Thank you. So if schools see an influx of students, we have an extraordinary enrolment funding pot of money that schools can apply for, and they have to meet some criteria, but it would give them the funding to accept those students.
We also made changes that are going to protect the -- primarily the smaller schools if they see large decreases in enrolment. So traditionally, the funding formula has some numbers and if a school hits those numbers in terms of enrolment, there's either increases or there's drops in their funding. So what we've done is we've adjusted those numbers to ensure that if enrolment in small schools falls, the drop in funding isn't so drastic so that they aren't having to, you know, find money for a position like a janitor or something like that, which can be quite stressful. And those are often local jobs as well.
And overall, schools in the territory have seen a decline of about .4 percent this year, and that's on track with sorts of traditional trends. And as I've mentioned before to the Member, in Yellowknife there's movement in between schools as well. So while some schools might see an increase, others -- or might see a decrease, others might see a corresponding increase. Thank you.