The government of Manitoba is noticing a "top-heavy management" style in the education sector and aims to redistribute funds to "front-line support."

The Manitoba Government is cutting managerial costs by capping wage increases and reducing managerial positions. 

Reviews of management structures within the organizations will be taking place before the cost-cutting decisions. Executive roles in the education sector can include superintendents, trustees, and directors.

The Finance Department hopes the savings will "bolster and sustain front-line services" across both Manitoba's school divisions and post-secondary institutions.

These changes are "setting the tone from the top to protect and deliver better services, and provide more responsive front-line support,” according to a release from Finance Minister Scott Fielding.

A wage-increase cap of 1.75% over four years will be implemented across executive-level positions. The cap mimics the ones already in place for the Government of Manitoba's executive employees.

Also implemented will be a limit on how many wage increase periods there will be throughout the employee's term. The largest increase an executive employee will be eligible to receive in one raise period is one percent.

"Taxpayers’ dollars should be prioritized on front-line services," Fielding says.

"Outside experts" will be used to help the government make decisions on executive wages and restructuring leadership in school divisions and at post-secondary institutions.