The basic school regulation shall relate to(1) the nature and objectives of educational services, including developmental and cognitive learning services, instructional services, student services and special educational services as well as the general organizational framework thereof;
(2) the date, between the beginning of the school year and 1 January, for determining the age at which a person is eligible for admission to the educational services referred to in section 1.
In addition, the basic school regulation may(1) establish rules on the school admission and enrolment of students and on school attendance;
(2) establish rules respecting the school calendar;
(3) establish rules respecting textbooks, instructional material or classes of instructional material and their accessibility;
(3.1) prescribe the formalities and conditions governing instruction in English to foster the learning thereof;
(4) establish rules on the evaluation of learning achievement and the certification of studies;
(5) determine the diplomas, certificates and other official attestation awarded by the Minister and prescribe the conditions under which they are to be awarded;
(6) provide for the admission of students or categories of students under five years of age and indicate the educational services that they are to receive;
(7) authorize the Minister to draw up a list of the school boards to which subparagraph 6 applies and to specify the conditions for admission;
(8) allow, on conditions determined by the Minister, the admission of students or a category of students over the age limit provided for in section 1;
(9) allow the Minister to authorize, upon a request giving reasons therefor made by the parents of a student, by a student who has attained his majority or by the school board, that an exception be made to a provision of the regulation, other than the provision relating to the date for determining the age at which a person is eligible for admission to educational services or relating to mandatory promotion from elementary school to secondary school for humanitarian reasons or to avoid a serious prejudice to a student;
(9.1) allow the Minister to authorize that an exception be made to a provision of the basic school regulation to favour, in the subjects prescribed by the regulation, the carrying out of a special school project applicable to a group of students;
(10) authorize a school board, on conditions and to the extent determined by the Minister, to exempt a category of students from the application of a provision of the basic school regulation.