School District 27 is getting $678,942 through the Learning Improvement Fund (LIF) and $102,233 through the BC Education Plan Fund (BCEPF).
“I wholeheartedly endorse the decision to return the operational savings from last month’s three-day teachers’ strike to school districts, so they can continue to put students’ needs first,” says Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett,
The LIF is being targeted to support students with special needs by hiring additional teachers and teaching assistants. It also provides for additional teaching time and funding professional development and training to help teachers address the complex needs in their classrooms, according to the Ministry of Education.
The BCEPF is earmarked for programs to support struggling readers so students receive the interventions and support they need to develop strong reading skills, which is the critical foundation to success in school.
