Section 5 - School Facilities Fund

The School Facilities Fund (SFF) addresses the costs of operating school facilities (heating, lighting, maintaining, and cleaning) as well as the costs of repairing and renovating schools. The following allocations make up the SFF:

  • School Operations Allocation
  • School Renewal Allocation
  • Rural and Northern Education Allocation

Please refer to the Core Education Funding: Technical Guide for School Boards, 2025-26 for details on the funding methodology.

Unless otherwise indicated, funding is allocated between panels based on amounts generated per panel, or based on the relative ADE of pupils in each panel if the calculation is not broken down by panel.

Facilities and Transportation Limit

There is a spending limit on total expenses related to the SFF and Student Transportation Fund (STF). It cannot exceed the funding under the SFF and STF, plus 5% of the total funding under the Classroom Staffing Fund (CSF), Learning Resources Fund (LRF), and Special Education Fund (SEF). However, school boards may deduct expenses funded by non-Core Ed revenues in the calculation of compliance with the limit. Refer to Compliance - Facilities and Transportation for details.

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