
March 4, 2025
Budget 2025 - Standing strong for B.C.
Excerpt: "Budget 2025 provides $370 million over three years to help give children and youth the supportive and inclusive learning environment they need. This includes hiring more teachers and supporting the growing number of children with special needs with funding for special education teachers, teacher psychologists and counsellors through the Classroom Enhancement Fund. Budget 2025 also provides $17 million for First Nations reciprocal tuition for students attending First Nations schools.
Capital investments of $4.6 billion over three years will go toward building, renovating and seismically upgrading schools. Major projects include $392 million in prefabricated school projects that will create 6,485 new seats across 16 school districts; $203 million for the new 1,900-seat Smith Secondary school in Langley; and $151 million for the new 630-seat Olympic Village elementary school in Vancouver."
Capital investments of $4.6 billion over three years will go toward building, renovating and seismically upgrading schools. Major projects include $392 million in prefabricated school projects that will create 6,485 new seats across 16 school districts; $203 million for the new 1,900-seat Smith Secondary school in Langley; and $151 million for the new 630-seat Olympic Village elementary school in Vancouver."