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Originally Posted by Olao32
Correct me if I am wrong, but I am pretty sure they are publically funded. I say this because of the man/woman who comes to my door once a year and ask which school board I support in the community.
I thought they used this information to plan/build schools in the district.
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I don't think the census decision actually affects much anymore. School boards are funded based on the number of students they have now, not on how many people check off supporting separate vs. public school boards on the census.
It's one of those magic shell games the government plays with money. If you say you're supporting the separate board, technically your property tax money goes to the separate board, but then that gets topped up so the board gets the same money per student as the public board. So at the end of the day it's no different than it would be if all the money just went into general government revenues, aside from making people feel better that their tax dollars weren't going to fund Catholic schools or those godless secular schools, as the case may be.