Ontario. Dept. of Education. Departmental Business Administration Branch

• Departmental Business Administration Branch

The Departmental Business Administration Branch was created in 1965, within the Administration Division; it then assumed most of the functions of the defunct Business Administration Branch and some of the functions of the Registrar's Branch. Initially, the Departmental Business Administration Branch included the Grants Division, which was transferred to the School Business Administration Branch in 1966, and the Central Registry, which was closed in 1969.

The position of Budget Officer, which had existed within the Branch since 1965, was expanded into the Budget Office in 1969, and no longer remained part of the Departmental Business Administration Branch. The Branch ceased to exist in 1972, and its functions were assumed by various branches of the new Administrative and Financial Services Division.

The Departmental Business Administration Branch was responsible for preparing annual budget estimates for the Department of Education (until 1969); providing financial and administrative services to the Department, including purchasing. It was also responsible for the central filing of teachers' documents and departmental records in the Central Registry, which was closed in 1969, and replaced by more limited central filing of records in File Station 1.

The Branch also conducted internal audits; administered funds for vocational and technical training buildings and programs under the Federal-Provincial Technical and Vocational Training Agreement; and, calculated and distributed grants to boards of education and public libraries until June 1, 1966 when this function, administered by the Grants Division, was transferred to the School Business Administration Branch.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Inventory 2, Records of the Ministry of Education

Archivist(s):
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