Ministry fundingfor SD5 - details

From Ministry data (operating grants manual):

First, here is the provincial totals for education funding:

2008-2009: $4.467 billion
2009-2010: $4.551 billion
2010-2011: $4.551 billion
2011-2012: $4.551 billion

note how the amount stops growing... bet the costs of doing business won't stop growing....

now for SD5...

Category ........ 2008-09 recal'ed .... 2009-10 estimate .... change
Basic (enrolment-based) $ 31,312,908 ..... $ 30,525,948 ....... (-)$ 786,960
Supplemental Funding
Enrolment decline ......... $ 0 ..................... $ 236,962 ........... (+)$ 236,962
Unique student needs .. $ 4,160,356 ........ $ 4,136,186 .......... (-)$ 24,170
Salary differential ........ $ 1,560,857 ......... $ 1,521,623 .......... (-)$ 39,234
Labour settlement ........$ 4,807,319 ......... $ 5,708,333 ......... (+)$ 901,014
Unique geographic .......$ 4,295,290 ......... $ 4,163,771 .......... (-)$ 131,519
Transport & housing ....$ 1,461,021 ...........$ 1,461,021 .......... 0
Summer learning .........$ 46,000 ..................0 ....................... (-)$ 46,000

Total grant ..................$ 47,643,751 .........$ 47,753,844 ........ (+)$ 110,093

Note how our funding for unique student needs has dropped! So has the basic amount.

As a result, just to maintain current levels of service.... well, the board can't.

SD5 details:
Basic enrolment amounts include $157,977 for DL students, $526,590 for Alternate schools, and $1,281 for course challenges...

Enrolment decline supplement is based on a loss of 134.5 students over this year, and a total of 101 students since 2006-07.

Unique student needs money is done as follows:
-$32,000 per 'level 1' (physically dependent/Deafblind) student = $ 224,000
-$16,000 per 'level 2' ( Moderate to profound Intellectual Disability, Physical Disability, or Chronic Health, Visual Impairment, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Autism Spectrum) student = $ 2,288,000
-$8,000 per 'level 3' (Intensive Behaviour, Serious Mental Illness) student = $ 1,000,000
-$1,174 per ESL student = $ 7,044
-$1,014 per Aboriginal Education student (targetted funding) = $ 596,232
-$20,910 for Adult Education

Labour settlement funding includes money to cover the R & R award, harmonization costs, TTOC costs, ....

Unique geographic amounts include:
-Small community factor: $ 1,468,040
-Low enrolment factor: $ 1,029,495
-Rural factor: $ 908,037
-Climate factor: $ 286,157
-Sparseness factor: $ 472,042

The source documents are on file in the FDTA office....