The Government of Canada and the AFN announce new policy and funding approach for First Nations K-12 education on reserve to take effect as of April 1, 2019 to support First Nations control of First Nations education, and ensures more predictable and sufficient funding that will better support the needs of First Nations students on-reserve. As of April 1, 2019, the new funding approach:

• replaces outdated proposal-based programs with improved access to predictable core funding
• ensures base funding is comparable to provincial systems across the country while working towards additional funding agreements based on need to better account for factors such as remoteness, school size, language, and socio-economic conditions
• provides First Nations schools with $1,500 per student, per year, to support language and culture programming
• provides new resources which will support full-time kindergarten in every First Nations school for children aged 4 and 5
• ensures special education funding is more predictable, with fewer application-based requirements

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