18 school projects announced for Calgary area in Albertas 2024 budget – Calgary [Video]

The Alberta government announced funding for 18 school projects in the Calgary area in its 2024 budget, tabled Thursday.

The 2024 budget outlined a 4.4 per cent increase in education funding, with operating expenses up $393 million to $9.3 billion.

About $680 million in new capital funding is to go toward 43 school projects to create 35,000 student spaces across Alberta.

“Communities across the province will be seeing new and modernized schools for their students, providing them the best places to learn,” Premier Danielle Smith said Friday.

If approved, the 2024 budget will invest $2.1 billion over three years to build and modernize schools across Alberta.

The new school projects announced Friday will translate to about 16,000 more spaces for students in the Calgary region.

The following school projects in the Calgary area will receive full construction funding:

• Airdrie: Rocky View Schools – New K-8 school in South Windsong
• Airdrie: Rocky View Schools – New K-8 …