The new proposed funding program would help to ensure all students have access to appropriate facilities. The report also recommends that school boards increase their spending on routine maintenance and that the province be more directly involved in this responsibility. The report is now under review by the SSTA and its member boards of education. It has also been presented to the government, which helped fund the study along with the Council of Educational Facility Planners. The SSTA and its members will continue to advocate for increased capital funding from the provincial government to ensure schools are kept in good condition.
More money is needed in the area of capital funding for schools, Shaddock concludes.
But this plan details strategic use of funds to reflect what school boards need to upgrade, improve or maintain buildings, or construct new ones when needed. A background paper is attached. The report does not deal with the total funding requirement for capital projects. Each year the Executive considers issues facing education, and also plans around Convention resolutions and other organizational issues. This year, recommendations of the President s Committee, the five-year review of the Association that took place last year, must also be implemented.