Ruh-oh: Education minister orders review of executive salaries in school boards

Education Minister Liz Sandals has asked her officials to review school boards
across Ontario to see if they are breaching the public sector wage freeze.

Ontario Minister of Education Liz Sandals has asked her officials to review school boards across the province to see if they are breaching Ontario’s public sector wage freeze by paying their executives too much.

The move comes the day after the Toronto District School Board upheld the salary of its director, Donna Quan, even though Sandals has indicated in writing that Quan should not be earning more than her predecessor.

“The minister expects all school boards to be in compliance with the expectations set under the Broader Public Sector Accountability Act (BPSAA) for compensation and has asked the ministry to review the issue to identify possible non-compliant boards,” said Sandals’ spokesperson Nilani Logeswaran.

“It is important to note that the locally elected board of trustees are responsible for negotiating contracts for the director of education at each school board within the parameters of the BPSAA.”

However it is not clear how Sandals plans to handle boards that are breaking the freeze, considering she stopped short of ordering the TDSB to roll back Quan’s salary to that of predecessor Chris Spence.  (more...)

Ruh-oh: Education minister orders review of executive salaries in school boards

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