It is budget time at the Vancouver School Board. Earlier this month, district staff brought their recommendations around budget to the Board. You can download senior management's full budget proposal by clicking here. For a two page summary of the budget proposal, click here. To download our powerpoint outlining the suggested budget, click here.
According to our standard budget process, the VSB is now holding a series of sessions where we will be receiving submissions from our stakeholders and the public.
The following Board approved 2013/2014 Budget Process/Timeline shows the schedule of budget meetings. Please refer to this schedule for the budget meeting dates and deadlines for submissions.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Education Centre 5:30 p.m. | Plenary Education & Student Services/Finance & Legal (Committee III/V) Public Presentation of 2013/14 Preliminary Budget Proposals |
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Education Centre 5:30 p.m. | Plenary Education & Student Services/Finance & Legal (Committee III/V) Stakeholder Consultation on 2013/14 Preliminary Budget Proposals |
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Mount Pleasant School 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, April 18, 2013 Education Centre 7:00 p.m. (if required) | Committee" of" the" Whole Public Input on 2013/14 Preliminary Budget Proposals |
Monday, April 22, 2013 Education Centre 5:00 p.m. | Plenary Education & Student Services/Finance & Legal (Committee III/V) Public Presentation of Revised 2013/14 Budget Proposals |
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Education Centre 7:00 p.m. | Committee" of" the" Whole Stakeholder and Public Input on Revised 2013/14 Budget Proposals |
Monday, April 29, 2013 Education Centre Boardroom, 7:00 p.m. | Special Board Meeting Final Deliberations and Adoption of the 2013/14 Preliminary Budget |
Please send written submissions no later than two working days before the meeting to Vancouver Board of Education, Attention: Administrative Coordinator, Secretary-Treasurer's Office, 1580 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6J 5K8, or send by fax to 604-713-5049, or email to budget2013_2014@vsb.bc.ca.
Please note: 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 and placed on the website.
