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Overview. This operating procedure provides further details on establishing tuition and ancillary fees based on the Minister’s binding policy directive on tuition and ancillary fees, which is issued according to the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002. This operating procedure, first issued in fall 2003, applies to all ...
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Refund Policy This tuition and ancillary fee refund policy applies to all students whether or not their enrolment is eligible for funding through the Core Operating Grant. A college cannot require a student to waive his or her right to a refund as a condition of the student’s enrolment in a full-time program.
2.0 Finance and Administration Tuition and Ancillary Fees Minister’s Binding Policy Directive Issued: April 2003 Revised: December 2013 Page 2 Purpose and Application Each college is a non-share corporation and except as may be varied by regulation has incidental powers set out in the Corporations Act, including the power to establish fees.
- Purpose and application
- Glossary
- Compulsory ancillary fees: Ancillary fees that a student is required to pay in order to enrol in or successfully complete any course or program of instruction. There are two types of compulsory ancillary fees:
- High demand program of instruction: A postsecondary program of instruction eligible for funding under the Core Operating Grant for which colleges have the discretion to charge fees above the maximum permitted for regular fee programs.
- Late fees: Both lump-sum and percentage-based fees charged over and above a student’s tuition fees if a student does not pay tuition and/or ancillary fees before payment deadlines.
- Postsecondary program of instruction: A group of related courses that conforms to the levels of learning articulated in the Credentials Framework and leads to the awarding of a credential. There are two types of postsecondary programs of instruction:
- Prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR): A process that uses a variety of tools to help learners reflect on, identify, articulate and demonstrate past learning. Prior learning can be acquired through study, work and other life experiences that are not recognized through formal transfer of credit mechanisms.
- Regular fee program: A postsecondary program of instruction for which colleges must establish a tuition fee within the minimum and maximum fees specified in Table 1 in order to be eligible for funding under the Core Operating Grant. Regular fee programs include the following types of activity:
- During the tuition fee freeze regular fee programs are not to be converted to high demand programs.
- (3) Despite subsection (1), an individual who does not meet the residency requirement described in that subsection shall be deemed to meet the residency requirement for the purposes of issuing a grant or student loan if,
- The calculation of the tuition fee consists of three parts:
- Tuition fees for program standard implementation
- For a student whose enrolment in a college-university collaborative program of instruction is eligible for the Core Operating Grant, a tuition fee is to be established as follows:
- Calculating full-time tuition fees for tuition short programs of instruction
- Weekly fee
- Part-time activity
- Calculating regular tuition fees for part-time activity
- Calculating part-time high demand fees for courses exclusive to the program of instruction
- Calculating part-time high demand fees for courses not exclusive to a single program of instruction
- Other part-time activity
- Fees may be charged for the following prior learning assessment and recognition activities:
- Establishing tuition fees for new programs of instruction
- New regular fee programs of instruction
- College boards of governors may set the tuition fee for new high demand programs at a level commensurate with the tuition charged for comparable programs in other Ontario colleges. Fees should not exceed the maximum fees charged by other comparable Ontario college programs. Comparable programs will be identified by the assigned ministry program code (MTCU code) used to identify programs that are broadly similar in their vocational objectives and titles.
- Colleges may extend as an employee benefit tuition fee bursaries for part or all of tuition fee expenses to the dependents of employees. Students receiving the benefit are eligible to be included in the enrolment audit if the following criteria are met:
- Exempt students
- Note: The following students are not exempt from international student tuition fees:
- Categories of individuals exempt from international student tuition fees are as follows:
- For all categories of individuals who are exempt from paying international student tuition fees, the status they hold (e.g., permanent resident, protected person, Convention refugee, worker) that enables them to be eligible for exemption is to be valid and their permits/documents current during the academic period for which they have sought exemption. Otherwise, they will be subject to the international student tuition fees.
- The following students are not considered automatically eligible for exemption from international student tuition fees, but colleges may choose to waive, in full or in part, the international student tuition fees:
- Tuition fees for students with permanent disabilities
- For the purposes of this policy, the definition of permanent disability is:
- student is required to identify himself or herself to the appropriate person at a college’s accessibility services office and present documentation confirming the disability and the need for a reduced course load as a learning accommodation. Such documentation must satisfy the college that it meets the following criteria:
- Determining eligibility for reduced fee
- Communication
- Reporting of tuition fees
- Colleges will be responsible for determining provincial residency status if tuition fees for the purpose of applying any tuition fee increase for out-of-province students. An additional data field in the College Statistical Enrolment Report (CSER) for provincial residency will be provided to identify out-of-province students.
- Colleges are required to report tuition fees and enrolment for the following:
- Ancillary fees
- Distinction between tuition fees and ancillary fees
- These revenues are understood to support the following items and services and therefore no ancillary fees may be charged for them:
- Compulsory ancillary fees
- Except for those ancillary fees exempt from the protocol agreements detailed on the following pages, all other compulsory ancillary fees levied by a college must:
- Protocol agreements for introducing new compulsory ancillary fees and increasing existing compulsory ancillary fees
- The minimum requirements for a protocol agreement document are provided in
- Ancillary fees that are exempt from the requirements of the protocol for introducing and increasing fees are listed below:
- For those ancillary fees exempt from the protocol agreement, colleges are expected to limit fee increases to reflect the reasonable cost of providing service to students. Colleges are also required to:
- Non-compliance with the ancillary fee policy
- Ancillary fees for collaborative college-university programs of instruction
- Ancillary fee reporting
- Errors and adjustments
- General
- Student governing body representatives and the college administration are to work together to develop a protocol agreement. A protocol agreement will come into effect provided all of the following requirements are met:
- Mediation
- Fees for travel and accommodation expenses for compulsory field placements
- Fees for travel and accommodation expenses for compulsory field trips
- Fees for program specific learning materials, equipment and clothing retained by students
- Fees for materials for which the college acts as a broker for a vendor providing material to students such as leases for laptop computers
- Fees for co-op programs
- Health fees
- Student activity fees
- Athletic fees
- Fees to support the construction, maintenance and/or lease of capital facilities not normally eligible for capital grants
This operating procedure provides further details on establishing tuition and ancillary fees based on the Minister’s Binding Policy Directive on Tuition and Ancillary Fees, which is issued pursuant to the
Ancillary fees: Fees charged to support services and activities distinct from academic programming or general overhead for the institution. Examples of ancillary fees include convocation fees, student activity fees, athletic fees, health care and insurance fees, field trip fees and fees associated with the cost of buildings such as student centres...
program ancillary fees which are compulsory for students in applicable programs institutional ancillary fees which are compulsory for all students Auditing student: An individual who has declared attendance in a course or program of instruction on a non-participating basis and who is not seeking evaluation. College-university collaborative program:...
International student: A foreign national who is authorized under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) to enrol as a student in an educational institution in Canada.
Out-of-province student: A student who is a Canadian citizen within the meaning of Citizenship Act or a person registered as an Indian within the meaning of the Indian Act, a permanent resident within the meaning of the
Basic postsecondary program: Conforms to the levels of learning articulated in the Credentials Framework and leads to the awarding of one of the following credentials: Ontario College Certificate, Ontario College Diploma or Ontario College Advanced Diploma (see Appendix A, Minister’s Binding Policy Directive on Framework for Programs of Instruction...
Challenge process: A method of assessment, other than portfolio assessment, developed and evaluated by subject-expert faculty to measure an individual’s learning achievement against course learning outcomes. The process measures demonstrated learning through a variety of written and non-written evaluation methods for the purpose of awarding credit ...
full-time regular postsecondary basic programs part-time activity tuition-short programs prior learning assessment and recognition Student Access Guarantee: The name of a set of ministry policies and processes that coordinate institutional and government financial aid to students attending public Ontario universities and colleges so as to more full...
Note: In full-time programs, the above minimum and maximums apply to the base annual tuition fee.
neither the individual, nor any of his or her other expected contributors, has resided in any province or territory of Canada other than Ontario for 12 or more consecutive months; and the individual, is or will be attending an approved institution in Ontario on a full-time basis and, as of the day the application is made, the individual resides i...
tuition fee factor portion of the program covered by the tuition fee annual base tuition fee for the program of instruction The tuition fee is calculated for a full-time postsecondary student by multiplying the annual fee for the program of instruction by the tuition fee factor for the same program and then multiplying the result by the portion of ...
If an existing program is being revised as a result of a program standard implementation the tuition fee cannot be increased if a new MTCU code is assigned. Programs that remain in the same MTCU code or are re-classified to another MTCU code are considered to be existing, not new programs. A college’s submission to the ministry for a program stan...
When a student is enrolled and reported simultaneously at both a college and a university, the tuition fee is to be the weighted average of the tuition fees for the program of instruction of both institutions. The weighting used to calculate the tuition fee is the same as that used for enrolment reporting purposes outlined in the operating procedur...
The tuition fee for a full-time student enrolled in a tuition short program of instruction where enrolment is eligible and reported for the Core Operating Grant is calculated by multiplying the number of program weeks by the weekly fee.
The weekly fee is the tuition established for a period equivalent to five trainee days. Colleges are to pro-rate the fees established for programs with delivery schedules other than five hours per day and five days per week. Refer to the operating procedure Enrolment Reporting and Audit Guidelines for further details.
All students whose part-time enrolment is eligible and reported for the Core Operating Grant and who are enrolled at the same time in the same course are to pay the same tuition fee. Exceptions for specific students are set out below.
The course tuition fee for a student enrolled in a regular-fee part-time course is calculated by multiplying the total student contact hours by the part-time fee per student contact hour for the course. The part-time fee per student contact hour is calculated by dividing the annual full-time tuition fee by the number of hours in the program for th...
A student admitted and enrolled part-time in a high demand fee program of instruction is to pay high demand fees for courses that are exclusive to that program of instruction. The part-time fee for each course that is exclusive to the program of instruction is determined by pro-rating the full-time program tuition fee for the semester or year over ...
For courses that are not exclusive to a single program of instruction, the lowest tuition fee for all programs that share the course will apply. For example, if a course were common to a program of instruction with high demand fees and a program of instruction with regular tuition fees, the regular tuition fee would apply. If the course is common t...
Colleges may establish tuition fees at levels they deem appropriate for part-time activity that is not eligible for the Core Operating Grant.
challenge process: one challenge process evaluation is done for each course for which a prior learning assessment and recognition candidate is seeking academic credit portfolio assessment: one portfolio assessment is done for each course for which a prior learning assessment and recognition candidate is seeking academic credit portfolio development...
The protocol for establishing fees for new programs of instruction is given below. New programs are subject to the provisions for calculating tuition fees as given above under
An annual tuition fee is established for each full-time regular-fee program of instruction, such that the tuition fee falls between the minimum and maximum established by the ministry as shown in Table 1: Regular Programs: Maximum and Minimum Annual Base Tuition Fees.
Colleges requesting funding approval from the ministry for any new high demand program are required to indicate the proposed fee on the Request for Approval for Funding Form and in the Program Funding Approval and Administration Module (PFAAM). The ministry will review the appropriateness of the comparator programs chosen to set the tuition fee ra...
the student or another source pays the same tuition fee as other students enrolled in the same program/course in the same term and the same program level the remaining program delivery expenses over and above tuition fees are not covered by another source reimbursement of the tuition fees is not taken from revenues received from the Core Operating ...
International students are exempt from international student tuition fees under certain conditions as determined within ten business days of the beginning of the period of a student’s enrolment in a college course or program of instruction. Exempt students are to pay the regular or high demand tuition fees and their enrolment is eligible for the Co...
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
Eligible fees include those amounts approved by student governing body and the college’s board of governors as contributions towards the capital costs of construction, renovation or leasing facilities not normally eligible for capital grants.
The Tuition Fee Framework and Ancillary Fee Guidelines are intended to give direction to publicly-assisted university-level institutions on how to implement the 10% Tuition Fee reduction in 2019-20 and the Tuition Fee freeze in 2020-21, as set by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. These guidelines will be in effect for the ...
Minister’s Binding Policy Directives, and Operating Procedures. Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT) are established and governed by the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002 and Regulations for the Act: O.Reg. 34/03. A policy framework, consisting of a number of documents, sets out the roles and responsibilities ...
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Tuition fees for domestic Ontario residents will remain frozen at 2020-21 levels in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic years. Institutions will have the flexibility to increase tuition fees for domestic out-of-province students by 3 per cent in 2021-22 and by 5 per cent in 2022-23.
