​​卡尔加里公立教育局（CBE）目前在交通服务上支付了比省级资金和使用者费用提供的金额多出了740万美元。我们用总预算中的资金填补了这个赤字，这意味着支持我们的学校和体系的资金变少了。这个赤字每年都在增加。

2020年1月，董事会指示CBE管理层计划在2020-21财年实现平衡的交通预算，即通过省级交通资金和使用者费用来支付所有交通支出，作为2020-21预算的一部分。董事会还指示管理层获得社区反馈，以支持平衡的2020-21交通预算的制定。

您的声音很重要。

请参与我们的在线调查（在线调查）以分享您的反馈意见。

关于调查背景、CBE交通问题和我们采取的措施来弥合财政缺口的详细信息，请访问对话网站并查看我们的交通快照2019-20。

交通快照2019-20

我们面临的预算挑战

为了支持每位学生的成功，CBE提供了比省级要求和资助更高水平的服务和支持。这创造了一个不可持续的资金缺口。

规定距离与实际距离

我们必须为住址距离其指定社区学校超过2.4公里的学生提供交通服务。目前，我们为K-6年级住址距离指定学校超过1.6公里的学生提供交通服务，7-9年级提供交通服务的距离为1.8公里。

学习困难的学生

我们只为有严重复杂学习需求的学生提供专门的交通服务。我们为许多不符合省级描述的学生提供专门的交通服务。自2012年以来，资金水平没有发生变化，但这些费用持续大幅增加。我们没有权利向这些学生收取费用。

专用交通费用（实际费用）

*某些具有复杂需求的学生可以乘坐普通巴士。

关键事实

预计总费用与资助金额*

*数据基于2020年1月7日
**如果付费乘客弥补差额，当前的365.00美元费用将增加一倍以上

我们将如何弥合资金缺口？

2020年1月，董事会通过了一项决议，规定交通费用必须仅通过省级交通资金和使用者费用来支付；不再使用储备资金或教育资金来支持交通服务。董事会进一步指示CBE获得社区反馈，以支持制定平衡的2020-21交通预算。

为了弥合资金缺口，我们可以：

• 缩减或取消服务
• 提高费用
• 综合运用上述两种方法

*根据法律，学生指定学校是由学校董事会指定的普通或特殊教育项目学校，通常基于学生的住址。

我们采取了哪些措施来弥合资金缺口？

在过去五年里，交通资金缺口逐渐扩大。在此期间，我们进行了一次大型社区参与活动，并对我们的交通服务进行了三次独立审查，以找到缩小缺口的方法。我们已经实施了许多建议，使我们的线路更加高效，并且与三年前相比，每趟巴士的学生数量翻了一番。

• 将学校的铃声时间调整到同一时间段，可以在同一个时间段内进行两到三趟巴士路线
• 将更多的学生转移到卡尔加里市公交系统（6年级及以上）
• 审查和重新谈判与服务供应商的合同
• 为所有替代项目乘客设立公交站点
• 将低乘客量路线合并到现有路线中
• 与交通咨询委员会进行磋商，以支持决策和沟通
• 每辆巴士平均载学生数量翻了一番
• 审查专门交通流程（持续进行中）

这些变化使我们每年节省了数百万美元的费用，自2017-18财年以来。

了解更多

• CBE交通参与，2015-16年
• 校车咨询师交通研究，2016年2月19日
• 校车咨询师学生交通路线和资金影响分析，2017年7月31日
• 阿尔伯塔教育财务审查报告（从第52页开始）

教育法对我们的要求是什么？

包括以下学生的交通：

• 住址距离其指定学校超过2.4公里的学生（允许收费）
• 需要专门交通的特殊计划学生（不允许收费）
• 可以使用普通交通服务的特殊计划学生（允许收费）
• 上幼儿发展中心的儿童，例如有发展迟缓的学前教育（不允许收费）

我们还提供什么其他服务和支持？

我们还运输：

• 距离其指定学校不到2.4公里的学生
• 替代计划学生
• 幼儿园学生上学和放学的交通服务（所收到的资金并不反映实际成本）

下一步

• 2020年3月初启动交通调查，以收集家长、学生、员工和其他利益相关者对CBE如何提供安全、可靠和成本高效的计划的反馈意见。特别是必须弥合2020-21预算缺口。
• 调整服务水平和费用，以平衡2020-21交通预算。

​​The CBE currently pays $7.4 million more for transportation services than is provided through provincial funding and user fees. We cover the deficit with funds from our overall budget, meaning less money is available to support our schools and system. This deficit grows every year.

In January 2020, the Board of Trustees directed CBE administration to plan for a balanced 2020-21 transportation budget whereby all transportation expenses are covered through provincial transportation funding and user fees, as part of the 2020-21 budget. The Board also directed administration to obtain community feedback to support the development of a balanced 2020-21 transportation budget.

Your voice is important.

Please participate in our  online survey  to share your feedback.

For background on the survey, CBE transportation issues and actions we have taken to close the fiscal gap, visit the Dialogue website and review our Transportation Snapshot 2019-20.

Transportation Snapshot 2019-20

Our Budget Challenges

To support the success of every student, the CBE provides a higher level of service and supports than what is required and funded by the province. This has created a funding gap that has become unsustainable.

Mandated Distances vs Actual Distances

We are required to provide transportation services for students who live further than 2.4 km away from their designated community school*. We currently provide transportation to students who live more than 1.6 km from their designated school in Grades K-6, and 1.8 km in Grades 7-9.

Students with Complex Learning Needs

We are funded to provide specialized transportation services only to students with severe complex learning needs. We provide specialized services to many students who do not fit the provincial description. Funding levels have not changed since 2012, yet these costs continue to escalate signicantly. We are not permitted to charge a fee to transport these students.

Specialized Transportation Costs (actuals)

*Some students with complex needs are able to take regular buses.

Key Facts

Projected Total Cost vs. Funding*

*Numbers based on January 7, 2020
**If paying riders were to make up the difference, it would more than double the current fee of $365.00

How Will We Close the Gap?

In January 2020, the Board of Trustees passed a motion that transportation expenses must be covered by provincial transportation funding and user fees alone; reserve funding or educational funding can no longer be used to support transportation services. Trustees further directed that the CBE obtain community feedback in support of the development of a balanced 2020-21 transportation budget.

To close the gap, we can:

• reduce or eliminate services
• raise fees
• do a combination of both

*By law, a student’s designated school is the regular or special education program school that the student is assigned to by the school board, usually based on their home address.

What Measures Have We Taken to Close the Funding Gap?

The transportation funding gap has widened over the past five years. In that time we have completed one large-scale community engagement as well as three independent reviews of our transportation services to find ways to narrow the gap. We have implemented numerous recommendations, which have made our routes more efficient and doubled the number of students we transport per bus run compared to three years ago.

• Aligned bell times across schools to allow buses to run two or three routes within a single block of time
• Transitioned more students to Calgary Transit (Gr. 6 and up)
• Reviewed and renegotiated contracts with service providers
• Implemented congregated (community-based) stops for all alternative program riders
• Incorporated low ridership routes into existing routes
• Consulted with the Transportation Advisory Committee to aid in decision making and communication
• More than doubled the average number of students per bus
• Reviewed specialized transportation process (ongoing)

These changes have resulted in millions of dollars of savings annually since 2017-18.

To Learn More

• CBE Transportation Engagement, 2015-16
• School Bus Consultants Transportation Study, Feb. 19, 2016
• School Bus Consultants Student Transportation Routing and Funding Impact Analysis, July 31, 2017
• Alberta Education Financial Review Report (starting on page 52)

What Does the Education Act Require Us to Provide?

Transportation for:

• Students residing more than 2.4 km away from their designated school (fee permitted)
• Students in specialized programs who require specialized transportation (no fee permitted)
• Students in specialized programs who can use general transportation services (fee permitted)
• Children who attend Early Development Centres, i.e. preschool for those with developmental delays (no fee permitted)

What Additional Services and Supports Do We Provide?

We transport:

• Students who live less than 2.4 km away from their designated school
• Students enrolled in alternative programs
• Kindergarten students to school and back home (funding received does not refl​ect the actual cost)

Next Steps

• Launch transportation survey in early March, 2020 to gather feedback from parents, students, staff and other stakeholders on how the CBE can provide a safe, reliable and cost-efficient program. Specifically, the 2020-21 budget gap must be closed.
• Adjust service levels and fees to balance the 2020-21 transportation budget.