BC NDP
Increase eligibility for the BC Access Grant.
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Education platforms
Here's what the BC 2020 parties are promising.Adult learning
BC Liberals
- Create a Work Experience for Students programme with the federal govt.
- Streamline registrations and credentialing for apprenticeship training.
- Bring trades competency into the K-12 system.
- Have secondary school trades programme begin credentialling earlier.
We don't have any BC Greens policies on Adult learning.
Funding for public education
We don't have any BC NDP policies on Funding for public education.
We don't have any BC Liberals policies on Funding for public education.
BC Greens
Work with education partners on a long-term plan to improve per-student funding.
[...] This would include:
- Addressing the continued disparities in wages, class size and composition between districts;
- Access to speech-language pathologists and school psychologists, and develop new resources for students with special needs.
- This starts with the development of a new funding formula that supports a 21st century education system.
- Double the funding of the B.C. Access Grant to help support post-secondary part-time students, and those enrolled in multi-year programs.
— From The BC Greens' Plan for a More Equitable and Sustainable BC.
Meal programmes
BC NDP
Work with school districts to create local school meal programmes based on district data and priorities, focused on locally grown food.
We don't have any BC Liberals policies on Meal programmes.
BC Greens
Create a $25 million fund for school districts to develop food programmes for their schools.
Proposals would be developed by the district to ensure local needs are addressed;
Funding would be conditional on ensuring the program integrated nutrition into the curriculum and showed how the plan would eliminate the stigma associated with accessing food programming.
— From The BC Greens' Plan for a More Equitable and Sustainable BC.
Mental health and schools
BC NDP
Invest in mental health supports for students and staff.
BC Liberals
Increase mental health supports in public secondary schools, such as registered psychiatric nurses.
BC Greens
Provide $24 million in new funding to enhance the number of counsellors in schools, starting in the current school year.
New schools
We don't have any BC NDP policies on New schools.
BC Liberals
Build new schools throughout the province, and expand new school construction in areas with rapid population growth.
We don't have any BC Greens policies on New schools.
Post-secondary
BC NDP
Conduct a funding review of post-secondary education operating grants to make sure post-secondary institutions are aligned for economic recovery and student success.
We don't have any BC Liberals policies on Post-secondary.
BC Greens
Double the funding for the BC Access Grant to help support post-secondary part-time students and those enrolled in multi-year programs.
Racism and reconciliation
We don't have any BC NDP policies on Racism and reconciliation.
We don't have any BC Liberals policies on Racism and reconciliation.
BC Greens
Develop and implement a province-wide plan to address racism in schools, and commit to additional, ongoing funding to deepen the work of reconciliation and Indigenous education across K-12.
School infrastructure
BC NDP
- Expand the Playground Fund to more schools.
- Invest in school infrastructure focusing on meeting seismic requirements and climate change and energy efficiency standards.
BC Liberals
Upgrade K-12 facilities and ensure they are properly equipped.
We don't have any BC Greens policies on School infrastructure.
School tuition
BC NDP
- Strengthen existing Tuition Fee Limit Policy to make sure institutions don't increase fees beyond prescribed limits.
- Expand tuition waivers to all former youth in care, regardless of age.
BC Liberals
Adopt the disclosure-requirements of the UK Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, to ensure all BC students know, before they register, the total costs of a programme, the graduation rate, and employment rate.
We don't have any BC Greens policies on School tuition.
Schools and COVID
BC NDP
- Install new ventilation systems, plexiglass barriers in key areas, and comprehensive cleaning stations.
- Ensure more hours of cleaning in all schools.
- Fast-track improvements to online and remote learning.
We'll invest in more computers and tablets, more training for teachers and support staff, and in new ways to improve social e-learning that promotes group interactions between students and teachers.
— From Working for You.
BC Liberals
- Implement a province-wide framework for hybrid and online learning options.
- Promote distance learning programmes.
- Restore $12 million of funding for Independent Distributed Learning programmes.
BC Greens
- Fund operating grants for school districts at the same level as 2019/2020, so that lower enrolment during COVID doesn't result in less funding.
- Maintain additional COVID funding for PPE & online learning.
- Give every school the resources to develop remote & hybrid learning options.
Special learning needs
We don't have any BC NDP policies on Special learning needs.
BC Liberals
- Increase supports and earlier assessments for identifying learning needs.
- Provide school instruction that meets diverse learning needs.
We don't have any BC Greens policies on Special learning needs.