2019-20 Grants for Student Needs

The Ministry of Education provides information about Grants for Student Needs (GSN) funding to school boards through memoranda to the sector.

Ministry publications

Technical paper

The Technical paper 2019-20 contains:

  • an overview of the grant formulas
  • the details of the grant formulas
  • other criteria for education funding through the Grants for Student Needs (GSN)

These are used to calculate school boards’ 2019-20 allocations for budgeting and financial reporting purposes.

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Grants for Student Needs projections for the 2019-20 school year, revised May 2019

Find tables containing projected board-by-board allocations of the Grants for Student Needs (GSN) including other related information for the 2019-20 school year. The funding projections have been prepared by the Ministry of Education and are based on enrolment and other data provided by school boards.

The tables also contain board-by-board allocations from prior years.

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2019-20 Education funding: a guide to the Grants for Student Needs

Learn how Ontario schools are funded, how funding decisions are made and how those decisions support your child's achievement in school.

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2019-20 Education funding: a guide to the Special Education Grant

This guide provides an overview of special education and how it is funded in Ontario.

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Special education funding guidelines: Special Equipment Amount (SEA), 2019-20

The Special Equipment Amount (SEA) guidelines outline the purpose of SEA funding, the eligibility criteria, SEA funding processes and reporting requirements for school boards.

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Special education funding guidelines: Special Incidence Portion (SIP), 2019-20

The Special Incidence Portion (SIP) guidelines outline the purpose of SIP funding, the eligibility criteria, funding processes and reporting requirements for school boards.

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2019-20 Guiding principles for the student success, Grade 7 to 12 allocation in the Grants for Student Needs (GSN) – Learning Opportunities Grant (LOG) funding

These guidelines have been developed to assist district school boards in their allocation of funds received as part of the Student Success, Grade 7 to 12 allocation within the Learning Opportunities Grant (LOG) portion of the Grants for Student Needs (GSN).

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List of schools eligible for Rural and Northern Education Fund allocation, revised July 2019

Find a list of schools eligible for funding through the Rural and Northern Education Fund allocation. The list comprises schools in which at least half of the students are from rural communities, with modifications made by board of trustees’ motion.

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Reciprocal Education Approach

Base fee amounts per school board for 2019-20 under the Reciprocal Education Approach

ItemName of district school board2019-20 (Estimates)
Tuition fee per pupil – elementary
($)
2019-20 (Estimates)
Tuition fee per pupil – secondary
($)
1.Algoma District School Board$12,670$14,331
2.Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board$11,219$11,627
3.Avon Maitland District School Board$11,068$11,782
4.Bluewater District School Board$10,555$11,713
5.Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board$11,028$11,083
6.Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board$11,893$12,212
7.Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario$11,446$11,875
8.Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario$12,711$14,208
9.Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir$12,654$13,537
10.Conseil scolaire catholique Providence$13,045$15,280
11.Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien$13,156$15,385
12.Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales$25,395$25,821
13.Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Grandes Rivières$15,789$18,707
14.Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Centre-Est de l’Ontario$12,151$13,066
15.Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario$14,506$17,689
16.Conseil scolaire de district catholique Franco-Nord$15,846$19,049
17.Conseil scolaire de district du Nord-Est de l’Ontario$16,536$34,017
18.Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario$17,340$27,825
19.Conseil scolaire Viamonde$13,358$17,004
20.District School Board of Niagara$10,501$10,882
21.District School Board Ontario North East$14,286$16,014
22.Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board$10,337$10,807
23.Durham Catholic District School Board$10,330$10,776
24.Durham District School Board$10,096$10,725
25.Grand Erie District School Board$10,476$11,366
26.Greater Essex County District School Board$10,648$11,094
27.Halton Catholic District School Board$9,795$9,925
28.Halton District School Board$9,987$10,148
29.Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board$10,534$10,959
30.Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board$10,618$11,123
31.Hastings & Prince Edward DSB$10,879$12,500
32.Huron Perth Catholic District School Board$12,058$12,389
33.Huron-Superior Catholic DSB$13,900$13,535
34.Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board$10,292$11,102
35.Keewatin-Patricia District School Board$15,335$16,736
36.Kenora Catholic DSB$16,743$15,166
37.Lakehead District School Board$12,020$12,381
38.Lambton Kent District School Board$10,730$11,659
39.Limestone DSB$11,038$12,025
40.London District Catholic School Board$10,430$10,997
41.Near North District Catholic School Board$12,459$13,145
42.Niagara Catholic District School Board$10,618$11,013
43.Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board$14,133$14,388
44.Northeastern Catholic District School Board$15,699$14,882
45.Northwest Catholic District School Board$17,497N/A
46.Ottawa-Carleton District School Board$10,691$11,091
47.Ottawa Catholic District School Board$10,570$11,196
48.Peel District School Board$10,403$10,707
49.Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board$10,439$10,775
50.Rainbow District School Board$11,970$12,582
51.Rainy River District School Board$15,934$17,997
52.Renfrew County Catholic District School Board$12,463$12,563
53.Renfrew County District School Board$11,869$13,311
54.Simcoe County District School Board$10,120$10,603
55.Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board$10,376$11,227
56.St. Clair Catholic District School Board$11,088$11,432
57.Sudbury Catholic District School Board$12,186$13,223
58.Superior-Greenstone District School Board$20,224$29,364
59.Superior North Catholic District School Board$26,477N/A
60.Thames Valley District School Board$10,331$10,678
61.Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board$12,292$12,525
62.Toronto Catholic District School Board$10,844$11,504
63.Toronto District School Board$11,144$11,733
64.Trillium Lakelands District School Board$11,236$11,503
65.Upper Canada District School Board$10,909$12,324
66.Upper Grand District School Board$10,351$10,875
67.Waterloo Catholic District School Board$10,373$10,401
68.Waterloo Region District School Board$10,239$10,464
69.Wellington Catholic District School Board$11,114$11,747
70.Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board$10,767$11,250
71.York Catholic District School Board$10,178$10,465
72.York Region District School Board$10,276$10,609
ItemName of isolate board school authority2019-20 (Estimates) Tuition Fee Per Pupil
1.James Bay Lowlands Secondary School Board$25,843
2.Moose Factory Island District School Area Board$14,896
3.Moosonee District School Area Board$18,340
4.Penetanguishene Protestant Separate School Board$12,635

Supporting regulations

References

Previous years

For older funding information please contact:

Education Labour and Finance Division (edulabfinance@ontario.ca)

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