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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPERATING EXPENSE | ||||
| 1002-1 | Policy and Program Delivery | |||
| Salaries and wages | 72,699,400 | |||
| Employee benefits | 10,735,100 | |||
| Transportation and communication | 11,976,800 | |||
| Services | 60,643,500 | |||
| Supplies and equipment | 8,355,100 | |||
| Transfer payments | ||||
| School Board Operating Grants | 14,168,248,900 | |||
| Education Programs - Other | 489,648,000 | |||
| Education Quality and Accountability Office | 32,084,100 | |||
| Official Languages Projects | 34,321,200 | |||
| Miscellaneous Grants | 2,395,500 | |||
| Education Property Tax Non-Cash Expense | 6,615,000,000 | 21,341,697,700 | ||
| Subtotal | 21,506,107,600 | |||
| Less: Recoveries | 1,087,600 | |||
| Total Operating Expense to be Voted | 21,505,020,000 | |||
| Statutory Appropriations | ||||
| Teachers' Pension Fund | ||||
| Transfer payments | ||||
| Statutory | Government Costs, the Teachers' Pension Act | 526,000,000 | ||
| 1002-2 | Educational Operations | |||
| Salaries and wages | 52,199,100 | |||
| Employee benefits | 7,665,600 | |||
| Transportation and communication | 1,301,100 | |||
| Services | 10,459,500 | |||
| Supplies and equipment | 4,380,000 | |||
| Transfer payments | ||||
| Payments in lieu of municipal taxation | 63,800 | |||
| L’Office des télécommunications éducatives de langue français de l’Ontario | 21,370,000 | |||
| Ontario Education Communications Authority | 47,729,000 | 69,162,800 | ||
| Total Operating Expense to be Voted | 145,168,100 | |||
| Total Operating Expense for Elementary and Secondary Education Program | 22,176,188,100 | |||
| CAPITAL EXPENSE | ||||
| 1002-3 | Support for Elementary and Secondary Education | |||
| Transfer payments | ||||
| School Board Capital Grants | 1,239,597,500 | |||
| School Energy Efficiency Initiative | 73,500,000 | |||
| Early Learning Program | 135,259,800 | |||
| L’Office des télécommunications éducatives de langue français de l’Ontario | 1,000,000 | |||
| Ontario Education Communications Authority | 5,100,000 | 1,454,457,300 | ||
| Other transactions | ||||
| Support for Elementary and Secondary Education | 7,921,500 | |||
| Total Capital Expense to be Voted | 1,462,378,800 | |||
| 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 | 257,500 | ||
| Total Capital Expense for Elementary and Secondary Education Program | 1,462,637,300 | |||
| CAPITAL ASSETS | ||||
| 1002-6 | Elementary and Secondary Education | |||
| Information technology hardware | 400,000 | |||
| Land and marine fleet | 320,000 | |||
| Total Capital Assets to be Voted | 720,000 | |||
| Total Capital Assets for Elementary and Secondary Education Program | 720,000 |
