The consultations come after a class-action lawsuit against 68 of Quebec's 72 school boards over extra fees for elementary and high school students was settled last year. QESBA's executive director, Russell Copeman, said the new law must clarify just what free education means. (CBC)The executive director of the Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA), Russell Copeman, says English boards want a definition of what exactly free education means in the province. "No one wants to have a repeat of a situation where schools charge for different things, school boards charge for different things." Quebec's Education Ministry says this amounts to a total pay-out from the school boards of $153 million.

Source: CBC News January 08, 2019 10:52 UTC