媒体声明的PDF

理事会声明：

卡尔加里教育局已经审查了2019-20财年的省级预算。我们现在可以非常确定地说，省级预算将对卡尔加里的学生和他们的学习产生重大影响。

今年6月，卡尔加里教育局的2019-20财年预算依照规定提交给了省级政府。尽管学生人数增加和其他通货膨胀成本增加，我们决定在预算规划中假设我们的资金将被冻结在2018-19学年的水平。鉴于政府在立法机构中表示教育资金将得到保持，并且将为学生的人数增长提供资金，我们认为这是一种谨慎的方法。

然而，现在我们惊讶地发现，卡尔加里教育局今年将比去年少收到至少3200万加元。尽管我们的学生人数增加了近2400名，相当于四所大型小学的规模，但是我们依然面临这一削减。这还是在我们在六月份的预算提交给政府时已经反映出的削减之外。

尽管我们同意每名学生的基础资金保持不变，但基础资金仅占我们整体预算的66%。虽然省级政府为学生人数增长提供了2900万加元的资金，但他们还取消了3项总计8500万加元的拨款，并仅部分用2400万加元的一次性过渡拨款替代了这一削减。

由于这3200万加元的削减发生在学年已经开始之际，其影响将更大。我们预计我们需要在学年结束前至少削减4800万加元的支出以平衡我们的预算。

在学年已经开始之后宣布这一预算意味着我们必须迅速做出调整。这些突如其来的变化将对我们的学生、他们的家庭和我们的员工产生冲击。我们正在探索所有选项，包括增加班级规模、削减服务、裁员、使用储备金和提高费用等。卡尔加里教育局将在最终确定预算之前仔细审查每个选项，以将对学生学习的影响降到最低。尽管我们需要做出改变，但我们对学生和强大的公立教育系统的承诺不会动摇。

另请参阅：

卡尔加里教育局对《阿尔伯塔省财务蓝带小组报告》的回应

PDF of Media Statement

Statement from the Board of Trustees:

The CBE has reviewed the Province's 2019-20 budget. We can now say with certainty that the provincial budget will significantly impact Calgary students and their learning.

In June, the CBE's 2019-20 budget was submitted to the province as required. Despite increasing enrolment and other inflationary costs, we decided to plan our budget on the assumption that our funding would be frozen at 2018-19 school year levels. We felt that this was a prudent approach, taking into account government statements in the legislature that educational funding would be maintained and that student enrolment growth would be funded.

Now, we are dismayed to find out that the CBE will be receiving at least $32 million less this school year than last year. This funding cut comes despite our enrolment increasing by nearly 2,400 students, the equivalent of four large elementary schools. This cut is in addition to the reductions already reflected in our June budget submission to the government.

While we agree that base funding per student remains unchanged, base funding only represents 66 per cent of our overall budget. While the Province funded enrolment growth at a cost of $29 million, they also eliminated three grants totaling $85 million and only partially replaced this cut with a one-time transition grant of $24 million.

As this $32 million cut comes in the midst of the school year, the impact will be much larger. We are estimating we will need to reduce spending by at least $48 million to balance our budget by the end of the school year.

Announcing this budget after the school year has already commenced means we must make changes. Quickly. These unexpected changes will be disruptive to our students, their families, and our staff. All options are being explored including larger class sizes, service cuts, staff layoffs, use of reserves and fee increases. The CBE will carefully review every option before finalizing our budget to minimize the impacts to student learning. Despite the changes we will have to make, our commitment to students and a strong public education system will not waiver.

Also see:

The Calgary Board of Education's Response to the Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances Report