The Eastern Townships School Board is calling on families to apply for an eligibility certificate for their children as soon as possible following the implementation of language law Bill 96.
CIDI journalist Taylor McClure spoke with Chairperson for the Eastern Townships School Board (ETSB) Michael Murray for more details on the eligibility certificate requirement and the impact that Bill 96 is having on people’s access to education in English in Quebec.
Under Quebec’s Charter of the French Language, students who wish to have access to English-language instruction at a public primary school, secondary school, or subsidized private school, must fall under the specified categories outlined in the law.
Those eligible to attend an English school include children that have completed most of their primary and or secondary education in English in Canada or children with a sibling or a parent that completed the majority of their schooling in English in Canada. Other acceptable circumstances include Indigenous children and children living with learning disabilities.
