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 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