2020/21 Final Operating Grants

Government is providing an additional $134 million in operating grants to school districts in 2020/21 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 and 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 in 2020/21, $26.9 million more than 2019/20.

Supplement Rate Increases

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
Overview of the 2020/21 Operating Grant Allocation Formula	PDF
2020/21 Operating Grant Tables  (updated June 2021)	PDF
Summary of Grants to Date, 2020/21  (updated June 2021)	PDF

Funding for Graduated Adult Enrolment

• 2020/21 Graduated Adult Enrolment and Funding (PDF)  (updated June 2021)