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and Foremost a Provincial Responsibility  \nsupport the future  \nsupport education  \nGet Involved with the Party of Your Choice  \nDon't Forget to Vote May 8  \n川You Dont Speak or Education in This Election No One Wl  \n# The Issues\n\nEducation Funding  \nSchool Closures  \nwas allocated to education.That portion has decreased to 12.25 per-  \ncent in 1985/86.  \nAnother effect of the cut back in education funding will be still moreschool closures in our cities.In the long term,school closures threatenthe integrity of inner city neighborhoods and thus have a negative socialimpact.  \nEducation,being a provincial responsiblity,is funded in large partby the provincial government through its School Foundation ProgramFund.  \n# Consequences of Education FundingCutbacks\n\nThe provincial government's share of the total financial commitmentto public education in Alberta has steadily declined over the past 15years-from 83.8 percent in 1970 to 64.6 percent in 1985.  \n# Increased Property Taxes\n\nQuality of Education  \nThe first consequence of provincial government underfunding foreducation is that property taxes have risen throughout the province.The result of attempting to restrain expenditures at the provincial levelis that the slack is invariably picked up by local taxpayers.  \nOver the same period the share of education costs bome by the sup-plementary requisition (which is derived from local property taxes)hasrisen from 11.3 percent to 29.9 percent.  \nThe most harmful consequence of these education funding cutbackswill be a continulng deterioration in the quality of educatlon whichAlber-ta's students will receive.  \nn sum,overthe past 15 years the provincial government's share ofeducation costs has decreased by almost 20 percent.  \nThe report of the ATA Task Force on School Program Cuts has shownthat protracted and unreasonable restraint is having a very real effectat the classroom level.The major impact of provincial cuts has beenincreasing teacher work loads,support staff layoffs,greater stress onboth teachers and students,deteriorating school buildings and ruraltransportation restrictions.  \nThe need for the provincial government to increase its share ofeduca-tion costs is also important from the standpoint of equity.Rural educa-tion costs,particularly for user fees,utilities and such items as busing,have risen dramatically in the last few years.The provincial governmenthas simply not responded to this obvious need with adequate funding.  \nAs a resultlocal jurisdictions have been forced to increase their share  \nin order to maintain the education system at its current standard.  \nThe education minister's own Task Force on School Finance一composed of representatives from several groups,including The AlbertaTeachers'Association,recommended that the provincial governmentboost is share of education costs to 85percent,with the municipal shareto be fixed at 15 percent.The government has so far rejected thisrecommendation.  \nEducation User Fees  \nFaced with ever-increasing fixed costs for items such as utlities,schoolsupplies and equipment and bus fuel,school boards have been put inan imposslble situation where they must choose between reduced quality,higher property taxes or increased user fees.Many school divisions havebeen forced to opt for all three.  \nAnother consequence of education funding cutbacks will be an in-creased reliance on education user fees.A survey released by The Alber-ta Teachers'Association in 1984 demonstrated that upwards of $20million a year is garnered from school user fees in Alberta.Some seniorhigh schools charge as much as $91 per year per student.  \nAs wel,the percentage of the provincial govenment's annual budgetwhich is allocated for education has been gradually reduced over thelast 15 years.In 1970/71,35.03percent of the entire provincial budget  \n# Self-Governance ","cbCaic635ULQohxA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic635ULQohxA","pdf",4094796,"English","# The Issues\n## Consequences 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