Bill 64 Archives
Advocacy Tool Box: | |
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| Open Letter on Bill 64 - The Education Modernization Act - to Premier Pallister & Minister Cullen Sample letter template for writing your MLA RRVSD Wards, schools and MLA Contact Information Guide for Public Presentations before Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly Members of the Legislative Assembly Contact Information | |
| RRVSD Board of Trustees - Our Perspective April 27, 2021 | Bill 64 - Smashing Education Eggs - John Weins WFP |
| An Open Letter to all Manitobans about Bill 64 from Retired Superintendents | Carillon News - Letter to the Editor Local Control of Public Education Worth Fighting For |
| Teaching Math Effectively in Manitoba mRLC Spring 2021 | April 23, 2021 Proposed parental control of schools remains baffling - Nick Martin WFP |
| April 20, 2021 Manitoba education reforms stoke fears French immersion will be left outside looking in - WFP | April 20, 2021 - Children are more than "market value" - WFP |
| April 15, 2021 Better Education Started Many Years Ago -WFP | April 8, 2021 - Education bill sparks new school closure concerns - WFP |
| April 5, 2021 - Parent Collective Calls for Shredding of Bill 64 - WFP | March 29, 2021 Bill 64 Earns a Failing Grade - WFP Op Ed by Jim Silver |
| Discarding Democracy, Exploding Education, Shunning Truth Op Ed by John R. Wiens March 15/21 | Information from the Manitoba School Boards Association on Bill 64 |
| Report of the Commission on K-12 Education | |
| Bill 64 - The Education Modernization Act in its entirety | |
What you need to know about the potential impacts of Bill 64:
- Local school divisions will disappear - The Red River Valley School Division will be dissolved, and our schools will become part of a 4500+ student geographical region under the centralized power of the Provincial Education Authority.
- Parental responsibility & workload redefined With the creation of School Community Councils, parents/guardians will be asked to step into governance/management roles of their child’s school, without any clarity in the legislation about what their actual decision-making authority will be.
- Support of local businesses in question - Local business owners will need to secure contracts for goods and services related to schools in their community, through the centralized Provincial Education Authority, rather than locally, as they do now.
- Taxation without representation - Even with the proposed phase-out of education property taxes, as Manitobans, you will continue to pay the taxes, with no elected voice to ensure the money is invested locally.The Education Property Tax Rebate outlines the shift in taxes.
- The Minister will solely set the education levy.
- Elimination of your democratic rights - The Board of Trustees of Red River Valley School Division will be eliminated.
- Decisions about your local school will lie with an appointed Director of Education, who will report to the government-appointed Provincial Education Authority.