Key legal question
Whether the canton had to pay private-school tuition after exemption from compulsory schooling.
Extracted holding
No. The parents had unilaterally chosen private schooling, and under the Volksschulgesetz the canton does not bear those costs.
Extracted reasoning
Section 44ter(5) VSG excludes cantonal coverage of private-school or private-tuition costs. No canton-ordered placement or decision on an appropriate school had been made; future special-education measures, if any, would be decided separately on request of the specialist service.