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Update on Strike Savings Reporting

The Ministry of Education will be reclaiming all savings from school districts due to strike activity beginning in September 2014. Districts will be required to report monthly on areas of their budgets where spending was planned but did not occur. This includes teacher wages and benefits, replacement costs, utilities, transportation, professional development and supplies. Districts can note any reasonable incremental costs incurred and the Ministry will work with districts experiencing financial difficulties on a case-by-case basis.

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Update on Strike Savings Reporting

The Ministry of Education will be reclaiming all savings from school districts due to strike activity beginning in September 2014. Districts will be required to report monthly on areas of their budgets where spending was planned but did not occur. This includes teacher wages and benefits, replacement costs, utilities, transportation, professional development and supplies. Districts can note any reasonable incremental costs incurred and the Ministry will work with districts experiencing financial difficulties on a case-by-case basis.

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Ministry of

Education
Resource Management
Division
Mailing Address:
PO Box 9151 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria BC V8W 9H1
Location:
5
th
Floor, 620 Superior St
Victoria BC V8V 1V2

September 12, 2014

Ref: 177297

To: All Secretary-Treasurers
All School Districts

The purpose of this letter is to update you on the progress made since I last communicated with
you on August 29, 2014, regarding the approach for reporting and reclaiming strike savings.
Thank you for all your hard work, flexibility and assistance working together with the Ministry
during these extenuating circumstances.

My staff and I have worked with the BCASBO Executive to better understand potential savings
and additional costs that school districts may experience due to strike activity starting in
September. This work was valuable in demonstrating that while there are many similarities
amongst district savings, there is a wide variation in the incremental financial impacts of the
strike. Due to these differences, we will ask you to report on areas of your budgets where
spending was planned, but did not occur during each monthly reporting period that job action
occurs. Ian Aaron, Director of School District Financial Reporting, will send a detailed reporting
template with instructions to you no later than Friday, September 19, 2014.

Beginning with the September 2014 reporting, the Ministry will reclaim all strike savings,
including but not limited to the following areas:

Teacher wages
Teacher wage sensitive benefits
Teacher non-wage sensitive benefits
Staff replacement costs
Utility and other facility costs
Transportation
Professional development
Travel
Supplies

You are asked to report monthly savings to the Ministry where spending is not being deferred to
a later time. Also, you will be asked to provide details of incremental strike costs experienced
during the month in areas such as international student programs, dues and fees, rentals and
leases, and First Nations/LEA reductions.

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If school districts are experiencing particular financial difficulty as a result of the job action and
strike recoveries, the Ministry will work with districts on a case-by-case basis to recognize any
reasonable incremental costs, factoring in the districts financial situation.

Please contact Ian Aaron at (250) 415-1073 or Kim Abbott, Director of Funding and Allocation
at (250) 896-3680 if you have any questions.

Thanks again to everyone for the extra effort and understanding during this uncertain time.

Sincerely,


Deborah Fayad
Assistant Deputy Minister


cc: Teresa Rezansoff, President, British Columbia School Trustees Association
Board Chairs, All School Districts
Superintendents, All School Districts

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