Alberta charter schools

They are also unique, in the sense that they may reject students for admission and can charge additional fees in the form of school uniforms, bus services, extracurricular activities, and more.

The charter schools theoretically cannot have any religious affiliations, can only charge additional & optional tuition, and cannot operate on a for-profit basis.

Alberta, which passed enabling legislation in 1994 (three years after the first charter school opened in the United States in Minnesota), remains the only province in Canada that allows charter schools.

Supporters claim that charter schools offer greater "freedom in choice of education" for parents of students.

[10] The number of charter schools was previously limited to a maximum of 15,[11] but Jason Kenney's UCP government eliminated this cap effective September 2020.