Curricular Materials Grant for Public
and Funded Independent Schools
The Grant 2005/2006
Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth provides school divisions/districts and schools with a Curricular Materials Grant of $55.00 per eligible pupil. To allow schools greater flexibility in the use of the Curricular Materials Grant, a discretionary portion of the Grant--$25.00 per eligible pupil--is paid directly to public school divisions/districts and to funded independent schools. This portion can be used to purchase learning resources from any source, including the Manitoba Text Book Bureau (MTBB). The remaining $30.00 balance of the Grant will be retained as a credit solely for the purchase of curricular materials through MTBB. These Grant funds can be accessed only by ordering materials through MTBB.
Schools are encouraged to use their $30.00 per pupil portion of the Grant on curriculum-matched learning resources. These learning resources have been evaluated through Western Canadian Protocol (WCP) and provincial reviews. All WCP-designated and Manitoba-recommended learning resources are available from stock carried at MTBB. These curriculum-matched learning resources represent excellent value.
Definition of Curricular Materials
In the MTBB catalogue, "curriculum materials" include:
- textbooks, library books, reference books, educational kits, charts, maps, globes, calculators, graphing calculators, micrometres, callipers, probes, motion pictures, audio and video disks/cassettes/CD-ROMs, recordings, video recordings with public performance rights, testing materials, and computer-related materials such as computer software and other instructional materials that are available through MTBB
- video recordings or DVDs for which the Instructional Resources Unit has acquired duplication and distribution rights
- cataloguing for library books
- costs of textbook and library book repairs, connect time charges for the Internet, and other such costs as may be approved by the Minister of Education, Citizenship and Youth
The Curriculum Materials Grant cannot be used for computer hardware.
