WATCH: Province announces new K-12 education funding model
EDMONTON – The Alberta government says it is changing the way it will fund kindergarten and grade schools starting this fall.
The plan announced Tuesday by Education Minister Adriana LaGrange includes streamlining grants, capping administration costs and reworking the per-student funding formula.
Under the new model, each school’s per-student funding will be calculated using a formula:
– 20 per cent based on actual enrolment for the year just passed;