REGINA The 2021-22 provincial budget includes Saskatchewan’s largest education investment in history, with $2.66 billion to support Prekindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms early learning and child care, and libraries and literacy. It’s an increase of $59.6 million from 2020-21. Saskatchewan earmarked $1.96 billion for operating funds for 27 school divisions, which addresses a two per cent salary increase as part of the Teachers Collective Bargaining Agreement. This is a $19.2 million increase in school operating funding compared to last year. The province plans to use $101.9 million to build 16 new schools and renovate five existing schools. Child care is seeing an increase of $2 million, and the budget also includes funding to create 176 new licensed home-based spaces and 51 new licensed centre spaces, as part of the province s four-year commitment to create 750 new licensed child care spaces.
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