O. Reg. 349/16: LIVING AND LEARNING GRANT

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ontario regulation 349/16

made under the

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act

Made: October 5, 2016
Filed: October 31, 2016
Published on e-Laws: October 31, 2016
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: November 19, 2016

Amending O. Reg. 282/13

(LIVING AND LEARNING GRANT)

1. (1) Subsection 2 (1) of Ontario Regulation 282/13 is amended by adding the following clause:

(e.1) has applied for a student loan;

(2) Section 2 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(1.1) The Minister may make a Living and Learning Grant to an individual for a period of study commencing on or after August 1, 2016 if the individual satisfies the conditions set out in subsection (1), or the following conditions:

1. The individual provides evidence, as required by the Minister, that the individual,

i. has previously been a Crown ward and was adopted on or after August 1, 2013 after being placed for adoption by a society as defined in the Child and Family Services Act, or

ii. is or will be eligible to receive care and maintenance but has chosen not to receive care and maintenance.

2. The individual is a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) or a protected person within the meaning of subsection 95 (2) of that Act.

3. The individual meets the residency requirements that must be met in order to receive a student loan, as set out in section 6 of Ontario Regulation 268/01 (Prescribed Financial Institutions and Ontario Student Loans made after July 31, 2001) made under the Act.

4. The individual is enrolled at an approved institution in an approved program of study.

5. The individual is taking at least the minimum required course load for the approved program of study in which he or she is enrolled.

6. The individual has applied for a student loan.

7. If the individual is described under subparagraph 1 i, he or she,

i. is or will be 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 or 24 years of age as of the first day of the period of study for which the grant is needed,

ii. meets the criteria mentioned in section 10 of Ontario Regulation 268/01 for being issued a certificate of loan approval, and

iii. is not ineligible for a certificate of loan approval for a student loan under section 14, 15 or 15.1 of Ontario Regulation 268/01.

8. If the individual is described under subparagraph 1 ii, he or she,

i. is or will be 18, 19 or 20 years of age as of the first day of the period of study for which the grant is needed, and

ii. is not ineligible for a certificate of loan approval for a student loan under section 15.1 of Ontario Regulation 268/01.

9. The individual is not the subject of a determination made by the Minister under section 42.1 of Ontario Regulation 268/01, as a result of which the individual is ineligible to receive a certificate of loan approval for a student loan at the time of the application for the grant.

(3) Subsection 2 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) Despite clause (1) (f) and subparagraphs 7 i and 8 i of subsection (1.1), an individual who reaches the age of 18 years or 21 years, as the case may be, during the period of study for which the Living and Learning Grant is needed is, if otherwise eligible, eligible to receive the grant commencing the first day of the month following the month in which the individual turns 18 or 21.

2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Maximum number of grants

2.1 (1) The Minister shall not make a Living and Learning Grant to an individual more than four times.

(2) The Minister shall not make more than one Living and Learning Grant to an individual in an academic year.

Commencement

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

 

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