Trustees approved the budget during their June 2 meeting. The 2020-2021 district budget calls for $385.8 million in operations and capital projects expenses. <\/p>\n
Finance department staff project a possible $400,000 surplus for the budget at the end of the fiscal year if there prove to be some cost savings or additional senior government financial aid. <\/p>\n
Budget report highlights include $48.9 million dedicated to special education programs and services. This equals 12.8 per cent of the total district expenses for the school year. <\/p>\n
Other budget highlights include $1 million for mental health support for district schools, $4.6 million in support funding for the district\u2019s Indigenous Education program, $1.2 million for ongoing remote and digital learning program support, $1.1 million invested in student technology aid, and $300,000 to support the Kemptville Apprenticeship Program. <\/p>\n
The district will also invest $50 million in school and childcare capital works projects, as well as additions, upgrades and retrofits to various school and district facilities. <\/p>\n
The budget has a $2.2 million contingency fund to support the district\u2019s COVID-19 response plan, including needed purchases of personal protective equipment, and approved sick leaves. This is extra money allocated in the district budget and does not include the $4 million that the Education Ministry has already provided for COVID-19 response needs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Upper Canada District School Board has its budget ready for the next school year. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"yoast_head":"\n