School Divisions: Province

Province Dept: In fact, it could have been even worse they collectively would have lost $29 million in funding under the formula had the province not guaranteed that zero is the lowest possible increase. On a house assessed at a value of $200,000, using the average provincewide mill rate last year, that would have been an additional $50.01 in school taxes to make up that lost money. Related Items Blogs Why school taxes are going up, a sideshow Why school taxes are going up --- chapter 2 Why your school taxes are going up Chapter 1, according to Winnipeg Free Press. How or why a division would qualify for less money, is anyone s guess, since the province isn t elaborating on individual divisions. The official enrolment count taken Sept. 30 still isn t public, but overall enrolment is apparently down a tiny bit, with a majority of divisions losing kids and overall it s not offset this time enrolment rose the last two years after 16 years of decline by the handful of divisions enjoying massive immigration-fuelled growth and sixteen school divisions across Manitoba are not receiving a single penny more in provincial operating grants than they did a year ago. In a public education system which last year spent $2.026 billion, in which overall costs rose 3.29 per cent a year ago, in which teachers across Manitoba have a two per cent wage increase this year plus increments for teachers with less than 10 years experience, even with the province s demanding smaller class sizes even with all that, more than two of every five divisions do not qualify for a single penny more of public support from the province. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.