2019/20 Estimated Operating Grants
Government is providing an additional $116 million in operating funding to school districts next year for a total of about $5.338 billion. For the first time since 2006, every B.C. school district is forecasted to see an increase in funding for next school year. Including all operating funding for school districts, the average per student funding in 2019/20 is estimated at $10,678, more than 10% higher than in 2016/17.
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 this year.
| 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 |
Preliminary operating grants are released by March 15 every year, and provide school districts with funding rates and estimates to support their budgeting process for the next school year.
Please refer to the following documents for more details and district specific grant estimates.
2019/20 Operating Grants Manual (PDF)
2019/20 Operating Grant Tables (PDF) (updated March 2019)
Overview of the 2019/20 Operating Grant Allocation Formula (PDF) (updated March 2019)
Summary of Grants to Date, 2019/20 (PDF) (updated March 2019)
2019/20 Estimated Operating Grants Summary by School District (updated March 2019)
- School District 5 (PDF)
- School District 6 (PDF)
- School District 8 (PDF)
- School District 10 (PDF)
- School District 19 (PDF)
- School District 20 (PDF)
- School District 22 (PDF)
- School District 23 (PDF)
- School District 27 (PDF)
- School District 28 (PDF)
- School District 33 (PDF)
- School District 34 (PDF)
- School District 35 (PDF)
- School District 36 (PDF)
- School District 37 (PDF)
- School District 38 (PDF)
- School District 39 (PDF)
- School District 40 (PDF)
- School District 41 (PDF)
- School District 42 (PDF)
- School District 43 (PDF)
- School District 44 (PDF)
- School District 45 (PDF)
- School District 46 (PDF)
- School District 47 (PDF)
- School District 48 (PDF)
- School District 49 (PDF)
- School District 50 (PDF)
- School District 51 (PDF)
- School District 52 (PDF)
- School District 53 (PDF)
- School District 54 (PDF)
- School District 57 (PDF)
- School District 58 (PDF)
- School District 59 (PDF)
- School District 60 (PDF)
- School District 61 (PDF)
- School District 62 (PDF)
- School District 63 (PDF)
- School District 64 (PDF)
- School District 67 (PDF)
- School District 68 (PDF)
- School District 69 (PDF)
- School District 70 (PDF)
- School District 71 (PDF)
- School District 72 (PDF)
- School District 73 (PDF)
- School District 74 (PDF)
- School District 75 (PDF)
- School District 78 (PDF)
- School District 79 (PDF)
- School District 81 (PDF)
- School District 82 (PDF)
- School District 83 (PDF)
- School District 84 (PDF)
- School District 85 (PDF)
- School District 87 (PDF)
- School District 91 (PDF)
- School District 92 (PDF)
- School District 93 (PDF)
- Provincial Total (PDF)
Funding Estimator Program for 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22
Funding and Allocation makes available to boards a tool to assist in estimating their funding for the next three years.
The Estimator is in the form of an Excel workbook and can be input with a district's projected enrolments to estimate a particular year's funding.
A customized Estimator for a district will be provided on request by e-mail to Michael Lebrun.
