2020/21 Final Operating Grants
Government is providing an additional $134 million in operating grants to school districts this year for a total of $5.533 billion.
Children and youth in care, children living in low income families and a greater number of students with mental health challenges will benefit from a new $23-million supplement being allocated to school districts in 2020/21.
The ministry is improving equity in the system by continuing to increase funding to support students with special needs and Indigenous education. Students with special needs are being supported with $627 million in supplemental funding in 2020/21. Indigenous learners will benefit from $90.9 million in supplemental funding in 2020/21.
Students at rural schools will benefit from the largest one-year funding increase ever for their schools, with $322 million allocated this year, $26.9 million more than last year.
Supplement | 2020/21 Rate Increase |
2020/21 Rates |
---|---|---|
Basic Allocation (excluding Distributed Learning) | 92.00 | 7,560.00 |
Students with Special Needs ‒ Level 1 | 600.00 | 43,000.00 |
Students with Special Needs ‒ Level 2 | 200.00 | 20,400.00 |
Students with Special Needs ‒ Level 3 | 50.00 | 10,300.00 |
English / French Language Learners | 25.00 | 1,520.00 |
Indigenous Students | 50.00 | 1,500.00 |
Non-graduated Adult Education | 50.00 | 4,823.00 |
Student Location Factor (elementary) | 4.47 | 270.93 |
Student Location Factor (secondary) | 5.93 | 361.24 |
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:
- 2020/21 Operating Grants Manual (PDF)
- 2020/21 Operating Grant Tables (PDF) (updated June 2021)
- Overview of the 2020/21 Operating Grant Allocation Formula (PDF)
- Summary of Grants to Date, 2020/21 (PDF) (updated June 2021)
2020/21 Final Operating Grants Summary by School District (updated June 2021)
- 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
- 2020/21 Graduated Adult Enrolment and Funding (PDF) (updated June 2021)