Section 3G - School Management Allocation
This allocation provides funding for in-school administration and leadership as well as remote learning administration, through two separate components.
TAB: 3G. INPUT - PVP
Amounts input in the salary grids at the top of this tab are used in the calculation of the Principals and Vice-Principals Salary Grid Amount. Please input the FTE of principals and vice-principals based on their step on the salary grid, as of October 31, 2025. FTEs should be reported to one decimal place.
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Note that all principals and vice-principals (PVPs) who are paid according to the provincial salary grid should be included here, including centrally assigned PVPs.
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PVPs for combined schools, centrally assigned PVPs, and other PVPs that are placed on the grid should be included in the secondary column.
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The PVP FTE on the salary grid should match how the individuals are paid, regardless of their duties. If an individual is paid as a 1.0 FTE PVP and their time is split between teaching time and school leadership, they should be reported as 1.0 FTE on the salary grid.
Below the salary grid there are inputs related to the ISP for Principals and Vice-Principals Component:
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Prior year remaining ISP for principals and vice-principals: This value is loaded from the LRF SSF - Remaining principals and vice-principals amount in the 2024-25 Revised Estimates (Section 3B, item 11.4). In the Estimates and Revised Estimates cycles only, the value may be adjusted to the latest data available, if applicable.
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ISP for Principals and vice-principals expenses: Input the expenses in the year for investments in system priorities for principals and vice-principals.
1. School Management Component
The definition of a school for the purposes of this component is as follows:
- One or more school facility/facilities operated by the school board and located on a single campus with student enrolment (ADE) greater than zero (excluding remote learning ADE). A campus is defined as property or properties owned, leased or rented by a school board that are linked by a contiguous property line.
A school is identified as one of the following:
- an elementary school when it consists of only elementary school facilities;
- a secondary school when it consists of only secondary school facilities;
- a combined elementary/secondary school when a school consists of both elementary and secondary school facilities (e.g., Grades 7 and 8 with Grades 9 to 12).
In EFIS, a school is identified by a unique Campus ID. Please note that this definition is also used for many other funding calculations, including the ALF components within CSF and LRF, the Outlying Schools Component within CSF, the Supplementary Library Staffing, Mental Health Workers, and Curriculum components within LRF, and the Parent Engagement and External Audit components within SBAF.
The detailed calculations for this component are calculated on the Section 3G - School Management Component - School Level report.
TAB: 3G. School Management Details / Report: Section 3G - School Management Component - School Level
There are three tiers of funding supports for school administration and the funding formulas for these tiers are different. The tiers provide differentiated support for:
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Outlying schools, defined as an elementary school at least 20 km and a secondary/combined school at least 45 km away from the nearest school of the same type.
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Distant schools, defined as an elementary school not deemed ‘outlying’ that is at least 10 km away and a secondary/combined school at least 20 km away from the nearest school of the same type.
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Regular schools, defined as all schools not deemed ‘distant’ or ‘outlying’.
A summary of the allocation method is shown below:
| Category | Principals | Vice-Principals | Office Support |
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| Regular | Elementary: - Scaled from 0 to 1 between 0 and 150 ADE - 1 principal for 150+ ADE Secondary: - Scaled from 0 to 1 between 0 and 200 ADE - 1 principal for 200+ ADE - Additional principal if a combined school of at least 350 ADE, including at least 100 elementary ADE and at least 100 secondary ADE |
Elementary: - Scaled starting at 250 ADE Secondary: - 0 for less than 200 ADE, then scaled starting at 0.4 for 200 ADE, 1 VP at 500 ADE |
Elementary / Secondary: - Scaled from 0 to 1 FTE between 0 and 100 ADE - Additional scaled starting at 100 ADE |
| Distant - 10km+ elementary - 20km+ secondary |
Elementary / Secondary: - Scaled from 0 to 1 between 0 and 100 ADE - 1 principal for 100+ ADE - Additional principal if a combined school of at least 350 ADE, including at least 100 elementary ADE and at least 100 secondary ADE |
Elementary: - Scaled starting at 250 ADE Secondary: - 0 for less than 100 ADE, then scaled starting at 0.2 for 100 ADE, 1 VP at 500 ADE |
Elementary / Secondary: - Scaled from 0 to 1 FTE between 0 and 100 ADE - Additional scaled starting at 100 ADE |
| Outlying - 20km+ elementary - 45km+ secondary |
Elementary / Secondary: - 0.5 for less than 50 ADE - 1 for 50 or more ADE - Additional principal if a combined school of at least 350 ADE, including at least 100 elementary ADE and at least 100 secondary ADE |
Elementary: - Scaled starting at 250 ADE Secondary: - 0 for less than 50 ADE, scaled starting at 0.1 for 50 ADE, 1 VP at 500 ADE |
Elementary / Secondary: - 1 for less than 100 ADE - Scaled starting at 100 ADE |
French-language Adjustment
Because school boards operating in a minority language context may have difficulty meeting school size thresholds, any regular school within a French-language board is funded based on the same allocation methodology as a distant school. These schools are identified as “Regular Distant” on the school level reports.
Multi-Building Large Enrolment Adjustment
An additional principal is funded for same panel (elementary or secondary) schools that consist of multiple large buildings:
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An English-language elementary school that has an average of at least 300 ADE across more than one building (and at least 150 ADE in each building) receives funding for one additional FTE principal.
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A French-language elementary school that has an average of at least 150 ADE across more than one building (and at least 100 ADE in each building) receives funding for one additional FTE principal.
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An English-language secondary school that has an average of at least 700 ADE across more than one building (and at least 200 ADE in each building) receives funding for one additional FTE principal.
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A French-language secondary school that has an average of at least 350 ADE across more than one building (and at least 150 ADE in each building) receives funding for one additional FTE principal.
These schools are identified in the Multiple Building Large Enrolment Adjustment Flag column, based on historical enrolment data. The actual enrolment in the Financial Statements cycle is used to verify this flag is accurate; any changes to funding resulting from actual enrolment will be reflected in EFIS during the FO review process.
Additional Support for Combined Elementary / Secondary Schools Amount
Additional support is provided for combined schools, as shown in the table below. This additional funding appears in the “Additional Support for Combined Elementary / Secondary Schools Amount” column on the report.
| ADE | Outlying Schools | Distant Schools | Regular Schools |
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| 0 < ADE < 50 | $3,000 | ADE x $45 | ADE x $13.40 |
| 50 ≤ ADE < 100 | $6,000 | ADE x $45 | ADE x $13.40 |
| 100 ≤ ADE < 200 | $6,000 | $4,500 | ADE x $13.40 |
| 200 ≤ ADE < 600 | $6,000 | $4,500 | $2,700 |
| 600 ≤ ADE < 1,200 | $6,000 - ((ADE - 600) x $10) | $4,500 - ((ADE - 600) x $7.50) | $2,700 - ((ADE - 600) x $4.50) |
| ADE ≥ 1,200 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total values from each of the columns on the school level report are forwarded to the board level report.
2. Remote Learning Administration Component
Each school board with remote learning enrolment generates this amount to support remote learning administration, based on total remote learning elementary and secondary ADE multiplied by a funding benchmark.
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School boards may offer remote learning instruction directly, they may partner with another school board to provide remote learning instruction on their behalf, or they may work with other school boards to deliver remote learning collaboratively.
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Regardless of how it is offered (directly or collaboratively with another school board), school boards that offer remote learning will need to establish a BSID for each panel to track remote learning enrolment in OnSIS. Remote enrolment will be reported in the home school board’s remote school in OnSIS and EFIS.
3. Principal and Vice-Principal Salary Grid and Allowances Component
This component provides funding for principals and vice-principals based on their placement on their salary grids, and funds allowances for principals and vice-principals of eligible schools.
Principal and Vice-Principal Salary Grid Amount
This amount calculates an adjustment for principals and vice-principals based on their placement on their salary grids.
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Items 3.1 (Principal FTE) and 3.2 (Vice-Principal FTE): Displays the salary grids that were input by school boards on the INPUT - PVP tab.
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Items 3.3 (Total Principal FTE) and 3.7 (Total Vice-Principal FTE): Calculated as the sum of all FTE entered.
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Items 3.4 (Principal Salary Grid Factor) and 3.8 (Vice-Principal Salary Grid Factor): Calculated by multiplying the FTE values at each step in the grid by the factors in the Principal and Vice-Principal Salary Grid Factors table in the funding regulation. The calculations are done at a total day school level, not by panel.
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Items 3.5 (Average Principal Salary Grid Factor) and 3.9 (Average Vice-Principal Salary Grid Factor): Calculated as the salary grid factor (item 3.4 / 3.8) divided by total FTE (item 3.3 / 3.7), minus 1.
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Items 3.6 (Principal Salary Grid Amount) and 3.10 (Vice-Principal Salary Grid Amount): Calculated as the average salary grid factor (item 3.5 / 3.9) multiplied by the principal / vice-principal amount from the School Management Component (item 1.5 / 1.6). The calculations are done at a total day school level, not by panel.
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Item 3.11 (Principal and Vice-Principal Salary Grid Amount): This is the sum of items 3.6 and 3.10. The total is apportioned between elementary and secondary panels based on relative ADE per panel.
Principal and Vice-Principal Allowance Amount
This amount calculates an allowance for principals and vice-principals of eligible schools.
The number of eligible schools for principal and vice-principal allowances are calculated on the Section 3G - Principal and Vice-Principal Allowance - School Level report, and loaded to items 3.12 and 3.13. They are then multiplied by the applicable benchmarks (items 3.14 and 3.15) to calculate the total allowance amounts (items 3.16 and 3.17).
TAB: 3G. PVP Allowance Details / Report: Section 3G - Principal and Vice-Principal Allowance - School Level
For principals, an eligible school is defined as a school that meets at least one of the following criteria:
- The school is an Urban and Priority High School.
- The school had ADE > 1,500 in the prior year’s Revised Estimates.
- The school is an outlying school.
For vice-principals, an eligible school is defined as an Urban and Priority High School.
4. ISP for Principals and Vice-Principals Component
The Investment in System Priorities (ISP) for Principals and Vice-Principals Component is funded based on expenses to support local priorities up to a maximum amount. It is calculated as the lower of:
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The sum of the current year ISP for PVP table amount (item 4.1) and the carry forward from 2024-25, if any (item 4.2), and
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The actual ISP for PVP expenses, which are input at item 4.3.
The remaining ISP for PVP from 2024-25 is preloaded at item 4.2 from the 2024-25 Revised Estimates, ministry-reviewed version. In the Estimates and Revised Estimates cycles only, the value may be adjusted to the latest data available, if applicable.
Any underspending in 2025-26 (calculated at item 4.5) will be available for school boards to spend on system priorities for PVPs in the following year.
Note that other portions of this funding are provided through the Supports for Students components within CSF (Section 2C, item 5), LRF Language Supports and Local Circumstances Allocation (Section 3B, item 9), 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.