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)
Alberta Schools Student Population