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Alberta's New Funding Model

On Tuesday February 18, 2020, Minister Adriana LaGrange announced a new K-12 funding model. 
The new model made two significant changes: consolidating multiple, targeted grants into fewer, more generalized grants; and changing how and when student enrollment is calculated and how school board budgets subsequently finalized. 
In a news conference notably devoid of specifics, LaGrange was nonetheless undeterred in making three bold claims about this new model:
  1. “By driving more funds towards our boards, every School Board in this province will see an increase in funding for the upcoming school year”. (1:47 Press Conference)
  2. That it “ gives school boards predictable sustainable funding”. (2:44 Press Conference) 
  3. That “it reduces red tape, it gives school boards more flexibility and autonomy”. (1:04 Press Conference)
Despite scant information provided by the Minister, we dived into these claims; what we discovered was that this new model does provide predictability: it will predictably underfund students.
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