5. Policy related to student assistance plans offers another interesting source of comment on day care. In some cases the comment is through specific inclusion in the plan; in most cases it is more noteworthy by its exclusion. For example, the Canada Student Loan Plan does not provide for day care as an allowable expense. The newest version of the Ontario . Student Assistance Plan (OSAP)² allows for the inclusion of day care expenses. Under OSAP, grants and loans are available to both full- and part-time learners attending colleges and universities in Ontario. Each student is expected to contribute to her own educational expenses out of her family's income (including her spouse). The amount of the non-repayable grant is determined by a needs assessment test. Expenses over and above the amount of the grant may be covered by a repayable loan. Allowable educational expenses for single-parent/students include: tuition, books and equipment, personal living expenses, travel, and day care expense.

^1. Province of Alberta, "Operational plan for early childhood services quoted in H. P. Hepworth, Day care services for children, (op. cit.), Appendix E, pp. 155 - 160.

² .Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities, "Financial assistance for students", Guidelines for the Ontario Student Assistance Program, 1978-79, (Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities, 1978).