You know, I hear from my colleagues in the House that was a really good question, except the Minister did not hear it and I do not know what I said, so...
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I am sure it was really good, but I cannot exactly repeat it. I do not know. Maybe the Minister could read the Hansard and get back to me.
I have another question. Mr. Chairman, I also asked a question in the House about student support funding. We are also aware that we have been able to increase funding in that area as well, which is a good thing, due to the low enrolment. That is another thing. We have had less students going into the school system but we still have crowded classrooms. Somebody should go and look into this. The experts in education should take a look at what is going on. We give more money and there is less enrolment but class sizes are as big as ever.
It is just like the population in the NWT. We see more people, but where are they? It is reversed.
Anyway, this student support funding, I asked the Minister to give me information about what criteria is used in the way the school boards spend student support money. I have been given a sheet that tells the details of expenditures that the school board has to file with the department. It is only a page long. There are about 15 columns. I cannot believe the school boards get millions of dollars from the department on student support services and have to fill out a form that is less than what you would have to fill out to get a $3,000 loan.
What I am trying to get at is we all know about the special educational needs in our school systems. Could we not expect more from the department in terms of accountability of how the money is being spent, and if it is reaching the objective that we are trying to get to, which is to provide help that is needed for those students with special needs. I do not know if the Minister is aware of this, but it is just a little form that says education body, details of expenditures.
Let me ask a direct question. What does the department do to measure whether or not the extra money that you are giving to the school boards for student support services to measure how that is spent in terms of how it benefits the kids? What is used there?