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Submission to the 2023-2024 Education Funding Consultations

15 Nov 2022

The priority of this government must be to address these funding shortfalls and to make significant investments to address mental health and the widening gaps in inequity among the diverse peoples of Ontario. [...] Next year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Rozanksi report, which then recognized the underfunding of school maintenance and the negative consequences of the funding formula’s fixation with uniformity and its inadequate funding for special education, programming for students at risk, and support for students whose first language is neither English nor French. [...] What are the areas where there is potential or opportunities to find new efficiencies? Submission to the 2023-2024 Education Funding Consultations 3 While “red tape” and administrative burden could be reduced, OSSTF/FEESO must highlight that these measures are designed to provide accountability for the use of funds and to ensure the funds are used in a way that maximizes the investment in terms of. [...] OSSTF/FEESO is calling on the government to envelope the funds generated for FDK so that the program can operate as intended and not be used to subsidize other chronically underfunded portions of the GSNs. [...] OSSTF/FEESO insists that the trustee organizations be required, through law, to report publicly the allocation and expenses of these funds for the interest of public accountability and transparency.

Authors

Wells, John

Pages
8
Published in
Canada