Education funding for school boards, 2025–2026
Find information on education funding for school boards for this year and previous years.
Overview
We provide most of the operating revenue for publicly funded school boards through core education funding. This includes funding for:
- classroom staffing
- learning resources
- special education
- school facilities
- student transportation
- school board administration
School boards: Use this page to find your 2025–2026 core education funding information. Bookmark it so you can refer to it during the school year.
2025–2026 core education funding
We provide information about core education funding to school boards through memoranda to the sector. We notify school boards when we make changes to education funding.
Read Memorandum 2025 B02: 2025–2026 Education funding (PDF).
Appendix B - 2025-26 Responsive Education Programs Allocations (PDF).
Ministry publications
Core education funding projections for the 2025–2026 school year
Find tables containing projected board-by-board allocations of core education funding for the 2025–2026 school year. We prepared these projections, which are based on enrolment and other information provided by school boards.
The tables also contain board-by-board allocations from the prior year.
Technical guide for school boards, 2025-2026
The technical guide contains:
- the details of the different funds and their purpose
- the details of the funding formulas
- other criteria for funding to school boards
We use the funding formulas and criteria to calculate school boards’ 2025–2026 allocations for budgeting and financial reporting purposes.
Guide to the 2025-2026 Special Education Fund
This guide provides a simple overview of the Special Education Fund.
Specialized equipment allocation (SEA) 2025–2026 directives
The Specialized Equipment Allocation (SEA) 2025–2026 Directives, Spring 2025, outline the purpose of SEA funding, the eligibility criteria, SEA funding processes and reporting requirements for school boards.
Education Capital Policies and Programs Manual
This manual provides guidance to school boards on the capital funding programs and policies, including processes and accountability measures, that support capital infrastructure.
Implementation criteria for select student success programs
This document provides guidance on the intended purpose and recommended use of funds to support the success and well-being of those students who are at greater risk of poor academic achievement.
Previous years
- 2024-2025 Education funding
- 2023–2024 Education funding
- 2022–2023 Education funding
- 2021–2022 Education funding
- 2020–2021 Education funding
- 2019–2020 Education funding
- 2018–2019 Education funding
Contact us by email for funding information from prior years.
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