Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in essence, we fund divisional educational councils on a block funding basis. That means, divisional education councils have to take a look at the particular needs in their communities and schools, and determine the best way to meet those needs. We do not dictate to them by saying, according to our formula you are supposed to have a school bus here or provide this service there. We provide funds according to a formula which allows the boards to make their own choices about how they spend their monies. We provide a curriculum which basically outlines what the expected outcome should be. We know for a grade 11 student, having taken a social studies 21 or 22 course, the learning outcomes they should achieve. We can test to see whether or not those are achieved. How they get to the end product is up to the divisional education councils. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 148-13(6): Adequate Educational Resources
In the Legislative Assembly on November 4th, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Question 148-13(6): Adequate Educational Resources
Item 6: Oral Questions
November 3rd, 1998
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