The program provides policy and program direction, as well as 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 | 65,715,200 | |||
Employee benefits | 9,864,600 | |||
Transportation and communication | 11,976,400 | |||
Services | 66,877,200 | |||
Supplies and equipment | 8,354,900 | |||
Transfer payments | ||||
School Board Operating Grants | 13,098,141,500 | |||
Education Programs - Other | 360,493,700 | |||
Education Quality and Accountability Office | 32,084,100 | |||
Official Languages Projects | 29,934,600 | |||
Miscellaneous Grants | 2,395,500 | 13,523,049,400 | ||
Subtotal | 13,685,837,700 | |||
Less: Recoveries | 1,087,600 | |||
Total Operating Expense to be Voted | 13,684,750,100 | |||
Statutory Appropriations | ||||
Teachers' Pension Fund | ||||
Transfer payments | ||||
Statutory | Government Costs, the Teachers' Pension Act | 259,000,000 | ||
1002-2 | Educational Operations | |||
Salaries and wages | 51,464,300 | |||
Employee benefits | 7,580,400 | |||
Transportation and communication | 1,301,100 | |||
Services | 11,709,500 | |||
Supplies and equipment | 4,350,000 | |||
Transfer payments | ||||
Payments in lieu of municipal taxation | 63,800 | |||
LOffice des tlcommunications ducatives de langue franais de lOntario | 16,600,000 | |||
Ontario Education Communications Authority | 44,660,800 | 61,324,600 | ||
Total Operating Expense to be Voted | 137,729,900 | |||
Total Operating Expense for Elementary and Secondary Education Program | 14,081,480,000 | |||
OPERATING ASSETS | ||||
1002-4 | Policy and Program Delivery | |||
Deposits and prepaid expenses | 1,300,000 | |||
Total Operating Assets to be Voted | 1,300,000 | |||
Total Operating Assets for Elementary and Secondary Education Program | 1,300,000 | |||
CAPITAL EXPENSE | ||||
1002-3 | Support for Elementary and Secondary Education | |||
Transfer payments | ||||
School Board Capital Grants | 225,000,000 | |||
Other transactions | ||||
Support for Elementary and Secondary Education | 9,160,000 | |||
Support for LOffice des tlcommunications ducatives de langue franais de lOntario | 1,030,000 | 10,190,000 | ||
Total Capital Expense to be Voted | 235,190,000 | |||
1002-5 | Elementary and Secondary Education - Expense related to Capital Assets | |||
Other transactions | 1,000 | |||
Total Capital Expense to be Voted | 1,000 | |||
Statutory Appropriations | ||||
Other transactions | ||||
Statutory | Amortization, the Financial Administration Act | 16,000 | ||
Total Capital Expense for Elementary and Secondary Education Program | 235,207,000 | |||
CAPITAL ASSETS | ||||
1002-6 | Elementary and Secondary Education | |||
Land and marine fleet | 350,000 | |||
Total Capital Assets to be Voted | 350,000 | |||
Total Capital Assets for Elementary and Secondary Education Program | 350,000 |