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  • Deputy House Leader adjourns Legislature until the New Year
  • The Lieutenant Governor gives assent to Bill 51 (allowing trustees to participate in board meetings via electronic means of communication)
  • Ms Notley tables petition from Norwood school regarding inner-city school closures
  • Mr. MacDonald questions the Premier about education funding
  • Ms Calahasen discusses mental health issues in Alberta’s schools
  • Dr. Taft: Government has developed a tendency to hoard power, “we have a pattern in which school boards, which are the original form of local government… have been brought to heel through the consolidating, centralizing, and politicizing processes of this government”
  • Mr. Bhullar tables three sets of letters from school groups concerned with changes to casino funding
  • Dr. Taft, Mr. Taft, and Mr. Taylor table letters from constituents concerned with cutbacks to education funding
  • Mrs. Sarich tables material about Minister’s Education Leadership Recognition Awards
  • Ms Notley questions Minister of Education on cutbacks to education funding
  • Leader of the Opposition questions Minister of Education on cutbacks to education funding
  • Mr. Amery asks Minister of Health when schools will receive H1N1 vaccinations; Minister of Health responds “we do not intend in the near future to be administering the vaccine in schools”
  • Mr. Chase and Minister of Education discuss whether legislation similar to Bill 53 could be created for teachers
  • Mr. Weadick closes debate on Motion 518; Motion 518 carried: “Be it resolved that the Legislative Assembly urge the government to consider exempting seniors from paying the education portion of property taxes”
  • Ms Pastoor speaks in support of Motion 518

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