776.41.12. In this Title,“designated educational institution” means an educational institution that the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports or the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology designates for the purposes of the loans and bursaries program for full-time studies in vocational training at the secondary level and for full-time studies at the postsecondary level established under the Act respecting financial assistance for education expenses (chapter A-13.3); “eligible student” for a taxation year means, subject to the second paragraph, a person who is 18 years of age or over during the year and who began, in the year, a recognized term of study at a designated educational institution where the person was enrolled in a recognized educational program;
“recognized educational program” means an educational program that provides that each student taking the program spend not less than 9 hours per week on courses or work in the program and that is,(a) if the educational institution is situated in Québec, an educational program recognized by the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports or the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology for the purposes of the loans and bursaries program for full-time studies in vocational training at the secondary level and for full-time studies at the postsecondary level established under the Act respecting financial assistance for education expenses; and
(b) if the educational institution is situated outside Québec, an educational program at the college level or at the university level or the equivalent;
“recognized term of study” means a term that is completed and during which a person was in full-time attendance at a designated educational institution.
However, a person is an eligible student only if the person’s enrolment in a recognized educational program at a designated educational institution is proven by filing with the Minister a declaration in the prescribed form issued by the designated educational institution and containing prescribed information.
2009, c. 5, s. 328; 2013, c. 28, s. 139.