It's important to know that your child is going to a school that is safe and properly equipped. That's why over the next three years the Province will be investing three-quarters of a billion dollars in new schools and facility improvements across B.C. As part of government's continuing commitment to make B.C. a world leader in education, Premier Gordon Campbell recently announced the province will invest $722 million in school capital improvements.

• $96.3 million for capital projects in 2006-07.
• $10 million in additional maintenance funding for each of the 2004-05 and 2005-06 school years, over and above the $100 million per year previously announced.
• $110 million in new maintenance funding for 2006-07.
• $89 million in new seismic upgrade funding over the next three years.

A total of 39 new school projects will be undertaken in 2006/07:

• Twenty-one new, expanded, renovated or replacement schools, in districts across B.C.
• Seismic upgrades to 11 different schools in higher-risk earthquake areas.
• Seven site acquisitions for future school facilities in Surrey, Abbotsford and Sooke, and in Nanaimo and Kelowna for school district 93 (Conseil scolaire francophone).

Learn more about the improvements to B.C.'s schools by visiting Achieve BC.

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