Developing Our 2025-2026 School Year Budget
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Brandon School Division’s 2025-2026 Preliminary Budget Presentation and Board Deliberations were held on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. If you missed watching the meeting live, you can view a recording here: 2025-2026 Preliminary Budget Presentation and Board Deliberations.
The 2025-2026 Tentative Operating Budget is as follows:
The tentative budget includes the following:
- Expected enrollment growth:
- Brandon School Division is a growing division and enrollment continues to increase at a greater rate than prior to 2020. In 2024-2025, the Division experienced an increase of 311 (3.2%) students.
- For the 2025-2026 school year, we are projecting 10,212 students, an increase of 209 (2.1%) students.
- A net Increase of 11.14 FTE teaching positions, which includes the following:
- An increase of 16.45 FTE Teachers for enrollment growth
- A decrease of (1.31) FTE non-ratio teaching positions due to grants and other funding
- A reduction of (1.00) FTE Reading Recovery Teacher
- A reduction of (1.00) FTE Clinician
- A reduction of (2.00) FTE Divisional Specialists
- A net Increase of 21.09 FTE support staff, which includes the following:
- An increase of 5.30 FTE Educational Assistants due to enrollment growth
- An increase of 22.12 FTE Educational Assistants due to additional funding for Level 3 EBD & Uris Special Needs students
- An increase of 3.05 FTE non-ratio Educational Assistants due to grants/funding
- An increase of 1.09 FTE Lunchroom Educational Assistants due to enrollment growth
- An increase of 1.19 FTE Custodial Assistant positions due to enrollment growth
- An adjustment of 0.34 FTE due to change of hours for various positions
- An increase of 2.00 FTE Bus Drivers for two (2) new bus routes
- A reduction of (3.00) FTE Vocational Educational Assistants
- A reduction of (11.00) FTE Full Day Every Day Kindergarten ECE Educational Assistants
- The budget provides a 1.5% inflationary increase to the school instructional supply budgets, capital & maintenance budget and other controllable supplies and services.
- A reduction of $23,010 for Full Day Every Day Kindergarten Supplies
- Replacement of school buses will be funded through the school bus capital reserve.
2025 School Tax Impact
The tentative budget results in a 7.82% increase in the Special Requirement, a 7.58% increase in the Special Levy, and a decrease of (0.41%) in the mill rate for 2025 or an annual increase of $121.29 (6.78%) on total school taxes based on an average single-family home valued at $301,300, prior to the Homeowners Affordability Tax Credit provided by the Province on a homeowner’s principal residence.
2026 School Tax Impact
As 56.5% of the 2025-2026 Special Requirement is carried over to the 2026 Tax year, this results in an increase of $86.75 (4.54%) in total school taxes for 2026 prior to factoring changes for assessment, enrolment, funding, salary increases (including Teacher Harmonization costs) and expenses.
Our Budget Presentation and Consultation Meeting will be held on:
Monday, March 3, 2025, at 7:00 pm
BSD Administration Office, Board Room (1031 – 6th Street, Brandon)
Interested Stakeholders wishing to present to the Board of Trustees during the Budget Presentation and Consultation Meeting are invited to submit a request, prior to 12:00 pm on March 3, 2025, via email to:
Office of the Secretary-Treasurer
Email: delegations@bsd.ca
Phone: 204-729-3114
The final 2025-2026 School Year Budget is set to be approved during a regular board meeting on:
Monday, March 10, 2025, at 7:30 pm
BSD Administration Office, Board Room (1031 – 6th Street, Brandon)
All of our meetings are open to the public. If you are unable to attend in person, please join us live online at www.bsd.ca.
Accessibility at Brandon School Division
Brandon School Division is committed to accessibility. If you require accommodations to take part in this event, please feel free to call or email us. We kindly ask that you inform us as early as possible, and we will make every effort to fulfill your request.
For more information, please contact:
Brandon School Division - Office of Communications
1031 – 6th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 4K5
Phone: 204-729-0388 Email: info@bsd.ca
Linktree: @BrandonMBSD
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