Superintendent Bertrand Dupain Province British Columbia Budget 75.6 million CAD Schools 37 | Website www.csf.bc.ca Phone +1 604-214-2600 Number of students 5,700 | |
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The Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (also known as Francophone Education Authority or School District No 93) is the French-language school board for all French schools located in British Columbia. Its headquarters are in Richmond in Greater Vancouver. Unlike the other school boards in British Columbia, this school board does not cover a specific geographic area, but instead takes ownership of schools based solely on language.
The school board helps ensure those with constitutional rights to minority language education under section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms receive it.
The Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique offers educational programs and services geared towards the growth and cultural promotion of the province’s Francophone learners. An active partner in the development of British Columbia’s Francophone community, the Conseil has presently in its system, and distributed across 78 communities in the province, over 5,700 students and 37 schools, which includes 23 homogeneous (French only) schools.
History
The school board was created in 1995. Originally its service area was Metro Vancouver. Its service area has covered the entire province since 1998. The change in jurisdiction was effective 1 July 1999.