There are seven school districts in the province of New Brunswick, Canada, each with their elected councils.
The Minister of Education in New Brunswick is currently Claire Johnson, replacing Bill Hogan.
Established under the Education Act of New Brunswick, a District Education Council (DEC) provides a local governance and community input mechanism at the district level.
[2][3] As of September 2012, the Government of New Brunswick decided to merge and rename all the school districts changing the number of districts from 14 to 7.
[7] By doing this, the provinces minister of education estimates $5 million would be saved in administrative costs.