superintendent’s decision to declare a security to be forfeited occurred before the day this Regulation comes into force, the Superintendent may make the declaration within 12 months of the day this Regulation comes into force.
(4) Upon declaring a security to be forfeited,
(a) the amount of the security becomes due and owing by the person bound by the security as a debt due to the Crown in right of Ontario; and
(b) the Superintendent shall direct the person bound by the security to pay the amount of the security to the Crown.
(5) The Superintendent may take such measures as he or she sees fit for the enforcement of the security, including by taking measures under the Personal Property Security Act, or by bringing a proceeding under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Courts of Justice Act, the Corporations Act, or the Winding-up and Restructuring Act (Canada), for the appointment of an interim receiver, custodian, trustee, receiver or liquidator, as the case may be.
Transition
35. (1) Subject to this section, any security that was provided by a private career college before the day this Regulation comes into force and that is in effect on that day shall continue in effect after that day.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), if a private career college provides new security to the Superintendent after the day this Regulation comes into force but before January 1, 2009, the security shall meet the requirements of this Part.
(3) Until January 1, 2009, the amount of any security provided by a private career college shall be determined in accordance with subsections 9 (2.2) to (2.9) of Regulation 939 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General) made under the Private Career Colleges Act, despite their revocation.
(4) Despite subsection (3), until January 1, 2009, an applicant for registration or for renewal of registration is not required to provide security in accordance with subsection (3) if the applicant is a registered charity as defined in subsection 248 (1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and has a charity registration number issued by the Canada Revenue Agency.
(5) If the Superintendent declares the security provided by a private career college to be forfeited after the day this Regulation comes into force but before January 1, 2009, the following rules apply to the making and paying out of any claims for the proceeds of the security:
1. Any former student of the private career college who had not completed a vocational program on the day the program was discontinued may file a claim with the Superintendent for a refund of any unearned fee paid in respect of the program.
2. A claim by a former student shall be made within six months after the day the Superintendent declares the security to be forfeited.
3. The Superintendent shall not pay any claims made under paragraph 2 until the expiry of the six-month period for making claims.
4. If, after the expiry of the six-month claim period, the Superintendent determines that the total amount of the claims against the security exceed the amount of the security, the Superintendent may reduce the amounts to which the students would otherwise be entitled on a proportional basis in accordance with the amount of the security available.
5. Despite paragraph 3, the Superintendent may pay claims made by former students and training completion costs before the expiry of the six-month claim period if the Superintendent has reasonable grounds to believe that the total amount to be paid out of the proceeds will not exceed the amount of the security.
(6) Any bond provided by a private career college under paragraph 2 of subsection 32 (2) that has not been declared to be forfeited shall, as of January 1, 2009, be deemed to be cancelled and no further liability attaches to the bond.
(7) Before a security is deemed to be cancelled under subsection (6), the private career college that provided the security shall provide the Superintendent with new security that satisfies the requirements of section 33 and that will be in effect as of January 1, 2009.
(8) Despite any provision in this Part or under the Private Career Colleges Act or any provision in a security instrument, an institution that provided a bond under paragraph 2 of subsection 32 (2) on behalf of a private career college shall not be required to pay the security to the Crown after the security expires or is cancelled if, upon the expiry or cancellation of the security or its deemed cancellation under subsection (6), the private career college provided the Superintendent with either a letter of credit or a personal bond that meets the requirements of this Part.
Part VI
Training Completion and Refund of fees where private career college ceases to operate
Definitions
“forfeited security” means security declared to be forfeited under section 34.
General limitation
37. All amounts referred to in sections 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 are subject to the rules and limits set out in section 47.
Duty to provide training completion, refunds
38. (1) The Superintendent shall ensure that training completion or refunds are provided to the former students of a private career college in accordance with this Part if the private career college,
(a) has ceased to operate; and
(b) has discontinued one or more of its vocational programs before the former students enrolled in the program completed the program.
(2) In carrying out his or her responsibilities with respect to the provision of training completion under this Part, the Superintendent may have regard to a training completion plan prepared by a private career college under section 39.
Training completion plan
39. (1) Every private career college shall include a copy of its training completion plan with respect to a vocational program in every application for approval of the vocational program submitted under section 23 of the Act.
(2) A training completion plan shall be in a form approved by the Superintendent.
(3) A training completion plan shall,
(a) identify one or more persons, private career colleges or organizations that the private career college believes are capable of providing training completion to its students in the event that the college should cease to operate; and
(b) include a statement explaining how this training will allow the students to complete their training in the vocation and a comparison of the vocational program that was discontinued and the vocational program or training that could be provided by the person, private career college or organization referred to in clause (a).
(4) If events have occurred that would affect the information referred to in clause (3) (a) or (b) or any other information in the training completion plan, the private career college shall make such changes as are necessary to the plan.
(5) A private career college shall give the Superintendent written notice of any changes to a training completion plan, including a description of the changes, within five days of the changes occurring.
Approval of training completion provider
40. (1) If one or more students of a private career college have not completed a vocational program in the circumstances described in subsection 38 (1), the Superintendent shall use his or her best efforts to identify and approve a person, private career college or organization for the purposes of providing training completion to the former students.
(2) The Superintendent may approve one or more persons, private career colleges or organizations for the purposes of providing the training completion to the former students of a private career college if,
(a) the person, private career college or organization is capable of providing training that is comparable in content and quality to that of the discontinued vocational program in which the former students had been enrolled;
(b) the person, private career college or organization is reasonably accessible to the former students;
(c) the person, private career college or organization agrees to provide the training completion on such terms as may be determined by the Superintendent; and
(d) the cost of the training completion is less than the maximum amount payable under subsection 47 (6).
(3) A person, private career college or organization may be approved to provide training completion under subsection (2) even if the person, private career college or organization has not been approved by the Superintendent to provide the vocational program to which the training completion relates.
(4) The Superintendent shall contact the former students of a private career college by such method as the Superintendent considers appropriate and advise the former students as to whether training completion is available and, if so, identify the one or more persons, private career colleges or organizations that will be providing the training completion.
(5) A former student shall, within 14 days of being advised that training completion is available, inform the Superintendent in writing as to whether he or she chooses to attend training completion.
(6) The Superintendent may collect such information as he or she considers necessary before advising former students under subsection (4).
Where training completion available
41. (1) If the Superintendent approves a person, private career college or organization to provide training completion to the former students of a private career college,
(a) except as provided under subsection (2), no person shall charge the former students a fee in respect of their participation in the training completion;
(b) the Superintendent shall pay the training completion costs referred to in section 45 to the person, private career college or organization that provides the training completion to the former students; and
(c) the Superintendent shall pay the following amounts to the former students:
(i) amounts to pay for expenses described in section 42 incurred by former students while participating in the training completion, and
(ii) any refunds that may be claimed under section 43 by former students who refuses to participate in the training completion.
(2) A person, private career college or organization that provides training completion to the former students of a private career college that has ceased to operate in the circumstances described in subsection 38 (1), or the Superintendent, may charge a former student fees in respect of their participation in the training completion if,
(a) at the time the private career college ceased operating, the former student owed all or part of his or her fees in respect of a vocational program to the private career college; and
(b) the training completion agreement between the person, private career college or organization and the Superintendent provides for the recovery of the unpaid fees by the Superintendent or the person, private career college or organization, as the case may be.
Student expenses re: training completion
42. (1) The Superintendent shall reimburse out of the Fund, in accordance with this section, the following expenses incurred by former students of a private career college while participating in training completion provided under this Part:
1. Any reasonable costs, as determined by the Superintendent, incurred in order to provide care to children or other persons who are dependent on the student for care while the student attends training completion.
2. Any reasonable transportation costs, as determined by the Superintendent, incurred in travelling to and from the place at which training completion is provided.
(2) The Superintendent shall not reimburse any expenses except to the extent that they have been approved under subsection (4).
(3) A former student of a private career college who anticipates incurring any of the expenses referred to in subsection (1) while participating in training completion shall prepare an estimate of the expenses and submit it to the Superintendent for approval under subsection (4), together with documentation in support of the estimate required by the Superintendent, at the time the student informs the Superintendent in writing that he or she chooses to participate in training completion.
(4) The Superintendent shall approve the reimbursement of the expenses to a former student in accordance with the following rules:
1. If the expenses would not have been necessary in order for the former student to complete his or her training in the vocational program had it not been discontinued, the Superintendent shall approve the reimbursement of all of the expenses.
2. If a portion of the expenses would have been incurred in order for the former student to complete his or her training in the vocational program had it not been discontinued, the Superintendent shall approve the reimbursement of only the portion of the expenses that exceeds the expenses that would have been incurred had the discontinued vocational program not been discontinued.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), if a former student submits to the Superintendent a request for reimbursement of the approved expenses, together with the evidence that the expenses were incurred, the Superintendent shall pay the amount out of the Fund.
(6) The Superintendent shall not reimburse expenses under subsection (5) if the request for reimbursement, together with the evidence that the expenses were incurred, is not received by the Superintendent within 90 days of the former student completing the training.
Refund if student refuses training completion
43. (1) A former student of a private career college who is advised by the Superintendent that training completion is available but who refuses to participate in it may submit a claim to the Superintendent for a refund of all or part of the fees that were paid to the private career college in respect of a discontinued vocational program.
(2) The Superintendent shall pay a former student who makes a claim under subsection (1),
(a) the portion of the fees that were paid to the private career college in respect of a discontinued vocational program that were unearned by the college on the day the vocational program was discontinued; or
(b) if the Superintendent has reasonable grounds to believe that participation in the training completion would have caused the former student undue hardship, all fees that were paid by the former student to the private career college in respect of the discontinued vocational program.
(3) Despite subsection (2), the Superintendent shall not pay a claim for a refund under this section unless the claim is submitted to the Superintendent within the claim period specified in section 46.
(4) A person who submits a claim under this section shall provide the Superintendent with such information in support of the claim as the Superintendent may require.
Refunds if training completion not available
44. (1) A former student of a private career college who is advised by the Superintendent that training completion is not available may submit a claim to the Superintendent for a refund of all fees that were paid to the private career college in respect of a discontinued vocational program.
(2) The Superintendent shall not pay a claim for a refund under this section unless the claim is submitted to the Superintendent within the claim period specified in section 46.
(3) A person who submits a claim under this section shall provide the Superintendent with such information in support of the claim as the Superintendent may require.
Payment of training completion providers’ costs
45. (1) The Superintendent shall pay the costs of providing the training completion incurred by the persons, private career colleges or organizations who provide the training completion.
(2) The amount of the training completion costs shall be as agreed between the Superintendent and the person, private career college or organization who provides the training completion.
Time period for making student claims
46. If a private career college ceases to operate in the circumstances described in subsection 38 (1), any claims by former students for a refund under section 43 or 44 shall be submitted to the Superintendent on or before the day that is six months after the day the Superintendent declared the security provided by the private career college to be forfeited.
Payment of student claims and training completion costs
47. (1) If a private career college ceases to operate in the circumstances described in subsection 38 (1), the Superintendent shall pay in accordance with this section,
(a) the training completion costs referred to in section 45, if the Superintendent approves a person, private career college or organization to provide training completion to the former students of the private career college; and
(b) any claims made by former students for expenses under section 42 or for refunds under section 43 or 44.
(2) The training completion costs referred to in clause (1) (a),
(a) shall be paid in priority to any claims by former students referred to in clause (1) (b); and
(b) may be paid before the expiry of the time period for making claims under section 46.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Superintendent shall not pay any claims made by former students until the expiry of the time period for making such claims under section 46.
(4) The Superintendent may pay training completion costs under section 45 or claims under sections 42 to 44 made by former students before the expiry of the time period referred to in subsection (3) if he or she reasonably determines at the time of making the payments that the total amount of the payments will not reduce any payment to former students of another private career college whose security has been declared to be forfeited under section 34 prior to the making of the payments.
(5) Subject to subsections (6) and (8), the Superintendent shall pay the amounts referred to in subsection (1) out of the Fund,
(a) first from the proceeds of the security that was provided by the private career college and declared to be forfeited under section 34; and
(b) from General Fund Money, after the proceeds referred to in clause (a) have been exhausted.
(6) The maximum amount to be paid out of the Fund under subsection (5) shall be the lesser of,
(a) $3,000,000; or
(b) the sum of the amount of the proceeds from the security provided by the private career college and 75 per cent of the General Fund Money, as determined on the day the Superintendent makes the payments.
(7) In determining the amount of the General Fund Money under subsection (6), the Superintendent shall not include any General Fund Money allocated to pay amounts referred to in subsection (1) in respect of all private career colleges that ceased to operate in the circumstances described in subsection 38 (1) at any time before the time at which the private career college referred to in subsection (6) ceased to operate.
(8) If, after the expiry of the time period under section 46 for making student claims, the Superintendent determines that the total amount to be paid out of the proceeds of a forfeited security and out of General Fund Money under subsection (5) exceeds the maximum amount payable under subsection (6), the Superintendent may reduce the payments to be made out of General Fund Money to former students of the college on a proportional basis so that the maximum amount is not exceeded.
Where proceeds from forfeited security excessive
48. If the amount of the proceeds from a forfeited security exceeds the amount required to satisfy all claims made against the security under this Part, the Superintendent shall pay the excess amount to the person bound by the security at any time after the expiry of the time period for making claims under section 46.
Subrogation
49. Upon making a payment out of the Fund with respect to a claim by a former student of a private career college or in order to pay any training completion costs incurred by a person, private career college or organization approved under section 40, the Superintendent is subrogated to all rights of recovery of the student, person, private career college or organization against the private career college that ceased to operate, its directors and officers, and may bring an action to enforce such rights.
Transition
50. (1) Despite anything in this Part, no payment shall be made out of General Fund Money with respect to training completion costs and claims by former students prior to January 1, 2009.
(2) Until January 1, 2009, the training completion costs and claims by former students referred to in subsection (1) shall be paid entirely from the proceeds of the private career college’s forfeited security in accordance with subsection 35 (5).
Commencement
51. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day section 55 of the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.