Okay, thank you. That was clear. So I understand that the numbers of students have gone down; that’s fine, that’s cool. But my information from education authorities is that although the total number of students is going down, the number of special needs or students who require inclusive schooling are going up and, as well, they’re not only seeing an increase in inclusive schooling students, but the ones that they are seeing are the ones who require a very large amount of assistance. They’re very heavily...children who need a great deal of assistance whereas someone who has got a slight disability can relatively easily be dealt with in a classroom without incurring a large amount of extra expense. But when there’s a student who may, for instance, be a quadriplegic with a feeding tube that requires full-time assistance, that’s what I’m referencing in terms of students that require a great deal of assistance. So if authorities are seeing more students who must be inclusive schooled and they are more severely inhibited, why is it then that we are not funding the authorities to a higher level rather than a lower level? Thank you.
Wendy Bisaro on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 10th, 2010. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 9th, 2010
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