Canada: Public Schools of Saskatchewan calls for broad discussion on education

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Reseña: Las escuelas públicas de Saskatchewan piden una amplia discusión sobre educación. Una organización que representa a las juntas escolares públicas en Saskatchewan está convocando a una amplia discusión sobre el futuro de la financiación de la educación en la provincia.Las Escuelas Públicas de Saskatchewan dijeron que la discusión es necesaria después de la decisión del año pasado sobre el financiamiento provincial para estudiantes no católicos que asisten a escuelas católicas y la reacción del gobierno ante la decisión. En el caso Theodore, un juez dictaminó que el financiamiento del gobierno de Saskatchewan a estudiantes no católicos en las escuelas católicas violaba el deber estatal de neutralidad religiosa en virtud de la Carta de Derechos y Libertades , junto con los derechos de igualdad.

An organization representing public school boards in Saskatchewan is calling for a broad discussion on the future of education funding in the province.

Public Schools of Saskatchewan said the discussion is needed after last year’s ruling on provincial funding for non-Catholic students attending Catholic schools and the government’s reaction to the decision.
In the Theodore case, a judge ruled the Saskatchewan government’s funding of non-Catholic students at Catholic schools violated the state’s duty of religious neutrality under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, along with equality rights.

The association representing Catholic school boards launched an appeal.

Since then, the provincial government said it will invoke the notwithstanding clause of the charter to allow it to continue the funding practice.

Norm Dray, the executive director of Public Schools of Saskatchewan, said the circumstances don’t warrant the use of the notwithstanding clause.

“Bill 89 essentially says that in order to maintain the current funding practice, our government is willing to ignore the two sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms identified in the court ruling but also three sections of the Human Rights Code of Canada,” Dray said in a statement.

“We do not believe the Theodore decision is the kind of extraordinary circumstances that warrants a government operating outside of the charter or the human rights code.”

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“We need to talk about this now so our vision for the future of education in our province is clear.”

Public Schools of Saskatchewan also wants the legal process to reach its full conclusion and energies shifted to strengthening inclusive public education “in anticipation of the legal decision being upheld on appeal.”

Roughly 10,000 non-Catholic students currently attend Catholic schools in Saskatchewan.

The government has stated allowing the decision to stand could jeopardize funding for other faith-based schools.

Under the charter’s notwithstanding clause, a government can override portions of the charter for a five-year period.

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