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When the NDP took power however their government decided that it would review this Act which had been passed under the previous Conservative government and that the school act would remain in place for the 2016/2017 school year. [11] The Post-Secondary Learning Act is a provincial statue governing post-secondary education within Alberta. [12]
Schmidt is a civil rights case, pre-Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The key question is whether there was an illegal expression of discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs, contrary to the Alberta Individual Rights Protection Act, 1972 (Individual's Rights Protection Act, 1972 (Alta.), c.2, s.3(b) - School Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 329, ss. 53,142, 143).
The Schools Act recognizes a right to instruction in French for the official language minority (1988) and right of Francophones to manage their own schools (1993). [16] Laws may be drafted solely in English and there is no legal requirement that they be translated into French. French may be used orally in all provincial courts in Alberta.
Section 17 of the Alberta Act, 1905 also guarantees denominational school rights for Catholics in Alberta. While the rights for Catholics and Protestants seem to contradict Charter values of equality, section 29 clarifies the privileges cannot be challenged on Charter grounds.
Charter schools are independent of district school authorities and do not have public oversight. Each has its own board with powers similar to a district authority, but limited to a single school. [citation needed] Alberta has 21 charter school authorities which operate a total of 36 schools. [1] [2] Alberta Classical Academy Ltd. Almadina ...
For Alberta and Saskatchewan, the relevant provision is s. 93(1), as amended by the Alberta Act [5] and the Saskatchewan Act, [6] respectively. As held by the Supreme Court of Canada in Adler v. Ontario, the provincial education power under section 93 of the Constitution Act, 1867 is plenary, and is not subject to Charter attack.
The Endowed Schools Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 56) The Endowed Schools Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 87) The Endowed Schools Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 87) The Welsh Intermediate Education Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 40) The Endowed Schools Acts 1869 to 1908 was the collective title of the Endowed Schools (Masters) Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c.
In 1993, the Government of Alberta adopted a bill amending the School Act to comply with Mahe v. Alberta (1990), a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the minority language education rights under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.