Accommodations are provided to students who meet the criteria for designation as a student who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing as outlined in the Special Education Services: A Manual of Policy, Procedures and Guidelines, or who require extra time to complete the oral component as indicated in their Individual Education Plan (IEP) and extra time … Continued
In accordance with the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act (BTAA), school districts are required to provide the Ministry with electronic and print copies of their amended annual budget. Updated after the Fall recalculation of Operating Grants, this is a Board of Education’s legal budget for the current school year. Instructions 1. See the School District … Continued
School districts must test for lead content in drinking water in their school facilities to ensure quality meets established guidelines under applicable provincial and federal legislation. Results must be reported annually to the Ministry of Education using the Excel document linked below. Ministry of Health has changed the limit to 0.005mg/L (was 0.01mg/L) School districts … Continued
The registration window for schools to register students for the Grade 10 and Grade 12 Graduation Assessments for the upcoming assessment session opens March 3, 2025. See the 2024/25 Graduation Assessment Schedule. Instructions Further details will be posted closer to the target date. Questions? Contact student.certification@gov.bc.ca.
Public schools are required to complete a spreadsheet that collects the number of net new Youth TRAIN in Trades program courses students have enrolled in since September to ensure the appropriate allocation of funding. Instructions Read the February Net New Youth Train in Trades Instructions. Complete the February Net New Youth Train in Trades Instructions sample spreadsheet for … Continued
The registration window for schools to register students for the Grade 10 and Grade 12 Graduation Assessments for the upcoming assessment session closes today. See the 2024/25 Graduation Assessment Schedule. Instructions Further details will be posted closer to the target date. Questions? Contact student.certification@gov.bc.ca.
In accordance with Section 87.01 of the School Act, a board must prepare and submit to the ministry a school calendar for each school in its district for each school calendar year. Boards must make their proposed calendars public by February 28, 2025 and submit their calendars to the ministry by March 31, 2025. Instructions … Continued
In accordance with the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, school districts are to complete a quarterly financial report within two weeks after the conclusion of each quarter (September, December, March, June). A GRE reporting template will be emailed to each district in advance of the reporting due date. Instructions 1. See the Government Reporting Entity … Continued
In April 2020, school districts were informed that the Province of B.C. had initiated a process for government organizations to record and report on financial transactions that are incremental to regular operations due to a specific major event. The intent of the process is to facilitate consistent financial reporting by the Ministry of Finance across … Continued
The registration window for schools to register students for the Grade 10 and Grade 12 Graduation Assessments for the upcoming assessment session opens April 28, 2025. See the 2024/25 Graduation Assessment Schedule. Instructions Further details will be posted closer to the target date. Questions? Contact student.certification@gov.bc.ca.
The Employment Data and Analysis System (EDAS) collects employment data from the public school system. EDAS serves the needs of: School districts, by providing workforce management information to support local operations and accurate data to support collective bargaining. The BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA), by supporting the BCPSEA Sustainable Workforce Initiative, human resource best … Continued
The Student Achievement Data Exchange (SADE) collects course level data for every student for all Distributed Learning schools, Summer schools and all public schools offering Grades 8 through 12 (including Continuing Education and Alternate Education Centres), as required by the School and Student Data Collection Order (M152/89). The information collected through SADE provides schools, districts … Continued
