2021/22 Final Operating Grants

Government is providing an additional $320 million in operating grants to school districts in 2021/22 for a total of $5.853 billion. 

The ministry is increasing the basic per-student allocation for standard, alternate and continuing education schools by 4.3% for 2021/22.

Other changes include:

• An additional $69.6 million for students with special needs, an 11.1% increase.
• An additional $7.5 million in the Indigenous Education Targeted Funding, an 8.2% increase.
• An additional $3.7 million for English and French Language Learners (ELL/FLL), a 3.6% increase.

Supplement Rate Increases

Supplement	2021/22 Rate Increase	2021/22 Rates
Basic Allocation    (standard, continuing education and alternate schools)	$325.00	$7,885.00
Basic Allocation (online learning)	$260.00	$6,360.00
Students with Special Needs ‒ Level 1	$1,850.00	$44,850.00
Students with Special Needs ‒ Level 2	$880.00	$21,280.00
Students with Special Needs ‒ Level 3	$450.00	$10,750.00
English / French Language Learners	$65.00	$1,585.00
Indigenous Education	$65.00	$1,565.00
Non-graduated Adult Education	$207.00	$5,030.00
Student Location Factor (elementary)	$11.52	$282.45
Student Location Factor (secondary)	$15.36	$376.60
Small Community Supplement	N/A	N/A
Low Enrolment Factor	N/A	N/A

Please refer to the following documents for more details and district specific grant estimates:

2021/22 Operating Grants Manual	PDF
Overview of the 2021/22 Operating Grant Allocation Formula	PDF
2021/22 Operating Grant Tables  (updated June 2022)	PDF
Summary of Grants to Date, 2021/22  (updated June 2022)	PDF

 

Funding for Graduated Adult Enrolment

2021/22 Graduated Adult Enrolment and Funding  (PDF)  (updated June 2022)