Funding

Funding for schools is determined through a funding formula developed by the Ministry of Education. In this section, you can find more information about how schools are funded and some of the challenges schools and boards face in working within the funding formula.

  1. McGuinty: Cash-strapped school cafeterias need to get creative (Education in the news)

  2. Reforming junk-food teens: keep nutrition on menu at school cafeterias (Education in the news)

  3. More cuts coming to Toronto school board (Education in the news)

  4. ‘Caps’ mean special education students not getting help, People for Education report says (Education in the news)

  5. Hungry for more: Scarborough’s student breakfast programs suffer from lack of funding (Education in the news)

  6. People for Education’s analysis of the 2012 funding for education (P4E Reports)

  7. It’s time to re-think education for the digital age (Education in the news)

  8. School librarians bearing brunt of cuts, advocates say (Education in the news)

  9. Ontario teachers feel betrayed by ‘Education Premier’, union says (Education in the news)

  10. More than 120 Niagara teachers get layoff notices (Education in the news)

  11. Parents Reaching Out Grants: applications open till June 8th (Education in the news)

  12. Classroom assistants respond to education industry demands (Education in the news)

  13. School board votes to cut 200 teachers, 130 clerical staff (Education in the news)

  14. Ontario budget cuts angers students (Education in the news)

  15. What will this year’s budget mean for schools? (P4E news and views)

  16. Education funding cut in 2012 budget (P4E news and views)

  17. People for Education – One sheet analysis of Drummond report (Miscellaneous)

  18. The Drummond Commission Report: Read our analysis (Newsletter)

  19. Drummond recommends steep cuts in education (P4E news and views)

  20. Education funding: Is the party over? (Press release)

  21. Drummond report may recommend changes to education (P4E news and views)

  22. January Newsletter (Newsletter)

  23. Our January e-news (Newsletter)

  24. Education funding for 2012: “The party’s over.” (P4E news and views)

  25. Candidates go to school (P4E news and views)

  26. How is education funded in Ontario? (FAQ)

  27. P4E’s Questions for Political Candidates (Press release)

  28. Education funding technical paper, 2011-12 (Report)

  29. I heard that the Ministry of Education provides $500 in funding for every school council. Do we have to apply for this money? (FAQ)

  30. Who is the Minister of Education? What other ministers have roles in education? (FAQ)

  31. Ontario’s education funding for 2011/12 (P4E news and views)

  32. Newsletter P4E – Jan 2011 (Newsletter)

  33. A new goal for public education: Schools at the centre
    Annual report on Ontario’s publicly funded schools 2010 (P4E Reports)

  34. Newsletter P4E – Jan 2010 (Newsletter)

  35. School closings report
    People for Education 2009 (P4E news and views)

  36. Can we have an adult conversation about taxes? (P4E news and views)

  37. Education funding technical paper, 2009-10 (Report)

  38. The 17th OISE survey of educational issues (Report)

  39. Wanted: A renewed vision for public education
    Annual report on Ontario’s publicly funded schools (P4E Reports)

  40. Newsletter P4E – April 2009 (Newsletter)

  41. Ontario’s urban & suburban schools: a prescription for change (P4E Reports)

  42. Newsletter P4E – Jan 2009 (Newsletter)

  43. Newsletter P4E – Nov 2008 (Newsletter)

  44. Summary of results from People for Education’s annual report on Ontario’s elementary schools (P4E Reports)

  45. Ontario’s urban & suburban schools (P4E Reports)

  46. Newsletter P4E – May 2008 (Newsletter)

  47. Newsletter P4E – March 2008 (Newsletter)

  48. Public attitudes toward education in Ontario (Report)

  49. Public Education in Canada: Facts, Trends and Attitudes (Report)

  50. How Ontario’s education funding formula is shortchanging students (Report)

  51. How Funding for Schools Works, 2007 (P4E Reports)

  52. Back-to-school update on school board finances (P4E Reports)

  53. Ontario’s Northern Schools, 2003 (P4E Reports)

  54. Investing in public education (Rozanski Report) (Report)

  55. Special education in schools (P4E Reports)