The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) says it intends to join a legal challenge against Quebec’s new education funding cuts.

The school board says it will adopt a motion at a special board meeting Monday afternoon to join the Quebec English School Boards Association’s (QESBA) court battle.

All Quebec school boards that want to join the lawsuit will be holding similar meetings by Friday.

In June, when unveiling his budget rules, Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville asked the province’s school service centres (CSS) to reduce their expenses by $570 million for the next year.

The EMSB says those cuts “threaten educational services for all students across Quebec.”

The board adds its council of commissioners will mandate a law firm to “take necessary steps to contest these rules

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