School boards won’t get extra funding for teachers: Hancock

The budget is the budget, education minister says

Alberta Education Minister Dave Hancock told trustees from the province’s cash strapped school boards not to expect an extra funding boost over the summer similar to last year.

“The budget is the budget,” Hancock told trustees at the Alberta School Board Association’s spring general meeting in Red Deer Monday.

In July 2010, the province announced an extra 2.92 per cent increase worth about $66 million to cover a promised wage increase for teachers after the government announced rosier financial picture with a lower provincial deficit.

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