All-day kindergarten funding delayed
Posted Jan 24, 2013 6:25 am.
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A bleak fiscal outlook is forcing the province to delay funding on all-day kindergarten and the construction of 50 new schools.
Education Minister Jeff Johnson says the province remains committed to the program, but it likely won’t be implemented next school year.
Johnson says they are still trying to determine whether all day kindergarten should be mandatory or optional.
Wildrose education critic Bruce McAllister is firing back, saying if the Tory government would spend more wisely in other areas it would have the funds to build more schools.
The Calgary Herald reports only some schools in Alberta offer full day kindergarten programs, and those that do have to find funds in their budget to make up the costs.
