Preamble
Whereas: school divisions are charging parents additional fees to make up for insufficient funding from the provincial government;
Whereas: programs such as “school cash online” can charge parents over $1000 in extra fees for public school programming;
Whereas: these fees are an additional tax on families that places blame on school divisions rather than the provincial government;
Whereas: these fees are, in effect, a way for the provincial government to claw back federal child-care benefit payments;
Direction
Be It Resolved That: A SPP government will immediately end the practice of school divisions charging parents additional fees for course materials, field trips, lunchtime supervision, and any other fees not considered voluntary.
Be It Further Resolved That: Schools may still charge material fees for new sports uniforms and Practical & Applied Arts course materials to avoid potential fiscal obstruction by their school division.