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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Charters get 100% of the funding public gets and have to take applicants on a lottery basis. They don't/can't charge tuition.
Private schools get a fraction of the public level funding from the government and can be more selective if they want to (eg some have an admissions test). They can charge additional tuition without a limit.
IMO the problem isn't charters or private schools - the problem is the government systemically underfunding education in the province.
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Thank you. And probably brings up the true issue - not about robbing peter to pay paul but get peter and paul money.