Starting with 2013/2014, the definition of an Alberta student is an individual who is registered as of September 30th of the school year in a school located in Alberta, where “school” means a structured learning environment through which an education program is offered to a student by:
•a board (includes public, separate, Francophone, Lloydminster);
•an operator of a private school
•an early childhood services (ECS) program private operator the operator of a charter school
•a parent giving a home education program the Minister of Education other Alberta-located educational institutions providing ECS to Grade 12 curriculum instruction,
•specifically Federal (First Nations schools and those operated by Corrections Canada) and provincial authorities (such as the four former Alberta Vocational Colleges)