Alberta’s education minister says private schools are coming around to adopting provincial laws on gay-straight alliances (GSAs) in schools.
David Eggen says there are fewer private schools defying the rules and says those that don’t comply will have the policy imposed on them.
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Eggen has given 61 private schools until early October to comply and those that continue to resist could lose their public funding before the end of the school year.
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Eggen declined to say how many private schools are adopting a policy, adding that work is ongoing.
By law, all public, Catholic, fancophone, charter and private schools in Alberta must approve a student’s request to start a gay-straight alliance support group.
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Schools are not to tell parents when their child joins an alliance since advocates say that decision should be left to the student.
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