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Originally Posted by you&me
My understanding is that each student in public education in Alberta receives roughly $8k per year (varies slightly between grades), whereas each student attending private schools (not sure about charters) receives about 60% of the equivalent amount for their grade, or roughly $4,800 per year.
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So what you’re saying is essentially that at any private or charter school where the tuition fees exceeds $3200 the students receive more funding(albeit from different sources) towards their education?
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The balance of the cost of providing a private school education is made up from tuition, but that tuition also goes to things like teacher salaries, equipment (gym stuff, computers), capital expenses and future capital expenditures.
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I’m reasonably certain that those items in the public system are paid for by the funding provided by taxpayers. Is your definition of equality that students should receive equal funding even if that could be to the detriment of the system used by students whose parents can’t afford to put them in a private or charter system that could be funded on its own?