Budget 2019-2020
Vancouver Board of Education
2019/2020 Budget Timeline (Updated April 12, 2019)
Thank you for participating in the online budget engagement process.
The online engagement was open from April 9 to April 30, 2019.
See the summary report here.
Budget 2019-2020 Frequently Asked Questions - Updated
Divisional Budget
The link below is to the Divisional Budget document that was provided to Trustees for their reference during the development of the 2019-2020 Annual Budget. The three columns in the document are (left to right) the preliminary annual budget for 2018-2019, the Year to Date actual results to April 29, 2019 and the Draft Base Budget for 2019-2020. The Draft Base Budget is the detail for the Summary Schedules (2, 2A and 2B) on page 25-27 of the Preliminary Draft Document (Version 1) released on April 9, 2019.
Those who wish to make a presentation regarding the 2019/2020 Preliminary Draft Annual Budget at the public consultation Committee of the Whole meetings on April 23 or May 15, 2019 must register by sending an email to: budget2019-2020@vsb.bc.ca
Please indicate if you will be presenting yourself or if you are registering and presenting on behalf of a group and include the name of the group, if applicable.
Written submissions only, regarding the 2019/2020 Preliminary Draft Annual Budget, may be emailed to this budget email address or forwarded by mail to the Administrative Office Assistant, Secretary Treasurer's Office, 1580 West Broadway, Vancouver BC, V6J 5K8. All submissions to the Board are considered to be public documents. The Board, therefore, reserves the right to make any submissions available to the public by posting on the website.
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 Education Centre 1:00-1:45 pm | Stakeholder Workshop (CUPE 407) Budget discussion |
Monday, February 11, 2019 Education Centre 1:00-1:45 pm | Stakeholder Workshop (VSTA) Budget discussion |
Monday, February 11, 2019 Education Centre 2:00-2:45 pm | Stakeholder Workshop (IUOE) Budget discussion |
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Education Centre 11:00-11:45 am | Stakeholder Workshop (Ps & VPs) Budget discussion |
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Education Centre 4:00-4:45 pm | Stakeholder Workshop (CUPE 15) |
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Education Centre 10:00-10:45 am | Stakeholder Workshop (VESTA) |
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Education Centre 2:00-2:45 pm | Stakeholder Workshop (Trades) |
Thursday, February 21, 2019 Education Centre 3:15-4:00 pm | Stakeholder Workshop (PASA) |
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Education Centre 5:30 pm | Finance Committee 2018/2019 Amended Annual Budget Budget Timeline for 2019/2020 |
Monday, February 25, 2019 7:00 pm | Board Meeting Approval of the 2018/2019 Amended Annual Budget |
Friday, March 15, 2019 | Ministry of Education Funding Announcement 2019/2020 Funding announcement from the MOE |
April 9 to April 30, 2019 | Public Survey Public survey open (21 days) |
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Education Centre 7:00 pm | Plenary Student Learning & Well-Being / Finance Committee (meeting agenda) Presentation of the 2019/2020 Preliminary Budget Proposals PowerPoint Presentation |
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Mount Pleasant Elementary (gymnasium) 7:00-9:00 pm | Special Board / Committee of the Whole Public consultation on the 2019/2020 Preliminary Budget Proposals Meeting Agenda with Submissions |
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Education Centre 6:30 pm | Finance Committee Budget discussion PowerPoint Presentation |
Thursday, April 25, 2019 | District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) General Meeting Budget discussion |
Monday, May 6, 2019 Education Centre 7:00 pm | Special Board Report on DPAC general meeting Full Meeting agenda 2019-2020 Preliminary Draft Budget (Version 2) Report on Public Survey |
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Education Centre 7:00 pm | Special Board / Committee of the Whole Stakeholder and Public Input on the 2019/2020 budget Meeting agenda PowerPoint Presentation 2019-2020 Preliminary Draft Budget (Version 3) |
Monday, May 27, 2019 Education Centre 7:00 pm | Board Meeting First and second readings of the 2019/2020 Annual Budget Bylaw |
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Education Centre 6:30 pm | Finance Committee Budget discussion |
Monday, June 24, 2019 7:00 pm | Board Meeting Third reading and adoption of the 2019/2020 budget bylaw |