The Province is helping make back-to-school more affordable for students and their families who are struggling with rising costs of living due to global inflation.

Government is updating its K-12 education health and safety guidelines to require masks for kindergarten to Grade 3 students. 

Right in time for the new school year, more than 8,600 students will be returning to safer and modernized classrooms at 16 new or improved schools throughout the province.

B.C. students will return to school next month and can look forward to full-time, in-person learning and resuming sports, music and other extracurricular activities, while mask requirements and other health and safety measures remain in place to keep schools safe.

Students, families, teachers and staff should plan for a near-normal return to school in September.

Enhanced safety measures and $121.2 million in federal funding are on the way, as the Province continues to strengthen health and safety plans in K-12 schools to keep students, teachers and staff safe during the pandemic.