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1980-1981 (Creation)
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- Nova Scotia. Department of Education. Minister’s Commission on Public Education Finance
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48 cm of textual records (4 boxes)
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The Nova Scotia Department of Education Minister’s Commission on Public Education Finance, also known as the Walker Commission, was created on August 1, 1980 by Terence R.B. Donahoe, Minister of Education. George Walker, Superintendent of Schools for Kings County, was appointed chairperson with John Levangie, Director of Finance and Budgeting for the Department of Education, and Daniel Brownlow, Mayor of Dartmouth, as co-commissioners. The Commission’s mandate was to examine matters related to the financial support of public schools in Nova Scotia, in particular how the costs are shared between municipal and provincial levels of government, the existing grant structure, and the role of school boards. They held meetings across Nova Scotia between October 1980 and January 1981. They received over 125 written submissions (briefs) from school boards, municipal councils, organizations, and individuals. The Commission presented their final report to the Minister of Education Terence R.B. Donahoe on March 31, 1981 and then disbanded.
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Consists of briefs submitted, organized by name, many with commissioner’s annotations (1980-1981); the schedule of public hearings (1980); commissioners’ meeting notes (1980s); financial statements of provincial and municipal funding to schools for 1979 (collected 1981); and some research reports on education finance in Manitoba, financing procedures across Canada, and enrolment projections for Maritime Provinces 1979-1980 (collected 1980-1981).
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Transferred by George Walker, Commission Chair, following submission of their report, 1981.
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Report of the Nova Scotia Commission on Public Education Finance (Halifax, NS: the Commission, 1981) available in the Nova Scotia Archives Library.
“A case study in regionalism and education policy: the report of the 1981 Nova Scotia commission on public education finance” / Christopher Ray McCormick for York University Doctor of Philosophy program 1988 thesis available in Nova Scotia Archives Library.
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Also known as the Walker Commission.