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5. Resolutions:<br />
5.1 The following resolutions were presented:<br />
Resolution #1<br />
Motion: Candace Borger/Jean Hallas<br />
THAT whereas the Special Education Review recommended that "base Level I"<br />
support be increased to support the high level of needs within this population; and<br />
whereas Manitoba Education Citizenship and Youth (M.E.C.Y.) has identified that the<br />
following areas require specific attention and funding:<br />
• Gifted and talented<br />
• Emotionally and behaviourally disordered students<br />
• Clinical Services<br />
• School Counsellors<br />
• Students at Risk<br />
• E.B.I. Grant; and<br />
whereas M.E.C.Y. has stated that the Level I grant will be incorporated into the<br />
Student Services Grant; and<br />
whereas the <strong>2003</strong> increase to Level I funding is not adequately meeting the needs and<br />
expenditures in the above-mentioned areas,<br />
Be it resolved that M.E.C.Y. increase financial support to the school divisions to<br />
address these areas of concern.<br />
CARRIED<br />
Resolution #2<br />
Motion: Sandi McCaig/Elizabeth Kozak<br />
THAT whereas all school divisions are currently experiencing difficulty in recruiting<br />
qualified clinical staff, and<br />
whereas this apparent shortage of clinical staff does not appear to be a temporary<br />
condition but rather, due to projected retirement rates in the clinical areas, an everincreasing<br />
issue, and<br />
whereas this issue is a concern with the number of clinical disciplines such as Speech<br />
and Language Pathology and Clinical Reading, it is particularly acute in School<br />
Psychology, with the closing of the only training program in the province and standards<br />
for certification difficult to obtain by the typical student,
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