Past Events from November 29 – January 31, 2025 – Page 2 – Education and Child Care Past Events from November 29 – January 31, 2025 – Page 2 – Education and Child Care

District ELCC Lead Interim Reporting

District Early Learning and Child Care Lead Interim Reporting is now open. Reporting is due November 29, 2024 Instructions 1. Visit the Interim Report: Projects Underway to complete your Reporting. Questions? Email the Early Learning Branch at EDUC.EarlyLearning@gov.bc.ca.

School District Quarterly GRE Financial Report – December

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 web … Continued

Statement of Financial Information Report (SOFI)

For consistency with the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act respecting Public Accounts reporting, a Statement of Financial Information (SOFI) must be submitted by each school district within six months following the corporation's fiscal year end. School District Statements of Financial Information are checked for reasonableness, completeness and conformity with Government legislation. Instructions 1. See this Financial Information Act … Continued

Feeding Futures Fund and Student and Family Affordability Fund Interim Reporting

School districts are required to complete an interim financial report for the Feeding Futures Fund and Student and Family Affordability Fund. Completed reports must be submitted to rocio@fisabc.ca by December 31. The reporting template includes each of the following: 2024/25 Feeding Futures expenditures to date 2024/25 expenditures to date for unused 2023/24 Student and Family Affordability funding Instructions Review … Continued

January Graduation Assessment Registrations – Closing Date

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.

Request for French Language Literacy Assessment Accommodations – April

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

Event-Driven Reporting

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

Employment Data and Analysis System (EDAS) – January

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

Student Achievement Data Exchange (SADE) – January

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

VFA – Annual Facility Data Maintenance

Select school districts will be contacted by VFA Canada Corp. and are required to provide VFA with facility maintenance information. The ministry has contracted VFA Canada Corp. to collect updated facility maintenance data on behalf of the ministry. VFA’s Data Maintenance Service will assist the ministry in maintaining accurate information about the condition and requirements … Continued