Access TV's Alberta Primetime sat down with Jacquie Hansen, President of the Alberta School Boards Association, to discuss the impact of cutting funding to the Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI) by 50%. Ms. Hansen described AISI funding as supporting work that allows for the development of creative and innovative means to improve student outcomes. This funding has "kept us leading edge."
She goes on to give kudos to the government for honouring the promised wage increase to teachers but points out that there have been adjustments in other areas including, but not limited to, no new funding in the classroom for special needs students, removal of funding to the class size initiative for grades 4 to 6, and funding that supported new immigrants to our country. Add to this inflationary pressures and increasing costs means school boards across the province could very well be looking at possible teacher layoffs. Please take a few minutes to watch this video clip.
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