Alberta’s Education Act

The Education Amendment Act, 2024 (formerly Bill 27) received Royal Assent on December 5, 2024 and came into effect on September 1, 2025. The Education Amendment Act, 2024, amends the Education Act, 2019 (formerly the School Act), which specifies goals for Alberta’s Early Childhood Services to Grade 12 (ECS-12) education system and identifies the roles and responsibilities of the Ministry, school boards, charter schools, private schools, teachers, parents and students.

Amendments are to sections of the Education Act, 2019 involving gender identity, sexual orientation and human sexuality. See Supporting Alberta Students and families from the Government of Alberta for more information.  

The Education Amendment Act, 2024 removes “human sexuality” from section 58.1(1) of the  Education Act, 2019, and adds an entirely new section (being section 58.11) that deals with notifications to parents where providing instruction that includes subject-matter that deals primarily and explicitly with gender identity, sexual orientation or human sexuality. This amendment requires school authorities to notify parents and provide the opportunity 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.

For more information, go to Notifying Parents.