The 2025/26 preliminary operating grants have been completed for all 60 boards of education. Total district allocations are based on estimated 2025/26 enrolments provided by boards of education and generate a provincial preliminary total of $7.251 billion. Detailed information on the Funding Allocation System is included in the Operating Grants Manual, which is available on …
The Ministry of Education and Child Care, the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC), and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) encourage you to register for this year’s BCTEA Joint Plan Drop-In Information Sessions on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, from 10:00 am-11:00 am PST and Tuesday, April 29, 2025 from 10:00 am-11:00 am PDT. Details are available in this …
Under section 37 of the Teachers Act, employers are required to remit the $95 annual practice fee for certificate holders employed with the board. Please review the information in News & Notices in the Employers’ Area and follow the payroll-deduction instructions to ensure you remit the 2025/26 fees before May 15, 2025. If you have …
Discipline outcomes are posted to enhance the transparency of the processes and decisions made with respect to complaints and reports about educators. Recently, an outcome was posted regarding Joseph Scott William McLeod, whose certificate was previously cancelled and who agreed to a lifetime ban on reapplying or being issued any authorization to teach in the …
As announced in today’s news release, the Ministry of Education and Child Care has finalized an agreement with the Government of Canada for National School Food Program (NSFP) funding. B.C. will receive up to $71.4 million over the next five years in additional school food program funding to complement Feeding Futures. The signing of this …
The ministry will be extending funding for the school districts included in the child care on school grounds pilots (Seamless Day Kindergarten, School Age Child Care, Just B4 licensed preschool, and the Integration Inquiry Project) to ensure the existing child care spaces families depend on are operational next school year. The ministry will be working …
Discipline outcomes are posted to enhance the transparency of the processes and decisions made with respect to complaints and reports about educators. Recently, an outcome was posted regarding Benjamin Joseph Freeman, whose certificate was suspended for three days.
The Ministry of Education and Child Care, the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC), and Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) encourage you to register for this year’s BCTEA virtual Annual Meeting on Transportation on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, from 10:00 am -12:00 pm PST. Details are available in this event backgrounder.
Discipline outcomes are posted to enhance the transparency of the processes and decisions made with respect to complaints and reports about educators. Recently, outcomes were posted regarding Michael James Granville Rhodes, whose certificate was suspended for four days, and Tariq Mahmood Malik, whose certificate was suspended for one month.
As part of the K-12 Literacy Supports Initiative, professional learning grants are in the process of being distributed to all school districts. Information on grant funding parameters will be included in the grant letters, along with additional guidance documentation to support district planning. Further to the K-12 Literacy Supports Information Sheet sent out last fall, …
