what is a peel board student worth?
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What is a Peel board student worth?Janet McDougald, Chair, Peel District School BoardFebruary 24, 2010
Critical issue
Provincial cuts
• textbooks by about 15% - approx.
$1.8 million
• computer budget – approx. $1.8 million
• professional development – almost
$3 million
Intolerably low per
student funding
Peel's 10year enrolment trend
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
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Province
Peel
Frugal
Operational efficiencies
Fourth lowest funded board in the province on a per pupil basis
($1,000)
($800)
($600)
($400)
($200)
$0
$200
$400 Peel DSB
York RegionDSB
Halton DSB
Dufferin-PeelCatholic DSB
Thames ValleyDSB
Ottawa-CarletonDSB
Toronto DSB
2002-03 2009-10Greater Than Provincial Average
Less Than Provincial Average
Per pupil funding gap of large urban boards
• 2002-03 - $459 gap
• Now - $838 gap
Difference of $379 per pupil
WHY?
• gets $251 more per pupil than average– an increase of $30 per pupil since
2002-03
– receives $1,100 more per pupil
than Peel
TDSB
• Dufferin-Peel receives $141 more per pupil
• York Region receives an additional $86
• Ottawa-Carleton receives $670 more
Other boards
Numbers are all wrong
• grown by over 33,000 students
• 93 distinct ethnic groups
• more than 60 languages
• newcomer population represents about 45% of region's total population
Since 2001
• spend $16 million more than we get
• receive lowest per pupil amount of high needs funding
• $300 less per pupil than average– $135 less than GTA boards
Special Education
What is the province going to
do about it?
Per pupil funding erosion
must stop
Imagine the difference
1. Province must use 2006 census data
Action
2. Fund actual high needs students we
serve
3. Revisit early years grant funding
We deserve more
We need your help
Making a real difference
Making a real
difference
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