- B.C. Home
- For the Record
- Children
- Child Care in B.C.
- Facts on Changes for Children and Families with Special Needs
- Facts on Funding for Students with Special Needs
- Increased Funding Enhances Services for Children in Care
- Provincial Investments In Literacy
- Province Places Emphasis on Early Learning Programs
- Supports for Youth in Care
- Waitlist Facts for Children and Youth with Special Needs
- Communities
- Community Development Trust Supports Forest Workers
- Funding Priorities for 2009/10 Community Gaming Grants
- Government Supports Sport In British Columbia
- Tourism Investments in B.C.
- Government Supports the Arts in British Columbia
- Supports for Victims of Crime in Merritt
- Improvement in Domestic Violence Prevention Since 2001
- Supports for Victims of Crime and Domestic Violence
- Provincial Support for Heritage Properties
- Province Continues Strong Support of Special Olympics
- Democratic Reform and Accountability
- Economy
- HST and Municipalities
- Agriculture Plan Highlights
- B.C. and Canada Finalize Olympic Security Arrangement
- British Columbia's Asia Pacific Initiative
- Economic Foundation in B.C. Remains Strong
- Facts about 2010 Olympics
- Facts on Harmonized Sales Tax
- Vancouver Convention Centre by the Numbers
- BC Place by the Numbers
- Facts About the BC Place Upgrade
- Facts about Mountain Pine Beetle Response
- Facts about Reforestation in B.C.
- Facts on Mining in British Columbia
- Facts on Public-Private Partnerships
- Facts on the Coastal Forest Sector
- Government Support for Ranchers, Meat Processors
- Mid-Rise Wood Frame Construction
- Removing Private Land from Tree Farm Licences
- Stronger Forest Sector for Communities
- Education
K-12- Vancouver Board of Education(SD 39) Finances
- The Facts on Declining Enrolment in B.C. Schools
- Foundation Skills Assessment
- Government Supports Sport In British Columbia
- School Seismic Mitigation Program
- Safe Schools
- Healthy Schools
- Unprecedented Investment in B.C. Education
- Making Education in B.C. Better Since 2001
- Class Size
- Province Increases Funds for School Lunch Program
- Provincial Investments In Literacy
- Province Places Emphasis on Early Learning Programs
- Education
Post-Secondary - Environment
- Bill 27 Helps Ensure 2020 GHG Reductions are Met
- British Columbia's Climate Action Plan
- Facts on B.C. Aquaculture
- Facts on BC Energy Plan
- Facts on Independent Power Production in British Columbia
- Facts on Offshore Oil and Gas Development
- Facts on The Vancouver Island Transmission Project (VITR)
- Facts on Uranium Mining in British Columbia
- Regulation of Logging in Community Watersheds
- Sustainable Environmental Stewardship of the Flathead
- First Nations
- Health Care
- B.C. Recognizes Important Role of Family Physicians
- Capital Investments in Health
- Facts on BC Ambulance Service
- Facts on Health Professionals
- Facts on Patient Wait Times
- Facts on Pharmacare
- Facts on Seniors Care in B.C.
- Facts on Zion Park Manor
- Health Care Reality Check
- Improving Seniors Care Since 2001
- Patient Safety in B.C.
- Provincial Acute Care Capacity
- Update on Paramedic Strike
- Labour and Workers
- Apprenticeship Training in British Columbia
- B.C. Provincial Nominee Program
- Community Development Trust Supports Forest Workers
- Facts about Construction Safety
- Facts on Construction Crane Safety in B.C.
- The Facts on Wages and Jobs in B.C.
- Facts on Paramedic Wages in B.C.
- Foreign Workers and Employment Standards
- Increased Protection for B.C. Farm Workers
- Skills Connect for Immigrants Program
- People in Need
- Community Living Eligibility Criteria Remains the Same
- Facts about Disaster Financial Assistance
- Housing Achievements in British Columbia
- HPO Reconstruction Loan Program Ended
- Income Assistance Caseload Facts
- Legal Aid Funding in British Columbia
- Province Delivers Supportive Housing in Victoria
- Province Helps Almost 900 Homeless People Find Homes
- Provincial Supports for Children & Low-Income Families
- Public Safety
- Budget 2009 and the Justice System
- Combating Drinking and Driving
- Combating Gangs
- Facts on Con Air
- Facts on Disaster Financial Assistance
- Facts on Fraser River Gravel Deposits
- Filmon Progress Report
- Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island Flood Mitigation
- Forest Fire Prevention: Everyone's Responsibility
- How the B.C. Government Helps Victims of Crime
- Improvement in Domestic Violence Prevention Since 2001
- Insurance for Search and Rescue Volunteers
- Police and Public Confidence
- Provincial Investments in Corrections
- Supports for Victims of Crime and Domestic Violence
- Seniors
- Taxpayers
- Transportation
- Women
VANCOUVER BOARD OF EDUCATION (SD 39) FINANCES
October 8, 2009
Ministry of Education
Media reports have focussed on provincial funding for the Vancouver School Board for capital projects. Here are the facts:
- The Vancouver board of education has reported a budget surplus every year since 1993. Last year alone, their accumulated operating surplus was $16.7 million.
- As of March 31, 2009, Vancouver had $11.1 million in unspent Annual Facilities Grant (AFG) funding, part of a $98 million surplus in districts province-wide.
- As of June 30, Vancouver reported that they still had more than $8.7 million in unspent AFG funds available.
- In September, the ministry gave approval for the board to access up to $5 million in restricted capital reserve funds, roughly half of its available capital reserves.
- In addition, the Province approved the board’s request to use $2.4 million of seismic funds realized from project savings towards planned capital work and high priority seismic projects.
- The ministry has encouraged the Vancouver board of education to retain $1.8 million in local capital reserve to meet emergent issues that may arise this year.
Since 2001/02, only one school has closed in SD 39. Over the same period, enrolment in the district has declined by more than 3,100 students, while operating funding has increased by $70 million – that’s an enrolment decline of 6.2 per cent and an increase in overall funding of 19.4 per cent. - Vancouver’s operating funding is expected to rise to $436 million this year, an estimated increase of $1.1 million over last year, while enrolment continues to decline. The district is expected to have 500 fewer students this year.
- The Province has invested nearly $1.15 million to establish and operate 18 StrongStart BC centres in Vancouver to support early learners.
- Since 2001, 32 capital and seismic projects worth more than $126 million have been completed in the Vancouver school district.
