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School closure ban means Ontario boards spending ‘limited’ funds to keep buildings open: docs | Globalnews.ca

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Ontario 's largest school board asked to close and consolidate schools in the face of a rough financial picture.

The Toronto District School Board wrote to the Ford government in April asking to be allowed to shutter schools where needed.

Government documents show a moratorium on school closures is forcing educators to spend money on buildings that would otherwise be shuttered.

The number of boards posting a deficit grew from 11 to 29 per cent between 2020 and 2022-23 .

Ontario NDP education critic Chandra Pasma said growing deficits were forcing boards to make difficult decisions.

Pasma: School boards are in good financial health, with an accumulated surplus of $1.3 billion .

She said boards had tried to keep cuts away from the classroom in recent years but at the cost of other important budget lines.

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