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School and Board Information: Admissions, Publishing, and Sharing
5.1 Admission to School
School boards are required to admit students who are qualified to be resident pupils of the board as defined in the Education Act. The specific requirements for a student to become a resident pupil of a Roman Catholic separate school board or of a French-language school board (public or separate) are outlined
in this section (below) and section 5.1.1, respectively. (Note that Roman Catholic separate school boards and French-language school boards have the discretion to accept students whose parents do not meet the qualifications described here.)
To be admitted to an elementary school of an English-language public school board, a student, along with his or her parent (or parents), must live in the area of jurisdiction of the board, and the parent (or parents) must not be supporters of a Roman Catholic school board or a French-language school board. To be admitted to an elementary school of an English-language Roman Catholic separate school board, a student, along with his or her parent (or parents), must live in the area of jurisdiction of the board, and the parent (or parents) must be Roman Catholic and support the English-language Roman Catholic separate school board.
At the secondary level, students may attend a school of either the public or separate school board in the jurisdiction in which they are living. The school board that the parents support is irrelevant for the purposes of the right to attend secondary school.
For more detailed information about school admissions, see Part II of the Education Act.
Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter E.2, Elementary Resident Pupil Qualifications www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90e02_e.htm#BK39
Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter E.2, Secondary Resident Pupil Qualifications www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90e02_e.htm#BK42
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