Part 2 — Opportunities for Learning Division 1 Diverse and Flexible Learning
18 Courses, programs of study, etc.
(a) prescribe courses or programs of study;
(b) prescribe requirements for the granting of credits,
certificates and diplomas, including requirements for high
school completion;
(c) prescribe requirements with respect to course sequencing o r
advancement;
(d) authorize learning and teaching resources for use in schoo ls;
(d.1) approve any learning and teaching resources referred to in
section 18.1;
(d.2) approve any external party using or providing learning a nd
teaching resources referred to in section 18.1;
(e) approve any course, program of study or learning and
teaching resource that may be submitted to the Minister by a
board or another operator of a school for use in a school.
(2) The Minister may, by order, do the following:
(a) subject to the right of a board to provide religious
instruction, prohibit the use of a course, a program of study
or a learning and teaching resource in schools;
(b) adopt or approve goals and standards applicable to the
provision of education in Alberta.
(3) The Regulations Act does not apply to an order made under
subsection (2).
(4) The Minister may issue directives respecting the assessment of
persons by the Minister.
2012 cE-0.3 s18;2015 c6 s7;2024 c14 s6
Learning and teaching resources re gender identity,
sexual orientation or human sexuality
18.1(1) In this section,
(a) "external party" means a person or organization other
than
(i) a board or an employee of a board,
(ii) a student,
(iii) a student organization es tablished under section 35.1, or
(iv) a staff liaison designated, or responsible adult appointe d,
under section 35.1;
(b) "learning and teaching res ources" means any resource used
in a school to engage in learning or teaching, but does not
include a resource
(i) created by a student, or
(ii) accessed by a student indep endently, including through a
school library.
(2) Subject to subsection (4), a board shall not use or permit the
use or provision of learning and teaching resources that deal
primarily and explicitly with gender identity, sexual orientation or
human sexuality unless the learning and teaching resources are
approved by the Minister.
(3) Where the use or provision of learning and teaching resources
referred to in subsection (2) is by an external party, a board shall
not permit that use or provision unless both the learning and
teaching resources and external party are approved by the Minister.
(4) Subsection (2) does not apply where the learning and teaching
resources are used or provided to provide religious instruction.
(5) Where the use or provision under subsection (4) is by an
external party, a board shall not permit that use or provision unless
the external party is approved by the Minister.
(6) The Minister may establish approval criteria or requirements
respecting learning and teaching resources and external parties for
the purposes of this section.
2024 c14 s7