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The 25% cuts to the Spiritual Care, Guidance and Community Animation Service, and the un-dedicating of Mesure 30070, known as Mesure 15120, had a significantly negative impact on the service to students. We would like to respectfully request that the government reconsider the 25% budget reductions imposed on the Spiritual Care, Guidance and Community Involvement Animation Service. (We refer to this work as Spiritual & Community Animation). Boards within the English Sector have always remained faithful to the Spiritual & Community Animation service as outlined in Bill 118 and see the 25% cut as inequitable. As an example of this commitment, English School Boards have invested significant amounts of money for the past 19 years in this service for aspects such as: Initial transitional work from Pastoral to Spiritual Care with Concordia University; for on-going Professional Development and training; and to staff teams of full-time Spiritual & Community Animators. Our boards have maintained the vision of Bill 118 since its inception in 2000