Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs

The following table sets forth the components of net periodic benefit cost for the periods indicated under the Company’s defined benefit pension plan of Scholastic Ltd., an indirect subsidiary of Scholastic Corporation located in the United Kingdom (the “UK Pension Plan”) and the postretirement benefits plan, consisting of certain healthcare and life insurance benefits provided by the Company to its eligible retired United States-based employees (the “Postretirement Benefits”), for the periods indicated:

	UK Pension Plan				Postretirement Benefits
	Three months ended				Three months ended
	February 29,		February 28,		February 29,	February 28,
	2020		2019		2020	2019
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	—		—		—	—
Interest cost	0.2		0.3		0.2	0.2
Expected return on assets	(0.3	)	(0.3	)	—	—
Net amortization of prior service (credit) cost	0.0		—		0.0	0.0
Amortization of (gains) losses	0.3		0.2		—	—
Total	$0.2		$0.2		$0.2	$0.2

	UK Pension Plan		Postretirement Benefits
	Nine months ended		Nine months ended
	February 29,	February 28,	February 29,	February 28,
	2020	2019	2020	2019
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	—	—	—	$0.0
Interest cost	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.6
Expected return on assets	(0.8)	(0.8)	—	—
Net amortization of prior service (credit) cost	0.0	—	(0.1)	(0.1)
Amortization of (gains) losses	0.8	0.6	—	—
Total	$0.6	$0.6	$0.4	$0.5