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Alberta private schools that fail to publicly post policies within a month affirming the rights of LGBTQ students will lose their public funding by the end of the 2018-19 school year, Education Minister David Eggen said Wednesday.

“If you’re receiving public money, then you must comply with the rules, just like everybody else,” Eggen said in an interview.

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As of April, all public, Catholic, francophone, charter and private schools in Alberta are bound by changes to the School Act that say principals must immediately approve a student’s request to start a gay-straight alliance support group for students.

The new rules, introduced in November 2017 as Bill 24, require all Alberta schools to adopt policies affirming the charter and human rights of students and staff, along with privacy rights, and to post those policies on their websites in a “prominent” location by last June 30.

The bill also says schools can’t tell families if a student joins a school club, and requires schools adopt a code of conduct outlining unacceptable behaviour and consequences.