ontario regulation 97/02

made under the

education act

Made: March 8, 2002
Filed: March 12, 2002
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 30, 2002

Amending O. Reg. 476/98

(Transition Assistance Grants, No. 2)

1. (1) Clause 1 (1) (b) of Ontario Regulation 476/98 is revoked.

(2) Clause 1 (1) (d) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(d) the proof of payment respecting matters other than severance set out in Column 2 of the document referred to in section 2 shows that payment was made before August 31, 2002.

(3) Subsection 1 (1.1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the purposes of clause (1) (a)” in the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting “the purposes of this Regulation”.

(4) Subsection 1 (1.2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the purposes of clause (1) (a)” in the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting “the purposes of this Regulation”.

(5) Subsection 1 (2) of the Regulation is revoked.

2. Section 2 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the Capital and Operating Grants Administration Branch” and substituting “the Business Services Branch”.

3. The Regulation is amended by adding the following sections:

3. The grant, if any, paid to a board under section 1 with respect to severance shall not exceed the amount set out in Column 2 of the Table opposite the name of the board.

4. (1) If the Minister is satisfied that a board whose name is set out in Column 1 of the Table has paid an amount before August 31, 2002 with respect to a matter, other than severance, that is set out in Column 2 of the document referred to in section 2 opposite the name of the board in Column 1 of that document, a grant is payable to the board with respect to the matter equal to the amount paid by the board, less all grants, if any, paid to the board under section 1 in respect of the same matter.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the total of all grants paid to a board under subsection (1) shall not exceed the amount set out in Column 3 of the Table opposite the name of the board.

5. (1) If the Minister is satisfied that a board has paid an amount before August 31, 2002 with respect to a matter, other than severance, that is set out in Column 2 of the document referred to in section 2 opposite the name of the board in Column 1 of that document, a grant is payable to the board with respect to the matter equal to the amount paid by the board, less the total of all grants, if any, paid to the board under section 1 or 4 in respect of the same matter.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the total of all grants paid to a board under this section shall not exceed the amount by which “A” exceeds “B”, in which,

  “A” is the total of all amounts in Column 3 of the document referred to in section 2 that are set out opposite,

(a) the name of the board in Column 1 of that document, and

(b) matters in Column 2 of that document, other than severance, and

  “B” is the sum of all grants, if any, received by the board under section 1 or 4, or under both sections, in respect of those matters.

6. (1) Despite sections 3, 4 and 5, no grant is payable to a board in respect of a matter set out in Column 2 of the document referred to in section 2 unless the following conditions are satisfied:

1. The payment by the board in respect of the matter is made in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the memoranda and attachments described in the Schedule.

2. If the grant is in respect of a matter set out entirely in capital letters in Column 2 of the document referred to in section 2, the board made the expenditure in respect of the matter in accordance with a communications technology plan,

i. that was agreed to by all of the boards having jurisdiction in the area to which the plan applies, and

ii. that was approved by the Minister.

(2) The Minister shall approve a communications technology plan referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection (1) if the plan provides for a co-ordinated system of communication to enable the boards to which the plan applies to communicate efficiently with their schools, with each other and with the Ministry.

4. The Regulation is amended by adding the following Table:

 

TABLE/TABLEAU

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