Mr. Speaker, there is no sleight of hand involved here. What happened was that the overall budget for schools was reduced by 5 or 6 percent. While the formula may have gone down for bussing, it may have gone up for the South Slave region for special education. It may have gone up in the basic per capita student grant, however, after all of the formula adjustments were done, there was a five or six percent decrease applied to the total figure. Therefore everything in the budget was reduced. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 288-13(4): Education Council Budget Reductions
In the Legislative Assembly on February 11th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 288-13(4): Education Council Budget Reductions
Question 288-13(4): Education Council Budget Reductions
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 10th, 1997
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