WATCH: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley speaks to media after day two of cabinet meetings. CALGARY - Al...

1. Rachel Notley announces $103M for education; CYOC to stay
open
WATCH: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley speaks to media after day two of cabinet meetings.
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her government will allocate an additional $103
million to the province's education budget, instead of the cutbacks proposed by the Progressive
Conservatives.
The NDP says it will restore funding to previously announced cuts to school and classroom
resources, such as transportation, inclusive education, and First Nations, Metis and Inuit.
Notley said education funding will also be maintained to cover the "two per cent salary increase and
one per cent lump sum payment under the previously negotiated Teacher Agreement."
School boards must provide their budgets for the 2015-2016 school year to Alberta Education by
June 30.
Notley also announced the cancellation of the closure of the Calgary Young Offenders Centre that
had been announced by the PCs. Young offenders housed at the CYOC will no longer need to be
moved away from their families and sent to the Edmonton Young Offender Centre, as Jim Prentice's
government had proposed.
"The decision to keep the centre open means youth can continue to access the support they need
closer to home," said Minister of Justice and Solicitor General and Minister of Aboriginal Relations

2. Kathleen Ganley in a statement. "Youth can remain close to their families and their support network,
and better prepare to be a positive influence in their community."
The centre will reopen "over the coming weeks" based on court dates and staffing arrangements.
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Notley spoke to reporters following the final day of the first cabinet meeting of the new NDP
government, at a press conference set to start at 1 p.m.
On Wednesday--her first time in Calgary's McDougall Centre--Notley said she was surprised by the
state of Alberta's finances since taking over from Jim Prentice and the PCs.
She wouldn't get specific with what the discoveries might mean in terms of how the party plans to
deliver on its election platform, which was based on the previous government's numbers.
Notley and her 11 colleagues were sworn in at the Alberta legislature on Sunday. The premier has
said there will be an interim budget in the coming weeks to keep the province functioning while the
government works to have a full budget ready by the fall.
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With files from The Canadian Press

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