The 2025-2026 budget for Southeast College as compared to the 2024-2025 budget resulted in a 5% decrease in total funding.
Total operating funding specifically saw a decrease of approximately 2%. Prior to the decrease in the 2025-2026 budget, the operating grant for Southeast College has remained status quo for a few years, therefore not keeping up with increases in operational expenses including bargained salary increases, general operating expenses that include utilities, insurance costs, and routine maintenance. An additional 2% decrease this year in the total operating funding is significant.
The second area of the budget that saw the largest decrease in funding at 20% was the skills training allocation (STA) portion. These are the training dollars that allow the college to offer full and part-time institute credit programs. Part of this decrease is a result of the conclusion of a one-time funding lift to offer a continuous intake in the Practical Nursing program. Through management of program reserve funds, this will not impact the Practical Nursing program scheduled for 2025-2027.
The college is thankful for an increase to its Preventative Maintenance and Renewal (PMR) allocation of approximately 42%. This funding is earmarked for specific PMR projects within college facilities to be completed over the next fiscal year.
With the 5% decrease in total funding, the college may be faced with continued ongoing complex decisions.
Southeast College offers various programs both off and on campus throughout the southeast region of Saskatchewan. Southeast College is proud to offer innovative and flexible programming that encourages students to learn where they live.
