Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek)
2005 Alberta centennial celebrations
Busing of schoolchildren to ... 1725 Centennial hockey game, Lloydminster, April 14, 2005: Premiers' wager re (SP331/05: Tabled) ... 784
Aboriginal children-Education
Alberta-Economic policy
20-year strategic plan ... 1260
Alberta Association for Community Living
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Coal bed methane well applications approved by, 2001-04 (M6/05: Defeated) ... 664 Coal bed methane well applications denied by, 2001-04 (M5/05: Defeated) ... 664 Gas well applications approved by, 2001-04 (M10/05: Defeated) ... 666 Gas well applications denied by, 2001-04 (M9/05: Defeated) ... 665
Alberta Government Offices
Washington, D.C. office: Accommodation costs of head of (Q6/05: Response tabled as SP540/05) ... 659
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
2005 calendar (SP107/05: Tabled) ... 171 Financial highlights and statements, 2003-04 (SP108-109/05: Tabled) ... 171
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Act
Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research Act
Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act
Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Act
Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775
Alberta Home and School Association
Alberta Home Education Association
Conference, Red Deer, minister's attendance at ... 1256
Alberta initiative for school improvement
Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation
Appeals received by (M34/05: Defeated) ... 1164
Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 43)
Alberta School Boards Association
Collective bargaining model for teachers, study of ... 204, 1147-48, 1268, 1274 Grade level achievement (GLA) discussions with province ... 1783 Input into provincial renewed funding framework ... 1261 Pension fund liability discusssions ... 1712
Alberta School Foundation Fund
Alberta Securities Commission
Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor General's authority challenged re, emergency debate re ... 1318
Alberta SuperNet
Hookup fees ... 740 School access to ... 740, 1260, 1262, 1274, 1723 School access to: Total amount spent on (Q35/05: Response tabled as SP717/05) ... 1746, 1919 Video conferencing capabilities ... 1723
Alberta Teachers' Association
Annual report, 2003 (SP172/05: Tabled) ... 326 Collective bargaining model for teachers, study of ... 204, 1147-48, 1268, 1274 General remarks ... 311 Grade level achievement (GLA) discussions with province ... 1783 Inclusion of principals in ... 1266 Pension fund liability discusssions ... 1712
Alberta Treasury Branch Financial
Subsidiary companies' control processes, Auditor General's recommendation re (Q36/05: Response tabled as SP648/05) ... 1747
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Aboriginal-specific recommendations ... 1261 Basic education vs extras, definition of ... 1525 Child progress reporting recommendation ... 1446 Class size guideline ... 306, 308, 309, 1261, 1262, 1723, 1727, 1730 Daily physical activity recommendation ... 416, 1028, 1261 Early childhood funding recommendation ... 1261 ESL funding recommendation ... 1261 Feedback on ... 165 Francophone education funding recommendation ... 1261 High school completion rate recommendation ... 123 Kindergarten recommendations ... 1260, 1271 Recommendations ... 1030, 1260-62, 1523, 1723 School fees/fundraising issue ... 1834 School funding under Education dept. recommendation ... 1914 School transportation funding recommendation ... 1261 Second-language teaching initiative ... 1603-04 Special needs students' programs recommendations ... 1255, 1261 Teacher bargaining model recommendation ... 204, 1147, 1260, 1265, 1268, 1274
Alberta's Promise
School nutrition program involvement ... 1740
Alexander Forbes elementary school, Grande Prairie
Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Achievement
Impact of diploma exam grading errors on awarding of ... 164
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 30)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 27)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) (Bill 51)
Auditor General
Diploma exams equating process, recommendation re ... 164 Official Opposition press release re (SP414/05: Tabled) ... 1342 Securities Commission enforcement processes, investigation of, authority to challenged, emergency debate re ... 1318 Treasury Branches' control processes comments (Q36/05: Response tabled as SP648/05) ... 1747
Bercha Group
Sour gas blowout ignition study: Memos re (M7/05: Defeated) ... 665 Sour gas blowout ignition study: Study re (M8/05: Response tabled as SP667/05) ... 665
Bills, Private members' public
Unanimous consent given for Bill 202 to proceed to Committee and Third readings (SO 8(3) waived) ... 793
Bruderheim Elementary School
Bullying-Prevention
Provincial initiatives re ... 1274 Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 1265
Calgary Board of Education
English as a Second Language programs, funding for ... 1572, 1784 Shawnessy-Somerset school ... 1914
Calgary Catholic Board of Education
Funding ... 1501 Tuscany school ... 1914
Canadian Space Agency
Partnership with Edmonton Public School Board ... 1726
Canmore Nordic Centre
Upgrades to: Costs (M36/05: Accepted) ... 1165
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
General remarks ... 771 Legacy funding for, proposed ... 741
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation-Training
As part of school curriculum ... 205
Centennial hockey game, Lloydminster (April 14, 2005)
Premiers' wager re (SP331/05: Tabled) ... 784
Chartered schools-Finance
Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee, Select Special
Motion to appoint (Motion 25: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 1943-44
Children at risk-Education
General remarks ... 648 Kindergarten programs for ... 1029, 1271
Class size (Grade school)
Capping of ... 1730 General remarks ... 1727 Reduction of ... 123, 1729-30 Reduction of: Funding for ... 166, 306, 308, 309, 311-12, 977-78, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1723
Classroom space
Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 308, 978
Coal bed methane extraction
Water recovered from (Q7/05: Defeated) ... 659 Well applications approved by AEUB, 2001-04 (M6/05: Defeated) ... 664 Well applications denied by AEUB, 2001-04 (M5/05: Defeated) ... 664
Coalition for Equal Access to Education
English as a second language study ... 1784
Collective bargaining-Teachers
Collective bargaining-Teachers-Fort McMurray
Agreement: Northern allowance provision ... 203
Computers in schools
Funding for ... 310 General remarks ... 1724
Council of Alberta School Superintendents
Court of Queen's Bench
Edmonton Public School Board school closure decision ... 1446
Crystal methamphetamine (Drug)
Test for use of (strips detecting smell) ... 1265
Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse-Prevention
Daycare centres
Special-needs children ... 311
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Retirement of: Legislation re (Bill 37) ... 775
Dept. of Education
Annual report, 2004-05 (SP568/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Business plan ... 1260 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1259-62, 1264-69, 1271-75 Minister's visits to all school boards ... 166 Return of school capital funding to ... 1723, 1914 Supplementary estimates ... 1265 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 306-12 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1720-30
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Reassignment of capital funding to other departments ... 1723, 1914
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Credit card statements for deputy minister (M18/05: Response tabled as SP772/05) ... 820
Dept. of Learning
Annual report, 2003-04 (SP58/05: Tabled) ... 94 Credit card statements for deputy minister (M17/05: Response tabled as SP718/05) ... 818, 1919
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Credit card statements for deputy minister (M15/05: Response tabled as SP826/05) ... 816 Credit card statements for minister and executive assistant (M16/05: Response tabled as SP827/05) ... 817 Minister's business expenses (M14/05: Response tabled as SP825/05) ... 815
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Deputy Minister's and departmental official's credit card statements, 2003-04 (M13/05: Response tabled as SP738/05) ... 667 Minister's and executive assistant's credit card statements, 2003-04 (M12/05: Response tabled as SP737/05) ... 666-67 Minister's business expenses, 2003-04 (M11/05: Response tabled as SP736/05) ... 666
Disabled children-Education
Disabled children-Education-Finance
Drug abuse resistance education program
Early childhood education
Early childhood education, Private
Edmonton Catholic School District
Capital plan changes (Castle Downs high school, Terwillegar school) ... 1078
Edmonton Public School Board
City centre education project ... 1029 Closure of schools ... 124-25, 311, 693, 694, 767, 851, 1446, 1447 Closure of schools: Court decision re ... 1446 Cluster study re utilization levels in schools ... 693, 851 Leasing of commercial space for continuing education ... 738 Maintenance/utility costs, use of instructional funds for ... 1570 Partnership with Canadian Space Agency ... 1726 Portables for Kenilworth junior high ... 694 Teachers, hiring of ... 309
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
University presidents' comments re (SP330/05: Tabled) ... 784
Education-Curricula
Aboriginal-specific courses ... 1264 Fine arts courses ... 952 First aid/CPR training courses ... 205 General remarks ... 166, 307, 308, 1264, 1272 Health and wellness instruction framework ... 416, 952, 1028, 1967 Review of ... 1028 Social studies courses ... 306-07
Education-Curricula-Rural areas
Education-Finance
Funding for teachers' salaries ... 203 General remarks ... 693, 851, 952, 977-78, 1030, 1125-26, 1260-62, 1267, 1525, 1570, 1833 User fees ... 1525, 1723-24, 1727, 1833-34, 1913 User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q14/05: Response tabled as SP500/05) ... 808, 1607 User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q15/05: Defeated) ... 808
Education-Finance-Rural areas
Ellerslie elementary school
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Securities Commission challenge of Auditor General's authority (not proceeded with) ... 1318
English as a Second Language
Funding ... 311, 949-50, 1126, 1261, 1501, 1525, 1572 General remarks ... 166, 952, 1572, 1784 Review of ... 1572, 1784
Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 205)
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 37)
First aid-Training
As part of school curriculum ... 205
Fiscal Responsibility Act
Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775
Foreign workers, Temporary
Alberta/federal government memorandum re (M24/05: Defeated) ... 989
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Gas well drilling industry
Sour gas blowout ignition study by Bercha Group: Memos re (M7/05: Defeated) ... 665 Sour gas blowout ignition study by Bercha Group: Study re (M8/05: Response tabled as SP667/05) ... 665 Well applications approved by AEUB, 2001-04 (M10/05: Defeated) ... 666 Well applications denied by AEUB, 2001-04 (M9/05: Defeated) ... 665
Gifted children-Education
Governor General's award for excellence in teaching Canadian history
Letters of congratulations to Alberta winners of (SP777/05: Tabled) ... 2017
Grace Martin school, Edmonton
Number of portable classrooms at ... 1727
Health sciences ambulatory learning centre (University of Alberta)
High school credits
Fine arts credit requirement ... 1271-72 Fine arts credit requirement (Motion 505: Herard) ... 831
High school education-Curricula
Fine arts courses ... 952 Vocational/trades courses ... 1267, 1269 Vocational/trades courses: Use of ticketed journeymen in ... 1274
High schools-Maintenance and repair
Home education-Regulations
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Rebates under $50, number of (Q8/05: Defeated) ... 660
J. Percy Page high school, Edmonton
Partnership with Canadian Space Agency ... 1726
Kenilworth junior high school
Learning Resources Centre
Buy-down credit for school purchases at ... 310
Libraries, School
General remarks ... 166 Purchase of books for ... 1727
Library cards
Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 190-91
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Medical care, Private
Influence of health symposium on ... 1164-65
Members' apologies to the House
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Conduct in the Chamber ... 1274
Members' withdrawal of remarks
MĂ©tis children-Education
Microsoft Corporation
School software licences purchase by provincial government ... 322-23 School software licences purchase by provincial government: Documents re (M27/05: Accepted) ... 1159
Natural resources revenue
Use for budget purposes: Legislation re (Bill 37) ... 775
Northern Alberta Development Council
Youth apprenticeship program ... 1267
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Input into high school vocational/trades courses ... 1269
Office of the Premier
Current chief of staff (Rod Love) remuneration (Q23/05: Defeated) ... 814 Former chief of staff (Peter Elzinga) remuneration (Q22/05: Defeated) ... 814
Official Opposition
Press release re Auditor General (SP414/05: Tabled) ... 1342
Oral Question Period (2005)
Achievement testing ... 1255 Budget expenditures ... 797 Calgary Catholic School Board funding ... 1501 Capital investment in schools ... 771 Centralized teacher bargaining ... 1147-48 Childhood obesity ... 1966-67 Class sizes ... 977-78 Daily physical activity in schools ... 1028 Diploma exam grades ... 164, 168 Education funding ... 1125-26 Education fundraising ... 1833-34 Education system ... 952 English as a Second Language program ... 1572 English as a Second Language programs ... 1784 ESL funding ... 949-50 First aid and CPR training in schools ... 205 Grade level achievement reporting ... 1446 High school completion rate ... 123 Highway 28 ... 741 Home schooling ... 1255-56 Kindergarten programs ... 1029 Labour negotiations with teachers ... 203-204 Learning assessment ... 1782-83 Lunchtime supervision in schools ... 1913 Nutrition programs for schools ... 1739-40, 1779 Nutrition programs in schools ... 1827 Physical activities in schools ... 416-17 Provincial achievement tests ... 648 School board consultations ... 165-166 School closures ... 693, 694, 742, 767, 851, 1446, 1447, 1522-23, 1570 School construction ... 1078 School fees ... 1525 School infrastructure funding ... 1739 School intrastructure needs in Calgary ... 1914 School utilization ... 738 School utilization formula ... 124-125 Second-language instruction ... 1603-04 Software licences for schools ... 322-23 Special-needs education ... 1030 SuperNet hookup cost ... 740 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1712, 1910 Use of school instructional funding ... 1525 Water quality in Ellerslie elementary school ... 1711
Physical fitness-Teaching
Daily mandatory activities ... 307-08, 416-17, 1028 Daily mandatory activities, funding for ... 1261 Mandatory grade 10 course: First aid/CPR component ... 205
Point of Order
Factual accuracy ... 1343-44 Quoting documents ... 1857 Referring to a member by name ... 1343 Second reading debate ... 1945
Portable/modular classrooms
Property tax-Education levy
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202)
Third reading ... 793 Unanimous consent to proceed to Committee and Third readings (SO 8(3) waived) ... 793
Punjabi language-Teaching
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31)
Registered apprenticeship program (High schools)
Round-table on Family Violence and Bullying, Calgary (May 2004)
St. John Ambulance
First aid/CPR instruction in schools ... 205
Scholarships
Impact of diploma exam grading errors on awarding of ... 164 For second-language teachers ... 1604
School Act
School closure provisions ... 742 Section 119, inter-school board co-operation ... 1271
School boards
Academic school entrance requirements ... 1078 Audited financial statements, sections 1-3 (SP104-106/05: Tabled) ... 171 Budget process ... 1126 Collective bargaining model for teachers, study of ... 204, 1147-48 Education minister's visits to ... 166 Funding ... 1125-26, 1260 Funding: Renewed funding framework ... 1260-61, 1274, 1723, 1739, 1834 Funding: Renewed funding framework advisory committee ... 1727, 1739, 1784 School closure regulation ... 767
School boards, Francophone
School lunchtime supervision
School nutrition programs
School principals
Inclusion in Alberta Teachers' Association ... 1266
School reports
Grade level achievement reports ... 1446
Schoolchildren-Transportation
Schools-Closure
General remarks ... 124-25, 310, 311, 693, 694, 742, 767, 771, 851, 1265, 1271, 1446, 1447, 1522-23, 1570, 1723
Schools-Closure-Rural areas
Schools-Construction
Contingent on closure of older schools ... 742, 1523 General remarks ... 1720, 1721 Impact of utilization formula on ... 1739 Modular schools ... 1265
Schools-Construction-Calgary
Schools-Construction-Edmonton
Schools-Construction-Finance
General remarks ... 771 Return to Education dept. responsibility ... 1723, 1914 Use of budget surplus funds for ... 1739
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Schools-Utilization
Change to formula for ... 124-25, 693, 694, 742, 771, 1271, 1447 Community group use of, as part of formula re ... 1265-66, 1268, 1271 General remarks ... 311, 738, 1723, 1729 Review of formula for ... 1447, 1739
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Input into high school vocational/trades courses ... 1269
Special Cases Committee (Student evaluation)
Review of examination results appeals ... 168
Standing Orders
SO 8(3) waived to allow consideration of Bill 202, Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act ... 793
Strathearn Elementary and Junior High School, Edmonton
Student assessment
Computer adaptive assessment tool re ... 1782-83 Fees for ... 1730 Grade level achievement method ... 1782-83
Student Health Initiative
Student testing
Achievement tests ... 1255, 1264-65, 1272 Achievement tests: Comparison to international standards ... 1264 Achievement tests: Costs of administering, 2000-05 (Q40/05: Accepted) ... 1747 Achievement tests: Grade 3 retesting ... 648, 952, 1255 Diagnostic tests ... 648, 952, 1255, 1265 Diploma exams: Funding for ... 1265 Diploma exams: Grading errors on ... 164, 168 Diploma exams: Method for equating, studies re (M49/05: Accepted) ... 1920
Substance abuse-Treatment-Youth
Mandatory programs for: Legislation re (Bill 202) - unanimous consent to proceed to Committee and Third readings of ... 793
Sun Microsystems Inc.
Ontario deal with, for school software licences ... 323
Supplementary estimates, 2004-05
Teachers
Numbers of, increase in: Funding for ... 306, 308, 309, 311, 1727 Professional development for, funding for ... 1260, 1261, 1264 Rewards for excellence ... 1274 University of Calgary book about (My Most Memorable Teacher ...): Letter of congratulations re (SP630/05: Tabled) ... 1745
Teachers, Modern languages
Teachers' Pension Plans Act
Terrace Heights Elementary School, Edmonton
Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005)
Speakers/presenters at, remuneration paid to (M35/05: Accepted) ... 1164-65
Valhalla school, Peace River
Video conferencing in education
Videoconferencing in education
General remarks ... 311, 1274 Second language teaching application ... 1604
W. P. Wagner high school, Edmonton
Wages-Teachers
Funding for increase in ... 203 General remarks ... 1274
Wages-Teachers-Fort McMurray
Coverage of cost of living ... 203
Warner hockey school for girls
Infrastructure funding for ... 1274
World Masters [summer] Games, Edmonton (July 2005)
World Masters [winter] Games
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