C-11, r. 7.1 - Regulation respecting the French knowledge requirements for the issue of an Attestation of College Studies

Updated to 27 July 2023

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chapter C-11, r. 7.1

Regulation respecting the French knowledge requirements for the issue of an Attestation of College Studies

Charter of the French language

(chapter C-11, s. 88.0.18, 2nd par.).

1. The French knowledge requirements that a student must meet in order to be issued an Attestation of College Studies in accordance with section 88.0.18 of the Charter of the French language (chapter C-11) correspond, on the Échelle québécoise des niveaux de compétence en français,

(1)  to level 7 in oral expression and comprehension;

(2)  to level 4 in written expression and comprehension.

M.O. 2023-002, s. 1.

2. The student shows that the French knowledge requirements provided for in section 1 are met by providing to the college-level educational institution a valid certificate of the results of a standardized test that reports those results.

M.O. 2023-002, s. 2.

3. A student who has achieved the objectives of a program of study leading to the issue of an Attestation of College Studies in which all the courses are given in French is deemed to meet the French knowledge requirements provided for in section 1.

A student is also deemed to meet those requirements by showing that he or she

(1)  holds a secondary school diploma or a vocational training diploma, issued by the Minister Responsible for Sports, Recreation and the Outdoors, for which the student received educational services in French;

(2)  holds a secondary school diploma, issued by the Minister Responsible for Sports, Recreation and the Outdoors, for which the student received secondary school instructional services in English and successfully passed the “French, second language” compulsory subject at the Secondary 5 level;

(3)  holds an Attestation of College Studies, issued by a college-level educational institution of Québec following the successful completion of a program of study in which the language of instruction of all courses was French;

(4)  holds a college-level diploma or a university-level diploma issued following the successful completion of a program of study given in French in Québec;

(5)  holds a diploma equivalent to the diplomas referred to in subparagraph 4 issued following the successful completion of a program of study given in French elsewhere than in Québec;

(6)  has received, in Canada, full time, no less than 3 years of secondary or post-secondary instruction provided in French;

(7)  successfully passed the examination of the Office québécois de la langue française leading to the issue of a certificate indicating that the student possesses an appropriate knowledge of French for the practice of his or her profession;

(8)  resides or has resided on an Indian reserve, a settlement in which a native community lives or on Category I and Category I-N lands within the meaning of the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1).

M.O. 2023-002, s. 3.

4. (Omitted).

M.O. 2023-002, s. 4.

REFERENCES

M.O. 2023-002, 2023 G.O. 2, 1785