ends up receive the Therefore the funding will flow to the school board funding? where the student is enrolled on the two count dates and should specialized equipment be purchased by a school board, the equipment will follow the student. There is an initiative in New No, this is not being discussed at the current time. Brunswick to provide all students with netbooks. Is Ontario discussing this? In the GSN, how much The teacher pension transfer is not part of the GSN. represents the amount for This amount is provided by the province outside of the the teacher pension GSN. transfer? What are the major factors The major changes to the GSN for 2010-11 are as for the increase in GSN follows: over the past few years? support for the Provincial Framework Agreements; funding to address cost pressures in key (student transportation, community use of schools, and school operations); funding to increase the management capacity of boards; increased special education funding and a new component added to the measure of variability; and, Structural reforms. Regarding ESL grants, is Yes there is consideration for those students as ESL there no allowance made grants are made up of two components: for a child born in Canada Recent Immigrant” component provides “The to non-English speaking a total of $10,160.80 per eligible pupil over four parents? years and is based on the number of recent immigrant pupils born in countries other than Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Pupils in Canada” component is based on “The the 2006 Census data on the number of children whose language spoken most often at home is neither English nor French.
ends up receive the funding? Therefore the funding will flow to the school board where the student is enrolled on the two count dates and should specialized equipment be purchased by a school board, the equipment will follow the student. There is an initiative in New Brunswick to provide all students with netbooks. Is Ontario discussing this? No, this is not being discussed at the current time. In the GSN, how much represents the amount for the teacher pension transfer? The teacher pension transfer is not part of the GSN. This amount is provided by the province outside of the GSN. What are the major factors for the increase in GSN over the past few years? The major changes to the GSN for 2010-11 are as follows: support for the Provincial Framework Agreements; funding to address cost pressures in key (student transportation, community use of schools, and school operations); funding to increase the management capacity of boards; increased special education funding and a new component added to the measure of variability; and, Structural reforms. Regarding ESL grants, is there no allowance made for a child born in Canada to non-English speaking parents? Yes there is consideration for those students as ESL grants are made up of two components: “The Recent Immigrant” component provides a total of $10,160.80 per eligible pupil over four years and is based on the number of recent immigrant pupils born in countries other than Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. “The Pupils in Canada” component is based on the 2006 Census data on the number of children whose language spoken most often at home is neither English nor French.
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