Public Funding of Education in Ontario: A Policy Proposal

Abstract

Within the past few decades, issues of public funding for religious schools in Ontario have re-entered the policy debate and have led to discussion about the different ways in which schools could be organized in this province. Through the integration of literature available on the varying ways in which to administer a public education system along with a contextual backdrop to religion and education in Ontario, this paper will propose a policy by which to accommodate requests of various religious groups for separate schools while at the same time increasing overall accountability within Ontario's schools, public and private.