Section 4C - Complex Supports Allocation

This allocation provides specialized supports for students with complex special education needs.

TAB: 4C. INPUT - Complex Supp. Alloc.

This tab is for school boards to input the following data points related to the Behaviour Expertise Component:

• The FTEs of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) expertise professionals, by panel.

• The number of students enrolled in After-School Skills Development (ASSD) programs, by panel.

1. Special Incidence Portion (SIP) Component

This component supports students with extraordinarily high needs who require more than two full-time staff to address their health and/or safety needs, and the needs of others at their school. It includes two amounts:

• Interim Base Amount (item 1.1): this is a table amount in the funding regulation.

• Exceptional Circumstances Amount (item 1.2): calculated as a base plus a per pupil amount.

Note that this component is excluded from the calculation of base fees on Appendix B (which appears in the Estimates cycle only).

2. Education and Community Partnership Programs (ECPP) Component

This component funds education programs for students who have been court-ordered into a youth justice or adult custodial facility or are in the provincial Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI) program. Refer to the Directives for Education and Community Partnership Programs (ECPPs), 2025-26 for more details. This component is a table amount in the funding regulation, plus a ministry adjustment that will be loaded in the Financial Statements cycle only.

Note that this component is excluded from the calculation of base fees on Appendix B (which appears in the Estimates cycle only).

Expenses related to ECPP programs should be reported on Schedule 10A/B, column 11 (ECPP Expenses).

Additional funding is provided to school boards to help offset the accommodation costs of classrooms in ECPP settings that operate in school board space. This can be found under the School Operations Allocation on Section 5A, item 5 (ECPP and CTEP Operations Component).

3. Care and Treatment Education Programs (CTEP) Component

This component provides funding for education programs for school-aged children and youth who cannot attend regular school due to their primary need for care and/or treatment. Refer to the Directives for Care and Treatment Education Programs (CTEP) 2025-26 for more details.

The funding is provided through two separate amounts:

• CTEP Base Amount: a table amount in the funding regulation.

• CTEP Per Pupil Amount: calculated as total ADE multiplied by a funding benchmark.

Note that this component is excluded from the calculation of base fees on Appendix B (which appears in the Estimates cycle only).

Expenses related to CTEP programs should be reported on Schedule 10A/B, column 11.1 (CTEP Expenses).

Additional funding is provided to school boards to help offset the accommodation costs of classrooms in CTEP settings that operate in school board space. This can be found under the School Operations Allocation on Section 5A, item 5 (ECPP and CTEP Operations Component).

4. Behaviour Expertise Component

This component provides funding for school boards to hire board-level Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) expertise professionals to provide training, and funds After-School Skills Development programs for autistic students and students with other special education needs.

The funding is provided through three separate amounts, each calculated as the sum of a base amount and a per pupil amount:

• ABA Expertise Professionals Amount (item 4.1)

• ABA Training Amount (item 4.2)

• After-School Skills Development Amount (item 4.3)

School boards are asked to report their ABA Expertise Professionals FTEs by panel (item 4.4), and the number of students enrolled in ASSD programs (item 4.5).