Further belt tightening by school districts across the province has resulted in $25 million in administrative savings, and each board will get a share of the pie.
made the announcement on Tuesday morning at Surrey鈥檚 Holly Elementary School, noting that the Surrey School District will get $3.12 million.
鈥淚 want to start by thanking the school districts for all the hard work they鈥檝e done鈥n districts right across the province of B.C.,鈥� Bernier said.
What will the money be used for?
Bernier said that decision has been left up to trustees in each district.
鈥淔rom busing, new teachers, new school programs, even keeping a school open, it will allow school districts to make those decisions,鈥� he said.
NDP leader John Horgan said the education ministry's program to demand administrative savings from B.C.'s 60 school districts was directed by Premier Christy Clark two years ago, and Tuesday's announcement is an effort to put an end to bad publicity over local school cuts.
"Parents, teachers, district representatives have been grappling with these issues for 23 months, and in the last hour the premier comes forward with next to nothing," Horgan said.
"This $25 million that will not be clawed back does not cover the additional costs for broadband technologies that will be coming into school districts. That's $26 million."
Fraser Valley school districts will be sharing the funding:
鈥� Abbotsford鈥�$846,484
鈥� Langley鈥�$851,770
鈥� Surrey鈥�$3,128,483
鈥� Chilliwack鈥�$603,535
鈥� Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows鈥�$631,773
鈥� Delta鈥�$690,188
president Jim Iker said Tuesday鈥檚 announcement shows the government is 鈥渓istening to the building public pressure.鈥�
The $25 million 鈥渋s an important turning point for public education as it shows the government is feeling the pressure one year out from a provincial election,鈥� Iker said. 鈥淧ublic advocacy clearly works.鈥�
Other districts receiving funding include:
SD 5 Southeast Kootenay鈥�$277,377
SD 6 Rocky Mountain鈥�$168,700
SD 8 Kootenay Lake鈥�$252,383
SD 10 Arrow Lakes鈥�$36,091
SD 19 Revelstoke鈥�$51,315
SD 20 Kootenay-Columbia鈥�$178,204
SD 22 Vernon鈥�$382,586
SD 23 Central Okanagan鈥�$967,983
SD 27 Cariboo-Chilcotin鈥�$259,687
SD 28 Quesnel鈥�$168,780
SD 39 Vancouver鈥�$2,251,318
SD 40 New Westminster鈥�$295,560
SD 41 Burnaby鈥�$1,027,783
SD 43 Coquitlam鈥�$1,338,556
SD 44 North Vancouver鈥�$665,252
SD 45 West Vancouver鈥�$284,472
SD 46 Sunshine Coast鈥�$182,072
SD 47 Powell River鈥�$105,664
SD 48 Sea to Sky鈥�$224,674
SD 49 Central Coast鈥�$28,001
SD 50 Haida Gwaii鈥�$50,678
SD 51 Boundary鈥�$77,888
SD 52 Prince Rupert鈥�$123,861
SD 53 Okanagan Similkameen鈥�$118,102
SD 54 Bulkley Valley鈥�$110,533
SD 57 Prince George鈥�$622,655
SD 58 Nicola-Similkameen鈥�$122,301
SD 59 Peace River South鈥�$205,328
SD 60 Peace River North鈥�$307,317
SD 61 Greater Victoria鈥�$827,353
SD 62 Sooke鈥�$450,041
SD 63 Saanich鈥�$329,692
SD 64 Gulf Islands鈥�$99,976
SD 67 Okanagan Skaha鈥�$266,527
SD 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith鈥�$593,079
SD 69 Qualicum鈥�$197,263
SD 70 Alberni鈥�$184,456
SD 71 Comox Valley鈥�$354,941
SD 72 Campbell River鈥�$255,596
SD 73 Kamloops/Thompson鈥�$673,698
SD 74 Gold Trail鈥�$97,792
SD 75 Mission鈥�$280,146
SD 78 Fraser-Cascade鈥�$96,520
SD 79 Cowichan Valley鈥�$348,411
SD 81 Fort Nelson鈥�$48,645
SD 82 Coast Mountains鈥�$248,728
SD 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap鈥�$302,206
SD 84 Vancouver Island West鈥�$40,077
SD 85 Vancouver Island North鈥�$89,257
SD 87 Stikine鈥�$27,319
SD 91 Nechako Lakes鈥�$253,903
SD 92 Nisga'a鈥�$38,961
SD 93 Conseil scolaire francophone鈥�$386,075
鈥攚ith files from Tom Fletcher
