2019/20 Final Operating Grants
Last updated on February 1, 2024Government 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 | 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 |
| 2019/20 Operating Grants Manual (PDF) | |
| Overview of the 2019/20 Operating Grant Allocation Formula (updated March 2019) | |
| 2019/20 Operating Grant Tables (updated April 2020) | |
| Summary of Grants to Date, 2019/20 (updated June 2020) |
2019/20 Final Operating Grants Summary by School District (updated April 2020)
- 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 for Graduated Adult Enrolment
- 2019/20 Graduated Adult Enrolment and Funding (PDF) (updated April 2020)