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RSS FeedsSchool boards `blindsided´ as Ford government slashes program funding
(The Star Food)

 
 

16 december 2018 05:19:41

 
School boards `blindsided´ as Ford government slashes program funding
(The Star Food)
 


The Ford government has cut millions in funding for programs that provide after-school jobs for needy teens, classroom tutors for kids, “student success” supports for racialized youth as well as a project focusing on Indigenous issues, the Star has learned.The province’s 72 school boards received emails late Friday with the list of programs to be cut or that will see funding reduced, and have been scrambling all weekend to figure out the financial impact, given the specialized grant money was promised by the previous Liberal government last March and may have already been spent.Not all boards necessarily run each of the axed programs, and it may take weeks before each is able to clarify how it will impact students.“I have serious concerns,” said Maria Rizzo, chair of the Toronto Catholic District School Board.“I’m sick to my stomach because I’m afraid of the steps that we’ve taken on poverty, on Indigenous education, and even in the Focus on Youth program – we’ve hired our kids, in the most vulnerable school communities, in the neediest neighbourhoods, just to give them a leg up.”A spokesperson for Minister of Education Lisa Thompson said Saturday that such funds must be “better managed so that they have the greatest impact on students.”Read more:Ford pledges to stop motion that calls for gender identity to be removed from the health curriculumConsultations on school curriculum will be about more than just sex ed, Ford promisesTories cut cultural funding, revamp tribunals in scramble for savingsThe EPO grant — which is taking a $25 million hit — “has a long track record of wasteful spending, overspending and millions of dollars of unfunded commitments,” said Kayla Iafelice. “We have performed a thorough review of the EPO Fund to ensure that it better aligns with the needs and priorities of Ontario parents, teachers and students while respecting taxpa ...


 
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