A Burnaby parent and former political candidate's human rights complaint against the B.C. Ministry of Education regarding unequal funding for homeschoolers has been dismissed. Helen Ward argued that the ministry discriminated against homeschoolers by providing less funding compared to students in public or independent schools. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal member ruled that the ministry does not discriminate as direct funding for homeschooling is not a 'service' typically offered by the province.
A Burnaby parent and former local political candidate will not get a hearing for a human rights complaint over provincial funding for homeschoolers.
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal member Christopher Foy ultimately agreed with the ministry and dismissed the complaints in a ruling in October recently published online. The ministry's main argument, according to Foy, was that Ward was seeking equal funding for homeschooling parents, but direct funding is not actually a "service" the province provides to those who opt out of the public or independent school system. He noted that, when changes to the School Act made homeschooling legal in 1989, funding for homeschooling parents was left out of the amendments.
In 2014, it put a $600-per-student cap on how much can be paid to third-party service providers for those services.
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