在11月26日的公开董事会会议上，董事会批准了 2023-24财务成果和审计财务报表。

在2023-24学年，CBE的支出为15.6亿美元，支持了14.1万名学生、1.5万名以上员工以及250多所学校和设施。CBE在年底亏损了480万美元。这占了CBE总年支出的0.3%，大约相当于CBE在一个典型的教学日花费的一半。

“这些财务成果持续凸显了学生人数增长、通货膨胀和不断上升的人员成本的影响。这个小额赤字突显出当前的资金水平让维持课程、服务和运作变得具有挑战性。”董事会主席帕特里夏·波尔格说。

未来10年的预期学生人数增长对CBE的影响已经在CBE的 2024-2034十年学生住宿和设施策略 中有记录。创纪录的入学人数正给系统带来压力，导致容量问题、不断增长的班级规模、超员和更长的校车车程。在需要大量资本投资的老化学校组合中容纳创纪录的入学人数增长将在未来十年继续是CBE的挑战。

总的来说，CBE的财务状况良好。展望未来，CBE将继续展现审慎的财务管护，并最大化地将资金用于课堂，以支持教学与学习，与董事会设定的优先事项以及CBE教育计划中所确定的一致。

审计财务报表将在11月30日的最后期限前提交给艾伯塔教育部。​

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​At its public board meeting on Nov. 26, the Board of Trustees approved the 2023-24 Finan​cial Results and Audited Financial Statements.​

In the 2023-24 school year, the CBE’s expenditures were $1.56 billion, which supported 141,000 students, 15,000+ employees and over 250 schools and facilities. The CBE ended the year with an operating deficit of $4.8 million. This represents 0.3 per cent of total annual CBE expenditures, or about one-half of what the CBE spends on one typical instructional day.

“These financial results continue to highlight the impact of growing student enrolment, inflation and rising staffing costs. This modest deficit highlights that current fu​​nding levels make it challenging to maintain programs, services, and operations” said Patricia Bolger, Chair of the Board of Trustees.

The expected impacts of enrolment growth over the next ten years are documented in the CBE’s Ten-Year Student Accommodation and Facility Strategy 2024-2034. Record enrolment is putting pressure on the system, contributing to capacity concerns, growing class sizes, overflows and longer bus rides. Accommodating record-breaking enrolment growth within a portfolio of aging schools that require significant capital investment will continue to be a challenge for the CBE over the next ten years. 

Overall, the CBE’s finances are sound.  Looking ahead, the CBE will continue to demonstrate prudent financial stewardship and maximize dollars directed to the classroom to support teaching and learning in alignment with the priorities set forth by the Board of Trustees and identified in the CBE Education Plan. 

The audited financial statements will be submitted to Alberta Education by the Nov. 30 deadline.​