The Manitoba authorities is strengthening the province’s schooling system by growing funding for kindergarten to Grade 12 faculties by $100 million for the 2023-24 faculty 12 months, representing a rise of 6.1 per cent in working funding, Schooling and Early Childhood Studying Minister Wayne Ewasko introduced at the moment.
“Our authorities believes that each one college students should succeed no matter the place they reside, their background or circumstances, and this 12 months’s funding will present an working funding improve to every faculty division throughout the province,” stated Ewasko. “Each division will see a rise in funding subsequent 12 months, which can assist them interact college students and spend money on the packages and providers that may finest meet the wants of native communities.”
Since 2016-17, operational funding to colleges has elevated by $328 million or 23 per cent, the minister famous.
This 12 months’s annual funding contains a rise of $100 million together with:
- $62.9-million improve in working assist together with an extra $20 million to deal with value pressures, $5 million for particular wants together with will increase in different current grants;
- $8-million improve in capital assist funds;
- $24-million improve to the Property Tax Offset Grant; and
- further $5-million improve for unbiased faculties.
The Manitoba authorities can be investing one other $106 million to make one-time funding offered to high school divisions final 12 months everlasting. This contains $22 million to assist scholar presence and engagement to facilitate the implementation of Protected and Caring Colleges, the brand new coverage directive and motion plan for enhancing scholar presence and engagement.
Making this funding everlasting will assist faculty divisions reply to monetary pressures, strengthen scholar studying and helps, and supply further assist for college kids with particular studying wants. Constructing these will increase into the annual funding allotment to colleges will guarantee these funds stay accessible now and into the long run, the minister stated.
“This vital funding in kindergarten to Grade 12 schooling retains Manitoba among the many highest per-pupil funded provinces throughout Canada,” stated Ewasko. “This funding continues to focus on our ongoing dedication to enhancing literacy and numeracy and strengthening Indigenous schooling.”
The minister famous work continues on the event of a brand new schooling funding mannequin, with one-to-one consultations deliberate with every faculty division post-budget.
The minister famous at the moment’s announcement builds on different current investments to strengthen Manitoba’s schooling system with a concentrate on steady enchancment together with:
- offering an extra $900,000 to extend the Intensive Newcomer Help Grant to $1.8 million, serving to faculties present helps for newcomers coming into Manitoba’s schooling system;
- establishing the Manitoba Schooling Council to take a provincewide method to planning, implementing and monitoring Manitoba’s Ok to 12 Schooling Motion Plan;
- finishing the development of seven new faculties since 2019, with seven further faculties within the design or development section;
- investing $5 million in 57 new initiatives below the Lecturers’ Thought Fund; and
- launching an motion plan on scholar presence and engagement.
For extra info on faculty funding, go to: https://edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/finance/schfund/index.html.
(Province of MB Information Launch)
