The Upper Grand District School Board has passed their budget for the 2020/2021 school year.
Trustees approved an Operating Budget of $416,337,588, and will use $2,014,455 of accumulated surplus to balance that budget.
The Capital Budget was approved at $49,126,629.
In late July, the province announced additional investments to support school reopening, followed by a Ministry memo on August 4 with details related to the funding.
Class size changes that will lower funding have been implemented for Grades 9-12, and in addition to that, students will be required to take two online credits to graduate from secondary school, effective for all students entering grade 9 in September 2020.
To recognize school boards’ sick leave experience, the Ministry is increasing the supply teacher benchmark by one additional day.
For more details on the UGDSB budget go to their website: https://www.ugdsb.ca/blog/upper-grand-district-school-board-approves-the-2020-2021-school-year-budget/