Quebec court authorizes class-action lawsuit over school fees

MONTREAL — Quebec Superior Court has given the green light to a class-action lawsuit filed by a mother over various school fees.

The suit seeking damages and interest was authorized Tuesday by Justice Carl Lachance in Chicoutimi.

Daisye Marcil, the mother of two public school-educated kids, considers the extra fees to be abusive and launched a suit against 68 school boards in the name of the parents of 900,000 students.

The suit alleges boards allowed the fees to be charged to parents, contravening the province’s Education Act, which guarantees free elementary and high school education.

The fees have been collected since 2008-2009 by many Quebec boards.

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The action seeks a reimbursement of the fees paid and $100 per member of the group for punitive damages.

In her own case, Marcil paid a $41 bill for one year for field trips, photocopy fees, a recorder, a protractor and a grammar guide.

The list of items and amounts varies greatly from school to school.

The Canadian Press