FAO TO RELEASE A REPORT ON ONTARIO SCHOOL BUILDINGS
TORONTO, December 13, 2024 – On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) will release a report that reviews school buildings in Ontario, including building condition and the state of good repair. The report also compares student enrolment and school capacity to examine the number of schools that are under and over capacity. Finally, the report provides an estimate of the cost to maintain school buildings in a state of good repair and to address capacity pressures over the next 10 years, with a comparison of the FAO’s cost estimate to the amount of funding included in the 2024 Ontario Budget.
The report will be posted on the FAO website www.fao-on.org at 8:30 a.m.
Interested media are invited to attend a media briefing at 10:00 a.m. virtually on Microsoft Teams. Please contact Sophia Zhu at SZhu@fao-on.org or 416 931 5498 for log-in and password information.
Following the briefing, Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer, Jeffrey Novak, will be available to respond to media questions.
About the FAO
Under the Financial Accountability Officer Act, 2013, the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) provides independent analysis on the state of the Province’s finances, trends in the provincial economy, and related matters important to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Visit our website and follow us on X and LinkedIn.
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For further information, please contact:
Sophia Zhu | 416 931 5498 | SZhu@fao-on.org | fao-on.org