Parents will have to wait to see whether big spending decisions for Calgary’s public school board will be put in the hands of unelected bureaucrats.
At their regular meeting Tuesday night, trustees did not unanimously pass third reading of a motion to adopt a new governance model that would defer financial decisions worth more than $500,000 to administrators.
As a result, final approval will be postponed to another meeting on Jan. 24.
Under the Coherent Governance Model, board members would no longer vote on expenditures exceeding $500,000, transportation fees and schools’ budgets, instead deferring those decisions to unelected officials.
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