Events from February 15, 2025 – April 28, 2025 – Page 4 – Education and Child Care Events from February 15, 2025 – April 28, 2025 – Page 4 – Education and Child Care

Three-Year Enrolment Estimates

As per section 106.3(2) of the School Act, "A board must submit to the Minister on or before February 15 of each year an estimate of the number of students who may be enrolled in educational programs provided by the board in the next school year." The enrolment estimates received from school districts will be … Continued

Request for Special Format for June Assessments

Special Assessments (Braille or Large Print) are provided to students who meet the criteria for designation as a student with a Visual Impairment as outlined in the Special Education Services: A Manual of Policy, Procedures and Guidelines. Instructions 1. Read Chapter 2: B.C. Graduation Program Handbook of Procedures (PDF) for information on the adjudication process. Complete a Request for Special … Continued

Request for French Language Literacy Assessment Accommodations – June

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

School District Amended Annual Budget

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

Testing Lead Content in Drinking Water

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

April Graduation Assessment Registrations – Opening Date

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.

School Calendars

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 … 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 … Continued