The Vancouver School Board held a special Board meeting (Committee of the Whole) on Monday, April 3, 2023 to review the draft 2023-2024 Annual Budget. 

Watch the recording and view the agenda of the meeting. 

The meeting began with a presentation of the draft 2023-2024 annual budget. Staff covered the Board and legislative requirements, the budget process and next steps. 

It was noted that there are a few matters that need to be addressed before budget is finalized including, reconciling student FTE numbers to determine staffing levels, review costing in central departments, finalize enrolment of international students, finalize budgets for Summer School and Adult Education and consider structural deficit reduction strategies. 

Staff noted that given the anticipated deficit, a combination of lower expenses or higher revenues will be needed to balance the District’s operating budget.  

At the end of the meeting, stakeholders were given an opportunity to ask questions about the budget and share feedback on how to address the anticipated deficit. Online education expansion and multi-use school sites were just a few of many ideas presented by stakeholders as strategies to generate revenues and reduce expenditures. 

A revised budget in advance of the April 12 Finance Committee meeting will be made public. A final budget will be presented at the May 1 Board meeting.