Saskatoon Public Schools is ending contracts for about 80 temporary educational assistants over the next two weeks due to a lack of expected federal funding from the Jordan's Principle program. The school division hired additional assistants expecting the funding to support Indigenous children in schools. Saskatoon Public Schools has received Jordan's Principle funding since the 2018-19 school year but hasn't received any since April, leading to the decision to make layoffs.
Saskatoon Public Schools says it will be ending the contracts of about 80 temporary educational assistants because of missing funding that was supposed to come from the federal Jordan's Principle program. Saskatoon Public Schools says it's ending contracts for about 80 temporary educational assistants over the next two weeks because it hasn't received expected federal funding.
"Our teachers are going to be impacted," said Charlene Scrimshaw, the deputy director of education for Saskatoon Public Schools. Saskatoon Public Schools "managed millions of dollars allocated through Jordan's Principle" from 2019 to 2024, the letter said. "It might look like half days with an EA," Scrimshaw said. "It might look like a group of children with an EA for part of a day, an hour — it just depends on the need of the child."
Funding Indigenous Affairs JORDAN's PRINCIPLE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS FUNDING SASKATCHEWAN INDIGENOUS STUDENTS
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