{"id":44098,"date":"2024-06-27T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=44098"},"modified":"2024-06-27T11:28:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T18:28:14","slug":"cost-of-living-adjustment-cola-and-salary-increases-for-administrators-in-leadership-roles","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/cost-of-living-adjustment-cola-and-salary-increases-for-administrators-in-leadership-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) and Salary Increases for Administrators in Leadership Roles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Funding for COLA and salary increases for administrators in leadership roles has been confirmed for the 2024\/25 school year. An overview of the labour settlement funding allocation methodology is also posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/administration\/resource-management\/k-12-funding-and-allocation\/operating-grants\/k12funding-24-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024\/25 Estimated Operating Grants web page<\/a>. Please contact the Funding and Allocation Unit at <a href=\"mailto:EDUC.FundingandAllocationUnit@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EDUC.FundingandAllocationUnit@gov.bc.ca<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n<!--noteaser-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2024-06-28\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday June 28 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) and Salary Increases for Administrators in Leadership Roles<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding for COLA and salary increases for administrators in leadership roles has been confirmed for the 2024\/25 school year. An overview of the labour settlement funding allocation methodology is also posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/administration\/resource-management\/k-12-funding-and-allocation\/operating-grants\/k12funding-24-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024\/25 Estimated Operating Grants web page<\/a>. Please contact the Funding and Allocation Unit at <a href=\"mailto:EDUC.FundingandAllocationUnit@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EDUC.FundingandAllocationUnit@gov.bc.ca<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost-of-Living Adjustment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 19, 2024, the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/releases\/2024FIN0013-000387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public Sector Employers\u2019 Council Secretariat (PSEC-S)<\/a> announced wage increase calculations and confirmed that unionized B.C. public sector employees with ratified collective agreements are receiving the maximum three percent increase. This calculation is based on the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) under the Shared Recovery Mandate, which is confirmed at one percent and then added to the guaranteed two percent increase under the collective agreements. In the K-12 sector, this applies to teachers, support staff and non-educator exempt positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the <strong>$60.8 million<\/strong> in COLA funding for public schools provided to the Ministry of Education and Child Care for the 2024\/25 school year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>$52.9 million<\/strong> has been allocated to the <strong>Operating Fund<\/strong> as a special grant by simulating the effect of flowing this funding through the operating grant rates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$7.6 million<\/strong> has been allocated to the <strong>Classroom Enhancement Fund (CEF)<\/strong> based on an estimate of districts\u2019 COLA costs for CEF staffing and overhead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$0.4 million<\/strong> has been allocated to <strong>CommunityLINK<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLA funding allocated to the Operating Fund and CEF will be adjusted based on actual CEF costs submitted by districts in fall 2024. Any CEF portion not required to cover actuals will be put back into the Operating portion of the COLA funding in the 2024\/25 recalculated operating grants announced in December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Salary Increases for Administrators in Leadership Roles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 22, 2024, PSEC-S confirmed that school districts will be provided with funding for 2024 salary increases for administrators in leadership roles (i.e., EN positions in EDAS \u2013 see page 2 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/administration\/resource-management\/k12funding\/24-25\/24-25-summary-of-operating-grant-announcement-may-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Summary of 2024\/25 Operating Grant Announcement<\/a>). The total funding amount is calculated based on a three percent increase to salaries, as reported in the April 2022 Annual Compensation Forecast (2021 Compensation Base Survey data projected to April 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>$15.9 million<\/strong> funding envelope has been allocated to districts as a special grant by simulating the effect of flowing this funding through the operating grant rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding provided is separate from the approval for providing salary increases to specific exempt staff, which must be approved by the BC Public School Employers\u2019 Association (BCPSEA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District allocations for COLA and exempt (EN) salary increases and revised CommunityLINK funding amounts are in the <strong>Summary of Grants to Date<\/strong>, 2024\/25, posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/administration\/resource-management\/k-12-funding-and-allocation\/operating-grants\/k12funding-24-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024\/25 Estimated Operating Grants web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funding for COLA and salary increases for administrators in leadership roles has been confirmed for the 2024\/25 school year. An overview of the labour settlement funding allocation methodology is also posted on the 2024\/25 Estimated Operating Grants web page. Please contact the Funding and Allocation Unit at EDUC.FundingandAllocationUnit@gov.bc.ca if you have any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[353],"release_date":[1133],"division":[383],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[323],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-44098","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2024-06-28","division-rmd","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-secretary-treasurers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/44098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/44098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44103,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/44098\/revisions\/44103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=44098"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=44098"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=44098"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=44098"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=44098"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=44098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}