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2019/20 Final Operating Grants

Last updated on February 1, 2024

Government is providing an additional $169 million in operating grants to school districts in 2019/20 for a total of $5.399 billion. 

The ministry is improving equity in the system by increasing funding rates that support students with special needs, Indigenous education and rural students. The rate for Indigenous Education is increasing 17.9%, rates for rural and remote districts are increasing approximately 9% and rates for students with special needs between 4%-9%. The basic per-student allocation for standard, alternate and continuing education schools is also increasing in 2019/20. 

Supplement Rate Increases
Supplement 2019/20
Rate Increase		 2019/20
Rates
Basic Allocation (excluding Distributed Learning) $49.38 $7,468.00
Summer (Gr 1-9) $3.00 $215.00
Summer (Gr 10-12) $7.00 $439.00
Students with Special Needs ‒ Level 1 $3,600.00 $42,400.00
Students with Special Needs ‒ Level 2 $800.00 $20,200.00
Students with Special Needs ‒ Level 3 $450.00 $10,250.00
English / French Language Learners $75.00 $1,495.00
Indigenous Students $220.00 $1,450.00
Non-graduated Adult Education $77.00 $4,773.00
Student Location Factor (elementary) $6.96 $266.46
Student Location Factor (secondary) $9.28 $355.28
Small Community N/A N/A
Low Enrolment N/A N/A

Please refer to the following documents for more details and district specific grant estimates:
2019/20 Operating Grants Manual  (PDF) PDF
Overview of the 2019/20 Operating Grant Allocation Formula  (updated March 2019) PDF
2019/20 Operating Grant Tables  (updated April 2020) PDF
Summary of Grants to Date, 2019/20  (updated June 2020) PDF
 

2019/20 Final Operating Grants Summary by School District (updated April 2020)


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