Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can endeavour to find out from the divisional education councils where they are reducing staff and pass that information on to the Member. I should caution the House though, as I said a couple of days ago, the funding we provide to divisional education councils is like block funding. They may choose to increase or decrease the pupil/teacher ratio over what we provide in the basic funding. They would have to then trade that funding from some other area within the schools. So, every change in the number of teachers in every divisional education council is not necessarily tied to how we provide the funding to them. You cannot just look at the change in the numbers of teachers and put it down to one factor in this whole equation. It is a much more complex arrangement than that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 495-13(4): Budget Cuts To Beaufort Delta Region
In the Legislative Assembly on May 29th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 495-13(4): Budget Cuts To Beaufort Delta Region
Question 495-13(4): Budget Cuts To Beaufort Delta Region
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 28th, 1997
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