Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. It is in regard to the Member's statement I made earlier. Mr. Speaker, it never ceases to amaze me how in government we often throw money at things hoping that that would fix things. Only six years ago, when I got here, our first budget for the NWT post-division was around $700 million. Now we have increased it to almost $1.2 billion. I think it is incumbent on us to make sure that the money we are spending is going to the right places, doing the right thing and doing the things that we want them to do. One of the areas that I pointed out is with respect to this special needs funding where we have seen a 100 percent increase in funding, give or take, from eight percent to 15 percent. I know that the Minister is working to increase that more. I know that the Minister is working to reduce the PTR and such, but I am not at all convinced that we know exactly what we are doing with this money. Especially when I talk to school boards, they don't really know exactly where the money is going. In Education, I don't believe the department knows exactly and the Teachers' Association don't know exactly how this is happening. I would like to ask the Minister what steps he has taken or what is his knowledge of where this money is going and how it is helping the students with special needs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Sandy Lee on Question 89-15(4): Helping Students With Special Needs
In the Legislative Assembly on October 12th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Question 89-15(4): Helping Students With Special Needs
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 11th, 2005
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