Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The effective behaviour support program is dedicated to assisting teachers to develop methodologies by which they can assist students with behavioural problems and to address those in the classrooms as well as in the hallways and the yard. So it's not the type of program whereby the support could be provided for the specific case I believe that the Member is referring to. That is done through the student support initiative we have, Mr. Speaker, whereby we fund it. We used to fund approximately eight percent to schools, and since the year 2000 we've increased that every year to 15 percent of school funding. So there has been an increase to address issues such as Mr. Roland has mentioned. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the Education Act it states that the education body will provide students with the support services necessary to give effect to subsection (1) in accordance with the direction of the Minister. Can the Minister tell us has he worked with the Department of Health and Social Services to try to address the situation we have in schools where special needs are a growing concern? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This may have taken place, Mr. Speaker, at the officials level where there is a working relationship. Mr. Speaker, as I say, the process that we followed here on a policy base has been to increase the funding available for schools, and we do that, of course, through a formula to all jurisdictions. In the case of Inuvik, it would be to the Beaufort-Delta District Education Authority. They, in turn, would allocate funding for this money into the specific areas of need. The specific requirement of this student may have to be addressed by me with a question to the board itself to see whether they have addressed the need of this particular student and how we can address it, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't know the circumstance of the particular individual the Member is speaking about, so I would have to have the details of that before I could comment in return as to whether all of our requirements are being appropriately met. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Your final supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister stated in a previous response to my questions that they've increased the support services area for district education councils. Can he inform us if that money does go to special needs or to support assistants in classrooms, or can district education councils and authorities use that funding for other things where they fall short of funding? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

My understanding, Mr. Speaker, is that it is to be dedicated in the area of student support needs. There are a variety of methodologies of using that money, but it is to be in the student support needs area, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member or Frame Lake, Mr. Dent.