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I-13.3 - Education Act

Section 448
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448. The Government shall, by regulation, establish a basic vocational training regulation and a basic adult education regulation.
The basic regulations shall relate to the nature and objectives of instructional, training and student services and, in the case of adult education, literacy and popular education services, as well as to the general organization framework for those services. The basic regulations shall prescribe, subject to the third paragraph of section 3, the conditions that a person resident in Québec must meet to qualify for free access to those services.
The basic regulations may also
(1)  establish rules on the school admission and enrolment of students;
(2)  establish rules respecting the school calendar;
(3)  establish rules respecting textbooks, instructional material or classes of instructional material and their accessibility;
(4)  establish rules on the evaluation of learning achievement and the certification of prior learning;
(5)  determine the diplomas, certificates and other official attestations awarded by the Minister and prescribe the conditions under which they are to be awarded;
(6)  prescribe the cases in which, or the conditions or circumstances under which a person resident in Québec cannot avail himself of the right of free access to vocational training or adult education services provided for in the second paragraph of section 3;
(7)  (subparagraph repealed);
(8)  authorize a school service centre, on the conditions and to the extent determined by the Minister, to exempt a category of students from the application of a provision of the basic regulation.
1988, c. 84, s. 448; 1990, c. 8, s. 54; 1990, c. 78, s. 47, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 129, s. 164; 2017, c. 23, s. 11; 2020, c. 1, s. 312.
448. The Government shall, by regulation, establish a basic vocational training regulation and a basic adult education regulation.
The basic regulations shall relate to the nature and objectives of instructional, training and student services and, in the case of adult education, literacy and popular education services, as well as to the general organization framework for those services. The basic regulations shall prescribe, subject to the third paragraph of section 3, the conditions that a person resident in Québec must meet to qualify for free access to those services.
The basic regulations may also
(1)  establish rules on the school admission and enrolment of students;
(2)  establish rules respecting the school calendar;
(3)  establish rules respecting textbooks, instructional material or classes of instructional material and their accessibility;
(4)  establish rules on the evaluation of learning achievement and the certification of prior learning;
(5)  determine the diplomas, certificates and other official attestations awarded by the Minister and prescribe the conditions under which they are to be awarded;
(6)  prescribe the cases in which, or the conditions or circumstances under which a person resident in Québec cannot avail himself of the right of free access to vocational training or adult education services provided for in the second paragraph of section 3;
(7)  (subparagraph repealed);
(8)  authorize a school board, on the conditions and to the extent determined by the Minister, to exempt a category of students from the application of a provision of the basic regulation.
1988, c. 84, s. 448; 1990, c. 8, s. 54; 1990, c. 78, s. 47, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 129, s. 164; 2017, c. 23, s. 11.
448. The Government shall, by regulation, establish a basic vocational training regulation and a basic adult education regulation.
The basic regulations shall relate to the nature and objectives of instructional, training and student services and, in the case of adult education, literacy and popular education services, as well as to the general organization framework for those services. The basic regulations shall prescribe, subject to the third paragraph of section 3, the conditions governing free access to those services.
The basic regulations may also
(1)  establish rules on the school admission and enrolment of students;
(2)  establish rules respecting the school calendar;
(3)  establish rules respecting textbooks, instructional material or classes of instructional material and their accessibility;
(4)  establish rules on the evaluation of learning achievement and the certification of prior learning;
(5)  determine the diplomas, certificates and other official attestations awarded by the Minister and prescribe the conditions under which they are to be awarded;
(6)  prescribe the cases in which, or the conditions or circumstances under which a person cannot avail himself of the right of free access to vocational training or adult education services provided for in the second paragraph of section 3;
(7)  (subparagraph repealed);
(8)  authorize a school board, on the conditions and to the extent determined by the Minister, to exempt a category of students from the application of a provision of the basic regulation.
1988, c. 84, s. 448; 1990, c. 8, s. 54; 1990, c. 78, s. 47, s. 54; 1997, c. 96, s. 129, s. 164.
448. The Government shall, by regulation, establish a basic school regulation for adult education.
The basic school regulation shall relate to the nature and objectives of educational services for adults, including literacy services, learning services, student services and popular education services and to the general organizational framework thereof. They shall prescribe the conditions governing free access to such services.
The basic school regulation may also
(1)  establish rules on the school admission and enrolment of students;
(2)  establish rules respecting the school calendar;
(3)  establish rules respecting textbooks, instructional material or classes of instructional material and their accessibility;
(4)  establish rules on the evaluation of learning achievement and the certification of prior learning;
(5)  determine the diplomas, certificates and other official attestations awarded by the Minister and prescribe the conditions under which they are to be awarded;
(6)  prescribe the cases in which, or the conditions or circumstances under which a person cannot avail himself of the right of free access to adult education services provided for in the second paragraph of section 3;
(7)  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, for humanitarian reasons or to avoid a serious prejudice to a student;
(8)  authorize a school board, on the 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.
1988, c. 84, s. 448; 1990, c. 8, s. 54; 1990, c. 78, s. 47, s. 54.
448. The Government shall, by regulation, establish basic school regulations (régime pédagogique) applicable to educational services to adults.
The basic school regulations (régime pédagogique) shall relate to the nature and objectives of educational services to adults, literacy, training, student services and popular education services and to the general organizational framework thereof. They shall prescribe the conditions governing free access to such services.
The basic school regulations (régime pédagogique) may also
(1)  establish rules on the school admission and enrolment of students;
(2)  establish rules respecting the school calendar;
(3)  establish rules respecting textbooks, teaching materials or classes of teaching materials and their accessibility;
(4)  establish rules on the evaluation of learning achievement and the certification of studies or training;
(5)  determine the diplomas, certificates and other official attestations awarded by the Minister and prescribe the conditions under which they are to be awarded;
(6)  prescribe the cases in which, or the conditions or circumstances under which a person cannot avail himself of the right of free access to educational services to adults provided for in the second paragraph of section 3;
(7)  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 regulations, for humanitarian reasons or to avoid a serious prejudice to a student;
(8)  authorize a school board, on the 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 regulations (régime pédagogique).
1988, c. 84, s. 448; 1990, c. 8, s. 54.
448. The Government shall, by regulation, establish basic school regulations (régime pédagogique) applicable to educational services to adults.
The basic school regulations (régime pédagogique) shall relate to the nature and objectives of educational services to adults, literacy, training, student services and popular education services and to the general organizational framework thereof. They shall prescribe the conditions governing free access to such services.
The basic school regulations (régime pédagogique) may also
(1)  establish rules on the school admission and enrolment of students;
(2)  establish rules respecting the school calendar;
(3)  establish rules respecting textbooks, teaching materials or classes of teaching materials and their accessibility;
(4)  establish rules on the evaluation of learning achievement and the certification of studies or training;
(5)  determine the diplomas, certificates and other official attestations awarded by the Minister and prescribe the conditions under which they are to be awarded;
(6)  prescribe the cases in which, or the conditions or circumstances under which a person cannot avail himself of the right of free access to educational services to adults provided for in the second paragraph of section 3;
(7)  allow the Minister to authorize, upon a request giving reasons therefor, that an exception be made to a provision of the regulations, for humanitarian reasons or to avoid a serious prejudice to a student;
(8)  authorize a school board, on the 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 regulations (régime pédagogique).
1988, c. 84, s. 448.
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