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I-13.3 - Education Act

Section 459.5.3
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459.5.3. The Minister may establish and implement a pilot project to experiment or innovate in the field of distance educational services, or to study, improve or define standards for distance educational services.
Within such a pilot project, the Minister may
(1)  provide distance educational services or authorize a school service centre or an educational institution governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1) to provide such services, or a person to receive them, according to standards that depart from those established by or under this Act or the Act respecting private education, all in compliance with the right to free educational services; and
(2)  issue directives establishing the applicable standards and rules.
The Minister may also, at any time, make changes or put an end to a pilot project after notifying all interested persons.
The maximum duration of a pilot project is three years, which the Minister may extend by up to two years if he considers it necessary. The Minister shall evaluate the pilot project and make the evaluation public every two years as well as at the end of the pilot project.
2017, c. 23, s. 15; 2020, c. 1, s. 312; 2023, c. 32, s. 44.
459.5.3. The Minister may establish and implement a pilot project to experiment or innovate in the field of distance education, or to study, improve or define standards for distance education.
Within such a pilot project, the Minister may
(1)  provide distance education services or authorize a school service centre or an educational institution governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1) to provide such services, or a person to receive them, according to standards that depart from those established by or under this Act or the Act respecting private education, all in compliance with the right to free educational services; and
(2)  issue directives establishing the applicable standards and rules.
The Minister may also, at any time, make changes or put an end to a pilot project after notifying all interested persons.
The maximum duration of a pilot project is three years, which the Minister may extend by up to two years if he considers it necessary. The Minister shall evaluate the pilot project and make the evaluation public every two years as well as at the end of the pilot project.
2017, c. 23, s. 15; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
459.5.3. The Minister may establish and implement a pilot project to experiment or innovate in the field of distance education, or to study, improve or define standards for distance education.
Within such a pilot project, the Minister may
(1)  provide distance education services or authorize a school board or an educational institution governed by the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1) to provide such services, or a person to receive them, according to standards that depart from those established by or under this Act or the Act respecting private education, all in compliance with the right to free educational services; and
(2)  issue directives establishing the applicable standards and rules.
The Minister may also, at any time, make changes or put an end to a pilot project after notifying all interested persons.
The maximum duration of a pilot project is three years, which the Minister may extend by up to two years if he considers it necessary. The Minister shall evaluate the pilot project and make the evaluation public every two years as well as at the end of the pilot project.
2017, c. 23, s. 15.
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