Appendix B

1. The information on the Minister's office and the Department of Education was taken in part from the Department's website (www.EDnet.ns.ca) and in part through conversations with the Policy Branch of the Department of Education.
2. For a description see "Department Heads" in the Regulations Under the Education Act, (Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture, June 1997), p. 6.
3. The Education Act, Chapter 1 of the Acts of 1995-96, Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture, Halifax, January 1996.
4. Agreement between the Minister of Education of the Province of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (Teachers' Provincial Agreement), 1994.
5. For detailed information see pages B-4 - B-14 in the Public School Programs, Nova Scotia Department of Education.
6. Education Initiatives for Atlantic Canada, (Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation, 1996), p. 39.
7. Reports of the Education Funding Review Work Group, Nova Scotia Department of Education, February 1998 and April 1999.