Funding

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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.

• Mar 30

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  What will this year’s budget mean for schools?

  Education won’t be hit as hard as some other sectors, but it will be hit nonetheless, and there are a number of hard choices ahead. People for Education has analyzed the possible impact of some of the coming changes to funding and policy.

• Mar 27

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  Education funding cut in 2012 budget

  There will be substantial changes in education over the next three years, as a result of Ontario's 2012 budget.

• Feb 15

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  Drummond recommends steep cuts in education

  Don Drummond’s report on Ontario’s public services recommends massive change, including significant cuts in education.

• Feb 11

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  Drummond report may recommend changes to education

  Economist Don Drummond’s recommendations for reforms to Ontario’s public policy to be released on February 15, may include cuts to all-day kindergarten and changes to class size caps.

• Jan 09

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  Education funding for 2012: “The party’s over.”

  The economic downturn, the $16 billion provincial deficit and a new report from Don Drummond will drive changes in every Ontario ministry - including education. Funding for education will be protected to some extent, but not completely.

• Sep 25

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  Candidates go to school

  The Education Day debate in Owen Sound focused on school closings.

• Apr 01

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  Ontario’s education funding for 2011/12

  On March 31, 2011, Ontario's Ministry of Education announced details of education funding for 2011/12. The funding, which is mostly earmarked for the Grants for Student Needs (GSN), includes some increases and some cuts.

• Nov 11

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  School closings report
  People for Education 2009

  A 2009 People for Education report shows that school closings will increase every year for at least the next three years.

• Oct 29

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  Can we have an adult conversation about taxes?

  Hugh Mackenzie, economist and past People for Education board member, explains why paying taxes is important for all of us.