NDP calls for denouncement of per-student funding model

EDMONTON -- Alberta NDP Education Critic Sarah Hoffman called on Premier Jason Kenney to denounce a per-student funding model proposed by a central Alberta constituency. The proposal would mean schools would get an amount of money based on how many students are in attendance, according to Hoffman. "What's being proposed here is very divisive. It causes a lot of tension between different kinds of programing and people are fighting over what is a shrunken pot of money," Hoffman said. "Instead, I t