July, August, September, October, November, December
January
January 19
Annual
re-application not required for many special needs students
January 26
Department has not cancelled Criterion
Reference Testing
February
February 2
Minister
says air quality issues are being addressed
Minister on side with post-secondary students
February 18
Tender awarded for Belanger Memorial School
March
March 1
Report of
Ministerial on Delivery of Education Panel delayed
March 3
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to hold news
conference, March 3, St. John's
Government announces $1 million for provincial libraries
Education Week, March 5-11
March 7
New industrial training office in Burin
$10,000 for Skills Canada
March 8
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, March 8, St.
John's, Subject: Funding for school boards
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, March 9, St.
John's, Subject: School Children’s Food Foundation
Additional funding for school boards
March 9
Funding announced for School Meal Programs
March 10
Newfoundland Student Loans Program will be
uninterrupted
March 15
Funding for College of North Atlantic
Health Sciences Programs
March 21
Ministerial Statement - Funding for graphing
technology in senior high schools
March 22
Significant investment in post-secondary
education
Government adding back in excess of 300 teachers
in September 2000
School board grant budgets maintained - despite
enrolment decline and school closures
New money for infrastructure - air quality, roofs,
windows
$1.5 million for Language Arts, Math, Religious
Education
$1 million for course in Newfoundland and Labrador
history
Additional funding for professional development
Backgrounders
$725,000 investment in graphing technology for
senior high schools
Funding for school meal programs
$1 million for provincial libraries
$6.5 million for College of the North Atlantic
Health Sciences Programs
March 23
Ministerial Statement - Skip-a-lunch day
March 28
Ministerial Statement - Additional $25,000 for
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
April
April 5
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, April 5, St.
John's Subject: Ministerial Panel on Delivery of Education in Classroom
Ministerial Panel on Delivery of
Education in the Classroom report released
Ministerial Statement - Ministerial panel
report released
April 10
Ministerial Statement - Read-In 2000 and
Library Week 2000
May
May 9
Ministerial
Statement - Community access centres
May 11
Minister announces Lester B. Pearson Scholarship
winner
Ministerial Statement - Tutoring for Tuition
May 17
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, May 17,
Subject: Development of cutting-edge technology
Government, industry launch Curriculum
Information System
May 18
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, May 18,
Subject: Strategic Literacy Plan
Government releases strategic Literacy Plan
Honourary chair appointed for Literacy Endowment Fund
May 23
New entrepreneurship resource launched for
students
June
June 2
National
test results for Newfoundland and Labrador science students
July
July 19
Minister
releases June 2000 high school exam results
July 28
Minister announces scholarship winners
August
August 1
Minister announces
student loan agreement
August 25
Minister disappointed with board’s approach
August 28
New chair and governors appointed to college
board of governors
August 31
Student Aid hours extended
September 1
Premier
appoints acting Minister of Education
September 7
Minister celebrates International Literacy Day
September 8
Department launches contest for International
Literacy Day
Department clarifies information on air
quality at St. Thomas of Villanova
September 11
Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation - Publication
of specific learning outcomes for mathematics - Version
française
September 20
School fees - what parents should know
October 3
Minister announces literacy funding
October 4
World Teachers’ Day, October 5
October 5
Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation: Atlantic
Ministers of Education focus on reading literacy
- Version française
October 13
Testing program announced for this school year
October 16
Minister proclaims National Students Against
Impaired Driving Day
November 23
Commonwealth education ministers attend
workshop, November 23-25, St. John's
December 11
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, December 12,
St. John's, Subject: Marine transportation programs
December 12
Funding announced to increase intake of
students in Marine Engineering and Nautical Science programs
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