Section 3B - Language Supports and Local Circumstances Allocation
This allocation provides additional funding to school boards for classroom materials and resources.
1. LRF - ESL/ELD Component
This component is for English-language school boards only. The weighted enrolment at item 1.1 is loaded from the corresponding component under the Classroom Staffing Fund, on Section 2B, item 1.5, columns 3 and 4.
The DELL amount is calculated by multiplying a table amount in the funding regulation by a funding benchmark and total ADE.
2. LRF - FSL Component
This component is for English-language school boards only. The enrolment in column 1 at items 2.1 to 2.9 is loaded from the corresponding component under the Classroom Staffing Fund, on Section 2B, column 1, items 2.1 to 2.9.
Item 2.11 (LRF - FSL Areas of Intervention Amount): This is a table amount in the funding regulation. It is enveloped for use on its intended purpose. Refer to Data Form A2 - FSL Areas of Intervention for reporting related to the envelope.
3. LRF - PANA Component
This component is for French-language school boards only. The weighted enrolment at item 3.1 is loaded from the corresponding component under the Classroom Staffing Fund, on Section 2B, item 3.5, columns 3 and 4.
4. LRF - FFL Component
This component is for French-language school boards only. Enrolment is loaded here based on amounts from Schedule 13 (only for French-language school boards).
The FFL Start-Up Amount, at item 4.4, calculates funding for new elementary schools under FFL. Please note that a new elementary school consisting of only remote learning ADE is not eligible for this funding. Note that this amount is excluded from the calculation of base fees on Appendix B (which appears in the Estimates cycle only).
5. LRF - ALF Component
This component is for French-language school boards only. Amounts in EFIS are calculated based on ADE, benchmarks and table amounts in the funding regulation, and the number of schools calculated on Section 3G School Management Allocation.
Please note that the entire secondary and combined schools enrolment-based amount, which is calculated at school level, is under the Classroom Staffing Fund on Section 2B Language Classroom Staffing Allocation, CSF - ALF Component, at item 5.6.
6. Q&E Library and Guidance Component
This component calculates an adjustment for teacher librarians (elementary and secondary) and guidance teachers (intermediate and secondary) who, because of their qualification and experience, have average funded salaries above the benchmark level used in the LRF - 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.
7. Supplementary Library Staffing Component
This component funds teacher librarians and/or library technicians in the elementary panel only. It is the sum of a board amount and a per school amount. The number of elementary schools at item 7.1 is loaded from Section 3G School Management Allocation, item 1.1.1.
8. LRF - Remote and Rural Component
This component is the non-classroom staffing and classroom resources equivalent of the CSF - Remote and Rural Component found in the Classroom Staffing Fund on Section 2C Local Circumstances Staffing Allocation, item 4. All amounts in EFIS are calculated based on ADE, benchmarks, and table amounts from the funding regulation.
9. LRF - Supports for Students Component
This component is ca 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 CSF (Section 2C, item 5), LRF School Management Allocation (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.
10. Geographic Top-Ups Component
This component ensures that all school boards generate a minimum amount for the following classroom resources, which are a component of the LRF Per Pupil Allocation benchmark on Section 3A, item 1.2:
- Software licensing,
- Technological devices, and
- Broadband continuous improvement
School boards generate the amount of funding that will bring them up to the minimum value for each amount (shown on the report in the Minimum Funding Benchmark column).
11. Curriculum Component
This component is calculated as a board amount (at item 11.1) and a school based amount (at item 11.3, loaded from the Section 3B Curriculum Component school level report).
TAB: 3B. Curriculum Details / Report: Section 3B - Curriculum Component - School Level
This tab (and corresponding school level report) shows the details of the school based curriculum amount, which is calculated by school (Campus ID). The total value is forwarded to the board level report at item 11.3.
12. LRF - Maternity Leave, Sick Leave, and Non-Union Component
Item 12.1 (LRF - Maternity and Sick Leave Amount): This value is a table amount in the funding regulation. The classroom staffing portion of this funding is found on Section 2C, item 6, CSF - Maternity Leave Component. The sick leave portion is fully in the Learning Resources Fund.
Item 12.3 (Public Sector Compensation Restraint Amount): The non-union amount is fully in the Learning Resources Fund. This item records the recovery of $10 million provincially, which is multiplied by the factor set out in column 2 of the table for public sector compensation restraint amount in the funding regulation divided by $6,161.38. This amount originated with the Public Sector Compensation Restraint to Protect Public Services Act, 2010. In 2010-11, savings from this Act were left with school boards to help manage pressures. In 2011-12, all salary benchmarks were increased by 3%. The portion of the increase for non-bargaining staff was estimated to be $10 million. In keeping with the Act, the public sector compensation restraint recovered this portion from school boards. As the funding benchmarks continue to reflect the 3% increase provided in 2011-12, the $10 million restraint has continued to recover the portion identified in 2011-12 related to non-bargaining staff.
13. LRF - Benefits Trusts Component
This component is a table amount in the funding regulation.
Note that other portions of this funding support classroom, school operations, and school board administration staff through the Benefits Trusts components within CSF (Section 2C, item 7), SFF (Section 5A, item 7), and SBAF (Section 7B, item 3) respectively.