Link to Alberta's updated Education Rights
Access criteria is outlined in the Education Act and the Funding Manual for School Authorities.
The Education Act specifies goals for Alberta's Early Childhood Services to Grade 12 (ECS-12) education system and identifies the roles and responsibilities of the Ministry, school boards, charter schools, private schools, teachers, parents and students. The Act came into force on September 1, 2019.
Link to British-Columbia's updated Education Rights
The BC School Act is a provincial statue governing primary education and secondary education in B.C. The Act outlines important roles, rights and responsibilities for parents, students and the education system.
Link to Saskatchewan's updated Education Rights
The Ministry of Education is committed to the success and well-being of all Saskatchewan learners and the enhancement of literacy for all Saskatchewan people. The Ministry of Education provides leadership and direction to many sectors including: early learning and child care; Kindergarten through Grade 12 education; literacy; and the provincial network of libraries.
Link to Manitoba's updated Education Rights
The Minister of Education is a cabinet minister in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The department's primary responsibility is oversight of Manitoba's public school system. The Department of Education is one of Manitoba's oldest government departments, although its specific designation has changed several times.
Link to Ontario's updated Education Rights
Ontario's Education Act says that any pupil who lives in Ontario has a right to go to school. They have this right even if their parents are not Canadian or do not have legal status in Canada. There are only very specific times when a school board can tell you that you cannot come to school.
Link to Quebec's updated Education Rights
In 1988 the Quebec National Assembly passed a new Education Act ("Bill 107"). That Act comprises a fundamental reform of the organization of school boards in the province.
Link to New Brunswick's updated Education Rights
The Province's Education Act distributes authorities and responsibilities between the provincial government, as represented by the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development and District Education Councils (DECs), which are elected at the local level every four years.
Link to Nova Scotia's updated Education Rights
Public schools in Nova Scotia are governed by the provincial Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD). The role of the Department is to: ensure children in their early years have the support they need for a positive start to school. EECD uses the Education Reform Act (effective April 1, 2018) to govern the administration of the all English language public schools in Nova Scotia. There are sections in the Education Reform Act for Mi'kmaq Education and African-Canadian Education.
Link to Prince Edward Island's updated Education Rights
Prince Edward Island's newest Education Act, released in 2016, is a modern piece of legislation designed to support these changes, and provide a framework for improving student learning by setting out roles and responsibilities for students, parents, community members, educators and government.
Link to Newfoundland and Labroador's updated Education Rights
The Province's Education Act distributes authorities and responsibilities between the provincial government, as represented by the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development and District Education Councils (DECs), which are elected at the local level every four years.
Link to Yukon's updated Education Rights
For the past four years the people of the Yukon Territory in the Northwest of Canada have been involved in a number of activities designed to bring about a reform of their education system. The culmination of these activities is to he a new education law plannedfor enactment in 1990. This
article provides an analysis of the Yukon' s proposed new Education Act, refers to some of the recent education reform movéments elsewhere, and then outlines some of the major elements of the Yukon' s draft law including student and parental rights and responsibilities, a three-tiered system of local school governance, the roles of teachers and principals, a "made in the Yukon" curriculum, a comprehensive appeals procedure, and arrangements for the increased participation of the Yukon' s First Nation peoples.
Link to Nunavut's updated Education Rights
The 2008 Nunavut Education Act endeavours to call Nunavut's public education system to account for linguistic, cultural, and local relevance to the majority Inuit population. Development of the Act involved lengthy scrutiny of existing and proposed education legislation to ensure consistency and compatibility
Link to Northwest Territories's updated Education Rights
The NWT Education Act ensures the delivery of culture-based school programs as part of the regular education program, as well as the provision of Aboriginal language learning opportunities. Rather than teaching aspects of Aboriginal culture, the NWT seeks to ground all teaching and learning in culture and place.