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Board of Trustees Advocates for Students

董事会为学生们发声

Date : 2019-03-04, Click : 62

The CBE Board of Trustees works with elected officials and other stakeholders to advocate for the CBE and its more than 123,000 students.

CBE董事会与当选官员和其他利益相关者合作，为CBE及其超过123,000名学生倡导。

董事会的一项职能是为卡尔加里教育委员会及其超过123,000名学生进行倡导。

学生的教育始终是首要任务。每个孩子都应该能够获得支持他们发挥潜力的高质量学习环境。除了道义使然，确保学生受教育水平提高也最终导致经济增长，同时降低社会服务的成本。

家长、学生、员工和社区成员一贯表示，需要更多投资来满足日益多样化和复杂的学生群体的需求。过去几个月，董事会一直在积极传达以下信息，以提高对卡尔加里教育委员会当前财务挑战的认识，并倡导为学生提供更多支持。

经费

多年来，省级教育经费没有跟上学生人数增长和成本上涨（例如通货膨胀和工资格调）。下面的每学生经费图未经通货膨胀调整，显示出卡尔加里教育委员会的每名学生的总经费低于2011-12学年的水平。

此外，2015-16和2017-18年的大部分增长不能用于增加学生支持，因为省级政府将其用于其他目的。由于资金不足，卡尔加里教育委员会减少了非校本支出，以优先支持课堂上的学习并不断寻求进一步的效益。

*2015-16年的增长可归因于教师工资的2%上涨，以及1%的一次性支付。

*2017-18年的增长是由于教室改善和减少学费法案的资助。

足够的支持

作为卡尔加里的公立学校委员会，卡尔加里教育委员会欢迎所有背景和能力的学生。我们的学校为越来越广泛的学习、行为、身体和精神健康需求提供支持。然而，提供的资助与支持学生和他们学习所需的成本之间的差距也在增加。

具有复杂学习需求的学生

每年，卡尔加里教育委员会所支持具有复杂学习需求的学生的支出远远小于实际支出。2017-18年，卡尔加里教育委员会支出了1.36亿加元，而省级政府仅提供了7800万加元的资助。

卡尔加里教育委员会每年还在以下其他领域支出超过收入：

为具有复杂需求的学习者提供1200万加元的交通费用；
支持原住民教育的资金为120万加元；
支持英语学习者的资金为560万加元。

综合来看，我们为支持具有额外学习需求的学生每年花费的金额比政府资助的金额高出近8000万加元。为了确保学生获得所需的支持，资金必须从整体预算或储备中重新调配，以填补这些差距并平衡年度预算。

投资教育环境

卡尔加里教育委员会有134所历史超过50年的学校。省级政府估计卡尔加里教育委员会在这些建筑物的即时维护上有1.7亿加元的待处理问题（例如老化的屋顶和锅炉）。此外，在过去的学年里，卡尔加里教育委员会在学校的日常运营和维护方面花费了比阿尔伯塔省教育部提供的资金多1300万加元。

卡尔加里教育委员会每年超过2,000名学生的增长。虽然已经建造了许多新学校，但需要更多新学校和重大现代化改造来满足人口增长和现代课程需求。

委员们正在努力确保为卡尔加里的家庭提供最好的公立教育。有关委员倡导努力的更详细信息，请单击下面的文件链接。有关教育委员会的更多信息，请访问董事会页面。您也可以通过boardoftrustees@cbe.ab.ca联系教育委员会办公室。

Part of the role of the Board of Trustees is to advocate for the Calgary Board of Education and the more than 123,000 students that it serves.

The education of students must always be a top priority. Every child deserves to have access to high-quality learning environments that support them in reaching their potential. In addition to this being a moral imperative, ensuring that students are well-educated also ultimately leads to higher economic growth while lowering the cost of social services.

Parents, students, staff and community members have been consistent in saying that more investment in public education is required to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse and complex student population. Over the past several months, the Board of Trustees has been actively communicating the following messages to raise awareness of the CBE’s current financial challenges and to advocate for increased supports for students.

Funding

For many years, provincial education funding has not kept pace with student population growth and increasing costs (eg. inflation and salary grid movement). The per-student funding graph below has not been adjusted for inflation and shows that the CBE is being funded less overall per student than it was in 2011-12.

In addition, the majority of the increases in 2015-16 and 2017-18 could not be used to increase supports for students as they were targeted by the Province for other purposes. As a result of insufficient funding, the CBE has reduced non-school based spending in order to prioritize student learning in the classroom and is continually seeking further efficiencies.

*The increase in 2015-16 can be attributed to the 2 percent rise in teacher salaries, and a 1 percent lump sum payment.

*The increase in 2017-18 is due to the Classroom Improvement and an Act to Reduce School Fees funding.

Adequate supports

As the public school board in Calgary, the CBE welcomes all students, regardless of their backgrounds or abilities. Our schools provide support for an increasingly wide range of learning, behavioral, physical and mental health needs. However, the gap in funding between what is provided and what it costs to support students and their learning is also increasing.

Students with complex learning needs

Every year, the CBE receives far less than what it spends in supporting students with complex learning needs. In 2017-18, the CBE spent $136 million, while the province only provided $78 million in funding.

The CBE also spends more than it receives each year in other areas such as:

$12 million in transportation costs for learners with complex needs;
$1.2 million to support Indigenous education;
$5.6 million to support English language learners.

Taken together, we are spending almost $80 million more to support students with additional learning needs than we receive in government funding. To ensure students receive the supports they need, dollars are redirected from the overall budget or reserves to fund these gaps and balance the annual budget.

Investing in the Learning Environment

The CBE has 134 schools that are over 50 years old. The province estimates the CBE’s deferred maintenance on these building is $170 million for immediate needs (e.g. aging roofs and boilers). In addition, during the last school year, the CBE spent $13 million more than what was provided by Alberta Education for the daily operation and maintenance of our schools.

The CBE continues to grow by more than 2,000 students per year. While many new schools have been built, more new schools and major modernizations are needed to keep up with populations growth and the demands of a modern program of studies.

Trustees are working to ensure that the best public education can be delivered to families in Calgary. For more detailed information about Trustee advocacy efforts, please click on the documents below. For more information about the Board of Trustees, please visit the Board of Trustees page. You can also contact the Office of the Board of Trustees at boardoftrustees@cbe.ab.ca.

Calgary Board of Education at-a-glance

Public Education Serves the Common Good

Adequate Supports for Students

Where does school funding go?