Sask. Catholic schools to fundraise $250K for legal battles
Saskatchewan’s Catholic school boards are banding together to raise money for their legal battle to preserve government funding for non-Catholic students in their school system.
The Saskatchewan Catholic School Board Association (SCSBA) is hoping its combined eight member boards can fundraise $250,000 to cover a federal appeal and potential supreme court case – each priced at $125,000 for legal services.
“Budgets are tight and there’s not a lot of money,” SCBA president Paula Scott said. “As Education Minister Don Morgan has indicated … he doesn’t like funding boards suing other boards.”
The legal battle stems from an April decision by Justice Donald Layh, which ruled public funding of non-Catholic students in the Catholic school system was unconstitutional.