2026-2027 budget consultation

New Westminster Schools’ budget survey for 2026-2027 is opening soon. The survey link to this year’s budget will be posted when available.

What our budget funds

Budget timeline

DATETIMEEVENTNOTES
December 16, 20256 p.m.Regular open board meetingApproval of the 2026-2027 budget process
February 16-27, 2026BUDGET SURVEY OPENSCollection of budget priority areas
February 24, 20266 p.m.Regular open board meetingApproval of the amended budget for 2025-2026
March 10, 20266 p.m.Regular open board meetingPartner group budget presentations and budget survey results presentation.
April 16, 20263:30 p.m.Coordinating Committee meetingPartner group budget consultation
April 28, 20266 p.m.Regular open board meetingSuperintendent budget recommendations and completion of all three readings of budget bylaw.

Annual budgets

Each year, we work on budget proposals for the Board of Education’s consideration and approval. The process involves reviewing our priority assessments (based on our five-year strategic plan) and current and future needs with input from interested parties.

These deliberations help inform the superintendent’s recommendations to the Board of Education on the approval of the budget for the upcoming school year.

About the district budget

Building school budgets is about setting priorities around how to achieve goals that help support students, staff, and our community.

Consulting with our community and various interested parties helped us create our five-year strategic plan. Thanks to that work, we’re taking the next step from collecting and understanding priorities to making sure we have the resources to act on them in a meaningful way.

Because needs and priorities evolve over time, we will occasionally need to make budget adjustments based on factors like:

  • Changes to student enrolment and funding provided from the provincial government.
  • Changes to staffing or school enrolment needs.
  • Shifting departmental priorities, which align to the strategic plan.
  • Key priorities or targeted projects for the current year.

Budgets and reports

Financial statements

Annual budgets

Pay transparency reports

As per the Pay Transparency Act, which became law on May 11, 2023, all employers with 1,000 or more employees are required to publish a pay transparency report by November 1 each year.

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