Section 6C - Local Priorities and Operations Allocation
This allocation supports local operational decisions based on unique circumstances and needs.
TAB: 6C. INPUT - Prior Year Alloc.
This tab loads the prior year’s Student Transportation Fund value from the 2025-26 Revised Estimates, Section 6, item 6Z less the fuel price adjustments for buses (Section 6A, item 1.2.3 x 1.0216) and CSPVs (Section 6A, item 2.2.3 x 1.0216). In the Estimates and Revised Estimates cycles only, the value may be adjusted to the latest data available, if applicable.
It is used in the calculation of the Top-up Amount within the Local Priorities and Operations Supplements Component.
TAB: 6C. INPUT - Bus Safety
This tab is for school boards to input the number of on-site and online school bus rider safety training sessions. The data entered here is used in the calculation of the School Bus Rider Safety Training Component.
TAB: 6C. INPUT - Prov. Schools
This tab is for school boards to input the expenses to transport students to attend programs in provincial or demonstration schools.
Expenses reported are divided into the following categories, on separate rows for each school:
- Daily Transportation
- Board and Lodging
- Other Provincial Schools Transportation Expenses
- Weekly Transportation
- Administration costs
In the columns, school boards must input the number of pupils and transportation expenses for both the prior year and current year.
The data entered here is used in the calculation of the Transportation to Provincial or Demonstration Schools Component.
1. Local Priorities and Operations Base Component
This component funds a fixed amount for each of school board based on the school board’s size, rural and density factors, and special transportation needs.
2. Local Priorities and Operations Supplements Component
This component funds additional amounts to ensure stable funding.
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The Transition Amount is provided to ensure that school boards do not experience a decline in funding due to the introduction of the funding model in 2023-24. It compares a school board’s adjusted 2022-23 funding under the Student Transportation Grant to the current school year’s adjusted base under the Student Transportation Fund, and then funds the shortfall, if any.
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The 2022-23 Student Transportation Grant, at item 2.1.1, is loaded from the board-submitted 2022-23 Financial Statements, Section 9, items 9.5 + 9.7.
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The Stabilization Amount is a table amount in funding regulation. The amount is to support optimization of transportation routes and address any annual volatility in routes, daily distance and/or time.
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The Top-Up Amount ensures that each school board receives a minimum increase compared to the prior year school year’s funding. The prior year’s Student Transportation Fund value is loaded to item 2.3.1 from the 2025-26 Revised Estimates, Section 6, item 6Z less the fuel price adjustments for buses (Section 6A, item 1.2.3 x 1.0216) and CSPVs (Section 6A, item 2.2.3 x 1.0216), and can be adjusted to the latest data in the Estimates and Revised Estimates cycles only.
3. School Bus Rider Safety Training Component
This component provides funding to school boards that access standardized school bus rider safety training through a contract established by the Ontario Education Collaborative Marketplace (OECM).
The maximum funding under this component is at item 3.2. The actual funding is limited to the lower of this value or an amount based on the actual number of on-site and online sessions (item 3.4 + item 3.6).
4. Transportation to Provincial or Demonstration Schools Component
This component covers expenses for transportation to provincial and demonstration schools, based on reported expenses.
Data entered on the 6C. INPUT - Prov. Schools tab is loaded to the Section 6C-2 report. The total current year transportation expenses on Section 6C-2 at item 10, column 4 are loaded to Section 6C-1, item 4, and funded through this component.