FIRST REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION Fourth Session Fifty-seventh Legislative Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick April 16, 2014 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Mr. Killen, Chair Ms. Coulombe, Vice-Chair Mr. Stewart Mr. Harrison Mr. C. Landry Mr. Davis Mr. Collins Mr. Haché April 16, 2014 To The Honourable The Legislative Assembly of The Province of New Brunswick Mr. Speaker: Your Standing Committee on Education begs leave to submit this, their First Report.

Your Committee met in the Legislative Assembly Chamber on February 18, 19, 26, March 18, April and 15, 2014, to consider the estimates of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, referred to your Committee by resolution of the House adopted February 13, 2014. Your Committee wishes to report that they have passed all of the estimates referred to them and outlined in this report and recommends these estimates to the House. I move, seconded by the Member for Restigouche-la-Vallée, that the report be concurred in by the House.

Carl Killen, MLA Chair The following are the items that were passed by the Committee: MAIN ESTIMATES, 2014-2015 ORDINARY ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT Resolved, That there be granted to H er Majesty a sum not exceeding $1,085,718,000 to defray the expenses of the following program allocations for the fiscal year ending the 31st of March, 2015: Corporate and Other Education Services .............................................. 10,535,000 Elementary and Secondary Education .................................................. 1,002,017,000 Early Childhood Development ............................................................. 73,219,000 Less amounts authorized by law ...................................................... 53,000 Voted ..................................................................................................... 1,085,718,000 CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT Resolved, That there be granted to Her Majesty a sum not exceeding $2,306,000 to defray the expenses of the following program allocation for the f iscal year ending the 31st of March, 2015: Public Schools - Capital Equipment ..................................................... 2,306,000 WORKING CAPITAL – MAXIMUM BALANCES 2014-2015 Voted WORKING CAPITAL ADVANCES Education and Early Childhood Development ......................................... 350,000 PETTY CASH ADVANCES Education and Early Childhood Development ......................................... 122,000