Palliser facing $1.5 million deficit in 2021-22 budget
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The Palliser School Division is facing a deficit of about $1.5 million after its board of trustees passed a motion to accept the 2021-22 budget.
The board will be asking permission from Education Minister Adriana LaGrange to use some reserve funds to balance the budget.
In a press release, the school division said that revenues for the 2021-22 school year “remained the same as the funding profile supplied by Alberta Education in the spring of 2020. The Palliser School Division is pleased there was no funding reduction but is concerned that funding for student growth and increases in costs are not being met, putting a strain on the education system.”