What is a Peel board student worth?Janet McDougald, Chair, Peel District School Board

February 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 10-year enrolment trend

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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

Question

& answer