The program provides policy and program direction and financial support to elementary and secondary schools and agencies in Ontario in order to foster and sustain a high-quality education system for all students in this province, no matter where they live. The program aims to achieve three primary outcomes: excellence in student achievement; preparation of all students for success in further education, work, and community life; and improvement of Ontario's ability to compete in a global marketplace.
Key components of the program are: supporting the implementation of a rigorous curriculum, supporting student learning and maintaining challenging standards of achievement, and supporting excellence in teaching; provision of financial support to a streamlined and efficient education system with a focus on teaching and learning in the classroom, accountability for the funding of elementary and secondary education, and operation of provincial schools for the deaf, blind, deaf/blind and students with learning disabilities.
VOTE -ITEM # |
STANDARD ACCOUNT BY ITEM AND SUB-ITEMS | |||
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OPERATING EXPENSE | ||||
1002-1 | Policy and Program Delivery | |||
Salaries and wages | 43,088,000 | |||
Employee benefits | 6,334,700 | |||
Transportation and communication | 11,032,400 | |||
Services | 101,260,700 | |||
Supplies and equipment | 7,354,900 | |||
Transfer payments | ||||
School Board Operating Grants | 10,948,971,600 | |||
Education Programs - Other | 327,313,600 | |||
Education Quality and Accountability Office | 38,084,100 | |||
Canadian Education Association | 153,000 | |||
Centre franco-ontarien de ressources pdagogiques | 453,900 | |||
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada | 476,400 | |||
Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations | 45,000 | |||
Official Languages Projects | 2,900,400 | |||
Royal Conservatory | 853,000 | |||
Ontario Education Leadership Centre | 174,300 | |||
Ontario Young Travellers | 367,000 | |||
Miscellaneous Grants | 152,900 | |||
Reporting Entities Project | 3,860,300 | 11,323,805,500 | ||
Total Operating Expense to be Voted | 11,492,876,200 | |||
1002-2 | Educational Operations | |||
Salaries and wages | 43,128,100 | |||
Employee benefits | 6,287,900 | |||
Transportation and communication | 1,301,100 | |||
Services | 9,331,500 | |||
Supplies and equipment | 4,700,000 | |||
Transfer payments | ||||
Payments in lieu of municipal taxation | 63,800 | |||
Ontario Educational Communications Authority | 51,460,800 | 51,524,600 | ||
Total Operating Expense to be Voted | 116,273,200 | |||
Statutory Appropriations | ||||
Teachers' Pension Fund | ||||
Transfer payments | ||||
Statutory | Government Costs, the Teachers' Pension Act | 408,000,000 | ||
Total Operating Expense for Elementary and Secondary Education Program | 12,017,149,400 | |||
OPERATING ASSETS | ||||
1002-4 | Policy and Program Delivery | |||
Deposits and prepaid expenses | 750,000 | |||
Total Operating Assets to be Voted | 750,000 | |||
Total Operating Assets for Elementary and Secondary Education Program | 750,000 | |||
CAPITAL EXPENSE | ||||
1002-3 | Support for Elementary and Secondary Education | |||
Other transactions | ||||
Capital Investments | 6,400,000 | |||
Total Capital Expense to be Voted | 6,400,000 | |||
Total Capital Expense for Elementary and Secondary Education Program | 6,400,000 |