Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are addressed to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. I’d like to thank the Minister for tabling the fact sheet yesterday. There’s a lot of information in there. I think there are a few opinions, as well, but I would like to ask him a few questions about some of the statements in those sheets.
On the page that says “What Will JK Cost,” It goes on to say the total cost to offer junior kindergarten is projected to be $7.4 million annually. The cost will be absorbed by education authorities. On another page, the School Funding Framework page, it says, “The school funding formulas used prior year September 30 student enrollments,” and that’s to determine board contributions. But on one of the latter pages it says, “The Yellowknife Catholic schools will receive additional dollars when they implement junior kindergarten in 2016-17 and is actually offering the program, so I’m a little confused, Mr. Speaker. There are a couple of other statements, as well, that are contradictory.
I’d like to ask the Minister will, for instance, the Yellowknife Catholic Schools receive funding for junior kindergarten students in 2016-17 when the
students first start, or will they receive that funding a year later when the September 30th enrollments
are determined a year after the kids start?