The Saskatchewan government is providing the province’s school divisions with a one time investment of 20 million dollars in funding for the 2022-23 school year to assist with rising fuel and insurance costs. They note as a result of these additional funds school division will be able to prevent inflationary costs from diverting resources away from classrooms.  Of that total Creighton School Division will receive 70,500 dollars.

Education Minister Dustin Duncan says the government recognizes the impacts rising costs across the country have on schools and they are committed to ensuring every Saskatchewan student and teacher has the supports needed to achieve success in the classroom. He notes with this additional investment school operating funding exceeds two billion dollars for the first time in the province’s history.

In addition to the increase in operating funds the province has also announced a new seven million dollar fund to allow school divisions to hire up to 200 new educational assistants for the 2022-23 school year.