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$60M back-to-school fund for B.C. families

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 29 Aug, 2022 02:35 PM
  • $60M back-to-school fund for B.C. families

BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbia is looking to ease the burden of back-to-school costs with a one-time $60-million fund that expands meal programs and helps families pay for supplies and field trips.

Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says families are already struggling with rising costs due to inflation and the government's fund aims to take the sting out of costs associated with the return to school next month.

Whiteside says every school district in the province will receive a minimum of $250,000.

The president of B.C.'s Confederation of Advisory Councils says the affordability initiative will allow individual schools and school districts to provide relief to families in need.

Chris Schultz-Lorentzen says families will be encouraged to reach out to their advisory councils and school principals to get a share of the funding.

Whiteside says the fund is one of a number of measures the government will deliver in the coming days to help people hardest hit by inflation.

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