“When the enrolment goes down, you look at how many teachers you need and you’ll need less teachers,” Sandals said Thursday. “They did what I would have anticipated they would do.”
Toronto District School Board (TDSB) trustees passed a budget Wednesday that eliminates about 250 jobs, including special education positions, following a drop in enrolment.
Sandals said the bulk of provincial funding for students with special needs is allocated on a per-pupil basis so declining enrolment impacts how much money flows to the TDSB.
Another source of special education funding, set up under the Mike Harris Tories, is based on a student count that is no longer accurate, if it ever was, she said. (more...)
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