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For students on '''income assistance or PPMB''' assistance who are authorized to attend full-time funded studies (see above), if the student receives funds such as money from an RESP, a training allowance, or grants, bursaries, or scholarships (other than grants, bursaries or scholarships under the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act), the Ministry can exempt those funds up to the total of their “day care costs,” “education costs,” and “education-related living costs” (see EAR, Schedule B, s 8 for definitions). | For students on '''income assistance or PPMB''' assistance who are authorized to attend full-time funded studies (see above), if the student receives funds such as money from an RESP, a training allowance, or grants, bursaries, or scholarships (other than grants, bursaries or scholarships under the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act), the Ministry can exempt those funds up to the total of their “day care costs,” “education costs,” and “education-related living costs” (see EAR, Schedule B, s 8 for definitions). | ||
Other students who receive income assistance or PPMB benefits can have funds from training allowances, student loans, grants, bursaries, scholarships, or RESPs exempted by the Ministry as their income up to the amount of their “education costs” and “childcare costs.” Section 8 of Schedule B to the EAR defines those terms. This applies if: | Other students who receive '''income assistance or PPMB benefits''' can have funds from training allowances, student loans, grants, bursaries, scholarships, or RESPs exempted by the Ministry as their income up to the amount of their “education costs” and “childcare costs.” Section 8 of Schedule B to the EAR defines those terms. This applies if: | ||
* the student is the dependent child (under 19) of a recipient of income assistance or PPMB benefits (note: dependent children may also have education and childcare costs exempted from any federal or provincial student loans they receive); | * the student is the dependent child (under 19) of a recipient of income assistance or PPMB benefits (note: dependent children may also have education and childcare costs exempted from any federal or provincial student loans they receive); | ||
* the person is a part-time student in a program that is not eligible for student loan funding; | * the person is a part-time student in a program that is not eligible for student loan funding; | ||