Approximately 44% of all funds that Alberta Education provided to private schools - $60 million of $135 million - is granted to special needs children, and almost half of that was in private ECS centres.

Base Funding: This is funding for basic instruction. Students in independent schools enrolled in grades 1-12 receive 60% of this particular grant and a few other minor targeted grants

38% is spent for the majority of students, those in grades 1 - 12, who receive all of their basic instruction in these publicly accredited schools.

ECS Funding: Students enrolled in ECS at the kindergarten level are eligible for the same grants as students in public, separate, charter, and Francophone schools. Private ECS operators have a high population of special needs students; some individuals also have very high needs.

Other Funding (lime green): All Alberta children in ECS are eligible for some operations and administration grants.

Capital funding for infrastructure, operations and maintenance, administration and transportation and many other types of grants provided for students in public schools are not available to students in Grades 1 to 12 independent schools. However, private operators and independent schools that deliver ECS programs do receive some of these non-instructional grants.