Living Sky mulls international student funding decrease
Living Sky School Division is questioning the province’s latest funding strategy for international students attending its schools after receiving news of a significant funding cut.
At its last board meeting, the division indicated Living Sky would receive $70,436 less in funding for international students for the 2017-18 school year. The report showed Living Sky currently has one international student.
In a letter to school divisions, the province said it is setting a new international student tuition rate for all divisions at $4,849 for each international student in the pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 funding model.
“In the end, it means less money that we would be collecting for international students,” Randy Fox, Living Sky interim director of education said. “It’s not a huge thing for us, in the sense, we don’t have huge numbers of international students, but it still is a bit of a concern for us any time a change like that results in fewer dollars for the school division.”