The Education Amendment Act (formally Bill 27) supports families and students navigating complex conversations around gender identity, sexual orientation, and human sexuality, while also supporting continuity in a student’s learning during a public health emergency or state of emergency.
The Act creates greater transparency in communication between school authorities and parents and results in greater consistency for students, parents and teachers.
The Education Amendment Act, 2024, amends the Education Act, which specifies goals for Alberta’s education system and identifies the roles and responsibilities of the Ministry, school boards, charter schools, private schools, teachers, parents and students.
One key change to the Act is that school authorities require parents/guardians to opt their child in, rather than opt-out, where courses, programs of study or instructional materials, instruction, or exercises include subject matter that deals primarily and explicitly with gender identity, sexual orientation or human sexuality.
Learn more about curriculum information regarding human sexuality for each grade level below: