In yesterday’s Throne Speech, Lieutenant-Governor Janet Austin outlined the NDP government’s plan to tackle a number of significant challenges facing our province, such as rising costs of living, the housing crisis, access to public health care, public safety, violent crime, and mental health supports. Specific to the K-12 education and childcare sectors, the Throne Speech …
Following the recent ratification of the BCTF collective agreement BCTF labour settlement funding and funding for Excluded and Exempt staff wage increases has been added to the Summary of Grants to Date tables for 2022/23. Labour settlement funding for support staff, Classroom Enhancement Fund, and CommunityLINK will be announced later. Please contact Tim.Jah@gov.bc.ca if you …
The First Nations Education Steering Committee, the Ministry of Education and Child Care, and Indigenous Services Canada encourage registrants to review the participant package, and to remind those interested to register for the B.C. Tripartite Education Agreement’s AMT, Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 10:00 am ‑ 12:00 pm PT. Important details can be found in this backgrounder.
Workforce absence reporting will not be required for the week of Monday February 20, 2023 due to the Family Day Statutory holiday on that day. Reporting will recommence on the following week of February 27, with reports continuing to be due by the end of day each Tuesday of the same week. Please contact Brett.Wilmer@gov.bc.ca …
Agendas for the Feb. 9 All Superintendents Meeting and the Feb. 10 Partner Liaison Meeting are now available. Please review these agendas in advance of the meetings at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Vancouver to help ensure meaningful dialogue.
Please join us on February 13 for a presentation by Victor Glickman and Todd Milford on data literacy. They will explore the knowledge, skills, and abilities involved in constructing and using student-level data and information to tell data stories. Register now to save your spot.
Beginning Sept. 1, 2023, the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative will be expanded to include children enrolled in half-day preschool programs and children in Grade 1 and older enrolled in school-aged care programs. More information on the expansion of this initiative will be shared in next week’s DM Bulletin and on the ChildCareBC Website.
The First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC), the Ministry of Education and Child Care, and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) invite you to register by January 31, 2023, for this year’s B.C. Tripartite Education Agreement (BCTEA) Annual (Virtual) Meeting on Transportation to Public Schools. This year’s meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 10:00 am ‑ 12:00 pm PT and will include …
Accelerating the adoption of mass timber in public infrastructure construction continues to be a provincial priority. As such, new capital projects, including schools, will be required to consider mass timber in their design. Visit Planning and designing wood schools in British Columbia for helpful resources. The Office of Mass Timber Implementation was created by the …
Please read the Summary Financial Statements letter for important information regarding the Office of the Auditor General‘s audit of the SFS and a list of school districts included in the Core and Extended audit samples. Please direct any questions you may have to Ian.Aaron@gov.bc.ca.
