Section 2C - Local Circumstances Staffing Allocation

This allocation includes components that provide additional funding for classroom staffing to recognize variation in costs across school boards.

1. Q&E Teachers Component

This component calculates an adjustment for teachers who, because of their qualification and experience, have average funded salaries above the benchmark amount funded through the CSF - Per Pupil Allocation. It calculates a per pupil amount by multiplying a benchmark by the average experience factor calculated on Section 2.1 Teacher Q&E Grids, which is then multiplied by the ADE.

2. Q&E ECEs Component

Similar to the Q&E Teachers Component, this calculates an adjustment for ECEs based on their qualification and experience. It calculates a per pupil amount by multiplying a benchmark by the average ECE experience factor calculated on Section 2.1 ECE Q&E, which is then multiplied by the ADE.

3. Outlying Schools Staffing Component

Outlying schools are, in the case of elementary schools, 20 km away from the nearest elementary school within the same board, and in the case of secondary schools or combined elementary/secondary schools, 45 km away from the nearest secondary school or combined elementary/secondary schools within the same school board. The definition of schools used is consistent with the definition used for the School Management Allocation in the Learning Resources Fund. Where a school consists of more than one facility, the facility with the largest capacity on the ground (OTG) will be used to measure distance to the nearest school.

The funding is school-based, and is calculated based on the information entered on the School Level Data form. For French school boards, the secondary amount is partially offset by the CSF - ALF component.

TAB: 2C. Outlying Schools Detail / Report: Section 2C - Outlying Schools Staffing Component - School Level

This tab (and corresponding school level report) shows the calculation details of the outlying school amounts by school (Campus ID). The totals calculated on the school level report are forwarded to the board level report.

4. CSF - Remote and Rural Component

This component includes an amount for small school boards, an amount for those that are distant from urban centres, and an amount for those with widely dispersed schools. A corresponding component that supports non-classroom staffing and classroom resources is found in the Learning Resources Fund on Section 3B, item 8, LRF - Remote and Rural Component. All amounts in EFIS are calculated based on ADE and Core Ed benchmarks and table amounts.

5. CSF - Supports for Students Component

This component is a table amount in the funding regulation.

Note that other portions of this funding are provided through the Supports for Students and Investment in System Priorities (ISP) components within LRF (Section 3B, item 9 and Section 3G, item 4) and SFF (Section 5A, item 6). Total Core Ed funding is loaded to Appendix R, Supports for Students Fund Supplementary Information, where school boards must report their FTE and spending of the total funds by union group in the Financial Statements cycle.

6. CSF - Maternity Leave Component

This component is a table amount in the funding regulation.

The non-classroom staffing portion of this funding is found on Section 3B, item 12.1, LRF - Maternity Leave, Sick Leave, and Non-Union Component.

7. CSF - Benefits Trusts Component

This component is a table amount in the funding regulation.

Note that other portions of this funding support the non-classroom, school operations, and school board administration staff through the Benefits Trusts components within LRF (Section 3B, item 13), SFF (Section 5A, item 7), and SBAF (Section 7B, item 3) respectively.

TAB: 2C. INPUT - NTIP

This tab is used to collect the information required to calculate the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) Component in the Estimates and Revised Estimates cycles. In the Financial Statements, it is not required because prior year teacher FTE is loaded from the prior year ministry-reviewed Financial Statements, and NTIP expenses are loaded from the NTIP final report submitted by school boards to the ministry.

• Item 8.1 (NTIP -Number of Eligible Teachers based on prior year grid): This number is prepopulated using the sum of the FTE teachers with experience of two years or less reported on the Section 2.1 teacher grids in the 2024-25 Revised Estimates, ministry-reviewed submission. In the Estimates and Revised Estimates and Revised Estimates cycles only, the values may be adjusted to the latest data available, if applicable.

• Item 8.6 (NTIP Expenses): Enter the budgeted NTIP expenses for the year.

8. New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) Component

This component generates funding based on a board amount (item 8.4) and a teacher amount (item 8.3). The teacher amount is calculated as a funding benchmark multiplied by the number of teachers with experience of two years or less from the prior year’s Q&E grid.

The funded NTIP amount is the lesser of:

• Item 8.5 (the calculated NTIP value), and
• Item 8.6 (the NTIP expenses).

The funding is allocated between panels based on the relative FTE of the teachers that generate funding (at item 8.1).

9. Teacher Learning and Innovation Component

This component supports ongoing teacher professional learning. It is the sum of a base amount and a per pupil amount.

10. Retirement Gratuities Component

School boards submitted retirement gratuity cash payout information to the ministry in July 2016 as per Memorandum 2016: SB01; the information was then used to populate the 2015-16 Financial Statements to calculate funding. This annual funding adjustment is equal to the sum of the 2015-16 ministry funding plus the related actuarial gain/loss divided by the EARSL. The amount is prepopulated based on ministry information and allocated between panels based on the relative weighting of teachers who took the early cash payout.

11. Occasional Teacher Top Up Component

This component is a table amount that is applicable only to a small number of school boards who require additional funding to bring their supply teacher rate up to the level identified in their respective collective agreements. It is temporary funding to allow the school boards time to adjust their cost structures. It will be phased out over four years.