The Public Section [of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association] acknowledges the important decision released yesterday by the Court of Queen’s Bench in relation to the Theodore school case.
The judgment in the case is a culmination of a process that Saskatchewan Public Schools have been pursuing for over a decade, to determine the appropriateness of public funding for the education of non-minority-faith children in separate denominational schools.
The Public Section is pleased that in its opinion released yesterday the Court has agreed that present funding arrangements that negatively affect public school divisions are unconstitutional.
Saskatchewan Public Schools look forward to working with the Minister of Education and Saskatchewan separate schools to implement the decision in an orderly fashion.
Bert de Gooijer, Chair, Public Section
Larry Huber, Executive Director, Public Section