After a 1990 Supreme Court decision, based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms minority language rights provisions, Alberta established francophone school authorities to allow francophone communities to administer their own schools, and provide French language instruction, wherever numbers warrant.[citation needed]
Alberta has four francophone school authorities.[1]
Charter schools are independent of district school authorities and do not have public oversight. Each has its own board with powers similar to a district authority, but limited to a single school.[citation needed]
Alberta has 21 charter school authorities which operate a total of 36 schools.[1][2]
