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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
So the alliances are all free? Teachers and administrators donate their time voluntarily? Meeting spaces are outside public space? That might well be the case but can you show some evidence?
Unfortunately, the mountain of debt accumulated under this government means EVERYTHING will be subject to cost analysis. That's what happens when you spend beyond your means.
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With the caveat that it's been nearly two decades since I was in high school, so perhaps things have changed in that time, I feel relatively confident in saying that student clubs typically have no cost to the taxpayers. Meetings take place in unused classrooms either during lunch break or after school hours, and if the clubs do require any money, it's provided by the student council (which in turn is raises money through private fund-raising activities),
not the Department of Education.
To cite one specific example, I know that Christian Fellowship clubs are permitted at secular public schools because they do not receive any funding from the government. I don't see why Gay-Straight Alliances would be any different