Sask. government will only fund half of teachers’ pay increase
The Saskatchewan Government is backing down from fully funding a pay increase for teachers.
Education Minister Don Morgan said they won’t pay the 1.9 per cent increase that was negotiated recently that worked out to about $18 million. Instead, he said they’ll fund about $9 million.
“This is a very difficult year for the province. We had a catastrophic drop in resource revenue. No one in the world by way of analysts has said this is something that could have or would have been predicted. So now we’re working our way through it and we’re looking for savings everywhere that we can,” he explained.
Morgan said the province is asking school divisions to look for savings, whether that means re-examining bussing or sharing resources with other school divisions.