Advocacy group Public Interest Alberta and 13 other education and labour organizations are calling on the Alberta government to phase out public funding for private schools over three years. Money redirected from private schools should go back into the public system so the NDP government can fulfil education-related campaign promises, the group says. In 2016, Alberta private schools got $248 million in funding. The group says that money could be phased out over three years, with an exemption for special education schools. He is executive director of the Association of Independent Schools and Colleges in Alberta, which advocates on behalf of member private schools.

Source: CBC News February 24, 2017 02:26 UTC