Education Development Charge

An Education Development Charge (EDC) is a development charge that is imposed under a bylaw respecting growth-related net education land costs incurred or proposed to be incurred by a School Board.

 

In simpler terms, this means it is a charge that is levied on new development that is paid by the developer/permit taker when the building permit is issued by the municipality.

 

The revenue collected from the charge is then used by a school board to purchase land/school sites for new schools to be built upon.

 

The London District Catholic School Board did have EDC bylaws that were applied across its jurisdiction in the early 2000’s. The Board had 4 EDC bylaws; one each for Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin (including St. Thomas) counties and one for the City of London. The County bylaws lapsed in 2000 and the City in 2005.