Thursday, February 3, 2011

Provincial Budget Due February 24

According to a Calgary Herald article, Premier Stelmach has announced that the Provincial Budget will be delivered on February 24. Typically, it takes about 3 to 4 days for adminstration to crunch the numbers and come back with what the budget will mean for the Calgary Board of Education's bottom line.

With Tripartite discussions ended, we know that teachers' will be getting the AAWE linked salary increase that was part of their five year agreement with the province. The increase is currently predicted to be 4.3% but according to the Government of Alberta Finance and Enterprise's Weekly Economic Review dated January 28, this number could be on the rise. Another Calgary Herald article, quotes Treasury Board president, Lloyd Snelgrove, stating education will be protected.

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