School districts operate
on a fiscal year that runs from 01 September to 31 August. The District’s
budget for the upcoming fiscal year must be approved by the Board before the
end of June of the current year. To meet this timeline, a staff-recommended budget
will be presented to the Committee of the Whole Budget (COW Budget) on 26 May
2021 and several meetings are scheduled to obtain comment from the public, to
provide the Board with an opportunity to establish the District’s priorities
and to refine the allocation of resources.
The tentative public
meeting dates at which budget matters will be discussed are:
26 May 2021 Presentation of the staff-recommended budget
01 June 2021 Public delegations, budget debate commences
09 June 2021 Budget debate continues
15 June 2021 Budget debate, recommendation to the Board
21 June 2021 Board approval *
*A special Board meeting
may be held immediately following COW Budget’s recommendation.
Please visit the Delegations webpage to learn how to
appear as a delegation at a Board or Committee meeting.
Questions and comments
can be sent by email to budgetinfo@ocdsb.ca.
Questions will be responded to as part of a Question and Answer document
prepared in support of the 2021-2022 Budget. Comments will be shared with
senior staff.
The following resources are provided for reference as part of the District's budget consultation and approval process.