In under budget
The final report from the Premier’s Task Force on Improving Educational Outcomes was presented to the public in July.
The task force — including chair Alice Collins, David Philpott, Marian Fushell and Margaret Wakeham — settled on 82 recommendations to support a new Education Action Plan and inform Budget 2018, and changes largely starting in the 2018 school year.
The task force was efficient. A Budget 2017 announcement included $100,000 to support the completion of their work, but not all of it was needed.
Over two fiscal years, the team was provided a total budget of $277,000, but spent only $213,500 (not needing all of this year’s allocation).
At the end of two years, they came in about 23 per cent under the original budget.