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理事会继续倡导与不断增长的学生人数、不断上涨的成本和日益复杂的学生需求保持同步的教育资金。 

我们很高兴听到政府正在修订当前的资金框架，以更好地满足学校董事会的需求。理事会于10月31日致函尼古拉迪斯部长，以确保考虑卡尔加里教育委员会的观点。 关于替换加权移动平均资金框架​的信函 

投资今天的学生，支持未来更强大的阿尔伯塔。我们向阿尔伯塔省六分之一的学生提供世界一流的教育，卡尔加里教育委员会学生继续在省级和国际标准化测试中取得优异成绩。

无论实施何种模式，资助必须覆盖提供高质量教育的实际成本。该模式必须基于每个学生的足够总体资助，因为任何单独的框架都无法缓解资金不足。缺乏增加的资金，我们继续面临日益增长的班级平均规模和难以维持对学生的支持和服务。

我们的资金不如以往能够绵延。我们向部长强调了以下几点：

• 在2018-19年至2024-25年期间，卡尔加里教育委员会每个学生的资助保持相对稳定，甚至低于2018-19年的水平。在同一期间，通货膨胀侵蚀了该资助的购买力，超过20%。
• 几乎80%的卡尔加里教育委员会的成本与雇佣人员直接相关。随着劳动力成本的平均上升，2018-19年100名教师的资金只能在2024-25年维持92名教师。

省级公共教育需要额外增加$10 亿，以使阿尔伯塔的每个学生的资助与加拿大的平均水平接轨*。如果资金能增加这一金额，卡尔加里教育委员会的份额将约为1.8亿美元。这样的金额分布给142,000多名学生和251所学校，将允许卡尔加里教育委员会对平均班级规模和支持所有学生，尤其是有复杂需求的学生的服务的可用性产生积极影响。

至少，阿尔伯塔政府必须承诺每年增加资助的比例，以使阿尔伯塔更接近加拿大的平均水平。

让我们共同努力取得改变​​

当我们与全市的学校委员会和家庭联系时，你们中的许多人问我如何参与进来。

我们鼓励您：

• 了解 教育资助及其对卡尔加里教育委员会的影响
• 与你周围的人讨论卡尔加里教育委员会和教育资助 - 其他家长，家人，朋友
• 分享你的担忧给你的立法大会议员（MLA）
  

卡尔加里的学生值得投资!

*(弗雷泽研究所，加拿大公立学校的教育支出​，2024年版，表5，第9页）。

We’re encouraged to hear that the government is revising the current funding framework to better meet the needs of school boards. The Board sent a letter Re: Replacement of the Weighted Moving Average Funding Framework​ on Oct.31 to Minister Nicolaides to ensure CBE’s perspectives are considered.

Investing in today’s students supports a stronger Alberta for the future. We provide a world-class education to one in six students in Alberta, and CBE students continue to excel on provincial and international standardized testing.

Regardless of the model implemented, funding must cover the actual cost of delivering high quality education. The model must be based on adequate overall funding-per-student as no framework, on its own, can alleviate underfunding. Without increased funding, we continue to face growing average class sizes and difficulty maintaining supports and services for students.

Our funding is not stretching as far as is used to. We highlighted for the Minister that:

• Between 2018-19 and 2024-25, the CBE’s funding per student has remained relatively constant, at, or below, 2018-19 levels. Over the same period, inflation has eroded the CBE’s purchasing power of this funding by more than 20 per cent.
• Almost 80 per cent of CBE’s costs are directly related to employing people. As the average cost of labour rises, the funding for 100 teachers in 2018-19 can only fund 92 teachers in 2024-25.
  

An addition $1 billion needs to be injected into provincial public education to bring Alberta’s per student funding in line with the Canadian average*. If funding were to increase by this amount, CBE’s share would be about $180 million. An injection of that size, spread amongst 142,000+ students and 251 schools, would allow the CBE to positively impact average class size and the availability of the services and supports necessary to support all students, especially students with complex needs.

At a minimum, the Alberta government must commit to increasing the rate of funding every year to get Alberta closer to the Canadian average.

Let’s Work Together to Make a Difference​​

As we connect with school councils and families from across the city, many of you have asked how you can get involved.

We encourage you to:

• Learn more about educational funding and the impact on the CBE
• Talk to those around you about the CBE and education funding – other parents, family, friends
• Share your concerns with your Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)​
  

Calgary's students are worth the investment!

*(Fraser Institute, Education Spending in Public Schools in Canada​, 2024 Edition, Table 5, Page 9).