District 8 is asking the provincial government to take a look at it's budget to help fund special needs programs. District 8 has the highest number of students with special needs in the province and District Education Chair Rob Fowler says as enrolment number decrease so does the amount of funding for the district, but the number of students requiring specialized programs continue to increase.
Fowler adds in order to pay for special needs programs, money needs to be taken from other lines in the budget and it's time for the province to invest more cash into the district.
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