b'Report to the CSBA Saskatchewan Provincial Highlights July 2024 to June 2025 2024-25 SSBA Provincial Executive The Executive took office in December:ShawnDavidson (President), Lori Kidney (Vice-President), Jerome Niezgoda (CatholicConstituency), Ronna Pethick (CentralConstituency), lizabeth Perreault (CSFConstituency); Kimberly Greyeyes (IndigenousConstituency), Joey McCallum (NorthernConstituency), Robert Bachmann (SouthernConstituency) and Donna Banks (Urban PublicConstituency. SSBA Reacts to 2025-26 Budget Announcement The 2025-26 provincial budget announcement reflects recognition bygovernment of some pressures identified by school boards, according to theSSBA. Allocations in the budget dont fully address the funding gap in education that boards have identified, but shouldnt result in them falling farther behind, President Shawn Davidson remarked. The capital announcements in the 69budget will help address infrastructure shortfalls, Davidson said. In terms of the Preventative Maintenance and Renewal (PMR) portion ofthe budget, Davidson noted the increase is welcome. Provincial Collective Agreement Signed Provincial collective bargaining with teachers in Saskatchewan has concludedwith the signing of a new collective agreement by the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee and the Teachers BargainingCommittee. As part of the process, the SSBA appointsfour individuals to represent school boards asemployers on the Government-Trustee BargainingCommittee, which also includes five representativesfrom the Government of Saskatchewan as the funderof education. School divisions will be working quicklyto implement the provisions of the new agreement. 2024 Elections School board elections took place in Saskatchewan in November. TheSSBA thanked all who put forward their names to serve in theseimportant roles, including outgoing trustees who did not seek re-election,and all those who sought election. We also thanked those who puttheir names forward and were not successful, for their interest inthe important work of publicly funded education. Following theprovincial election in October, the SSBA congratulated PremierScott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party on their election for a fifthterm as the Government of Saskatchewan. 70'