Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If an education authority wanted to put their money into providing that kind of service within their school area, they could. Mr. Speaker, I just want to be clear about my previous answer. Many of the kids who are not attending school tend to come from poorer families and we need to address that issue before we start addressing finding those families and making them even poorer to put them back in school. The Member has been recommending that we use the law to try and enforce attendance at school by finding families if their kids don't attend. What I said yesterday was that that's the wrong approach. We have to be supportive of families and kids, and make sure the families are supporting their kids to be in school. But there is nothing in the Education Act that would stop a school district from putting their funding into providing a liaison person within their system. Thank you.
Charles Dent on Question 575-15(3): School Attendance In The Nwt
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 575-15(3): School Attendance In The Nwt
Question 575-15(3): School Attendance In The Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 8th, 2005
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