The Quebec Association of Independent Schools (QAIS) has asked Education Minister Bernard Drainville to help students who are distressed and confused about their temporary permits to study English in Quebec. Between 12-20 students have been denied permit renewals by bureaucrats who have misinterpreted the law, and dozens of other students have lost their right to English schooling because of Bill 96. QAIS argues that these children should be given exemptions on humanitarian grounds instead of being forced to enroll in a French school near the end of high school. Bill 96, introduced in 2022, put a three-year limit on the six-year exemption for temporary foreign children to be educated in the province in English, with no possibility of extension.
Quebec’s English Language Schools request the Minister of Education’s assistance for students impacted by Bill 96
