This year is like none other before due to the significant changes brought on by the province's new Law 14, stemming from Bill 96, which was passed by the Legault government in May 2022 with the aim of protecting the French language.
John Halpin, director general of John Abbott College, says it has been difficult to prepare for this school year, and there is still uncertainty ahead.
Already, school administrations are searching for ways to prepare certain students — those who don't have English eligibility — to not only pass those classes in French but also pass a newly mandated French-language exam. English eligibility is largely determined by family history. For example, a student is eligible to study in English if one of their parents is a Canadian citizen who studied in English in Canada, as laid out in Bill 101.
All the institution directors contacted by Radio-Canada agree that the past year required a monumental effort to comply with the new rules set by the Legault government. However, the government has been slow to clarify these restrictions, and so little has changed so far. Students were accepted last spring as usual, with no effort to reach linguistic requirements.The law also puts a cap on the number of students allowed to attend English CEGEPs. There are financial penalties for exceeding the quota.
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