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The School Act is a provincial statue governing primary education and secondary education within Alberta. [8] The Act authorizes the creation of and regulates public, separate, and Francophone school authorities and that Alberta Education will oversee the school authorities.
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.
The School Sites Act (Northern Ireland) 1928 (c. 8) (NI) The Endowed Schools Acts 1869 to 1889 was the collective title of the following acts: [1] 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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Accredited private schools (non funded): registered under Section 29(2) of the Education Act; must meet the requirements of a registered private school and the additional Private Schools Regulation requirements under sections (6), (8), (9), and (10). They must use certificated teachers, but are not required to teach the Alberta curriculum.
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).