Sask. teachers continuing job action next week despite additional funding
Global News
All athletics, school clubs, field trips and graduation preparation will be cancelled across the province Monday through Wednesday next week.
The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation is withdrawing extracurricular activities provincewide for three days next week, as well as lunch supervision in select school divisions, as part of ongoing job action from teachers.
All athletics, school clubs, field trips and graduation preparation will be cancelled across the province Monday through Wednesday next week.
Noon-hour supervision will not be available Monday in the following divisions:
On Wednesday, the provincial government said there would be $180 million in increased funding added to the 2024-25 budget, up nearly nine per cent to $2.2 billion.
“This increase will include over $356 million specifically allocated to classroom supports,” Premier Scott Moe said. It marks an increase of roughly $45 million from the previous year.
He asked the teachers to pause job action in light of the funding — but the STF said it doesn’t address class size and complexity.
“While this week’s funding announcement is welcome, it does not guarantee ongoing, predictable and sustainable funding for education,” STF president Samantha Becotte said. “We have said on many occasions that a new collective agreement is within reach; government simply has to come to the bargaining table with a mandate to negotiate class size and complexity.”
The provincial government says that is the responsibility of school divisions.