Advisor appointed to head review, audit of Vancouver School Board

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School districts in the province are required by law to pass balance budgets and the Vancouver board is the only one that didn’t meet that requirement this year.

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The forensic review and audit are due back to the Ministry of Education by Sept. 30.

Bernier said that close to half a billion dollars is invested in the Vancouver School Board and that money needs to be going to services that directly support students.

“This refusal to follow the School Act and pass a balanced budget to stop cuts while at the same time claiming that staff are implementing cuts is confusing for parents and students,” Bernier said in a statement.

“Worst of all, it’s part of an ongoing pattern in Vancouver where claims of budget shortfalls have preceded the board adding to its accumulated surplus almost every year. This has to end.”

The ministry said there are 6,500 fewer students in Vancouver than there were in 2001, a 10 per cent drop, yet funding has gone up by 20 per cent in that same period.

Lombardi has said he welcomes the audit and that the board will fully co-operate.

The Canadian Press