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A public school trustee is asking if the province would consider exempting school boards from the carbon tax after administrators revealed this week that the Calgary Board of Education paid about $3.3 million last year for the levy and has been forced to take buses off the roads.

“I was interested to see the premier just announce a rebate to drilling companies, and am interested to hear if they have any plans to do so for school boards,” said Lisa Davis, public school trustee for Wards 6 and 7.

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Last week, Premier Rachel Notley announced that oil and gas drillers across Alberta will receive an exemption from clear fuel used on site for drilling, adding they will also be eligible for rebates back to when the carbon tax came into effect in January 2017.

But CBE administrators revealed this week that the school board is also being hard hit by the carbon tax, after Dany Breton, CBE superintendent for facilities and environmental services, estimated a series of costs tied to the levy.