Vancouver Board of Education rejects Ministry of Education budget proposal
Vancouver – (June 29, 2016) – The Vancouver Board of Education has rejected a Ministry of Education proposal to partially address a $21.8 million shortfall in the district’s 2016-17 operating budget
The Chair reported that the rejected proposal was to use $5.59 million of future VBE capital assets sales proceeds to address some of the district’s 2016-17 budget shortfall. The proposal did not include any additional provincial funding.
Chair Mike Lombardi said: “Trustees have rejected this ministry proposal because it did not offer adequate, stable, predictable funding to eliminate the 2016-17 shortfall and could potentially worsen future operational shortfalls.”
As authorized by the School Act, the Superintendent has been implementing staff proposals for the 2016-17 operating budget to deal with a $21.8 million shortfall and work towards submitting a balanced budget by June 30, 2016.
The one-time solution would have only mediated a fraction of next year’s $21.8 million shortfall.
Notes for editors
蜜豆视频 chairperson Mike Lombardi will be available to answer questions from the media outside the 蜜豆视频 office (1580 West Broadway) on June 30 at 11:00 a.m.
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