Saskatchewan School Board Association (SSBA) says it’s happy with the recent changes made by the province to its Safe School Plan.On Monday, the province officially announced it would be allocating $40 million from its $200 million COVID-19 contingency fund to school divisions throughout Saskatchewan and delaying school start dates by a week.“Certainly the additional money is welcome,” said Shawn Davidson, SSBA president.
Saskatchewan provides details of additional $40M into Safe Schools Plan, delayed start “We knew that the government did have a contingency fund in place to deal with COVID-19, but we did not have any money specifically earmarked for school divisions and for the education sector.