C-11 - Charter of the French language

Full text
88.2. In the case of a French-language college- or university-level educational institution or of an institution that is a government body, the language policy must pertain to
(1)  the language of instruction, including the language of manuals and other instructional tools, and the language of learning assessment instruments;
(2)  the language of communication used by the administration of the institution in its official texts and documents as well as in any other form of communication;
(3)  the quality of French and the command of the French language by the following persons:
(a)  the students, in particular through the teaching of French terminology appropriate to the subjects taught in that institution;
(b)  the teaching staff, especially upon recruitment; and
(c)  the other staff members;
(4)   the language of work;
(5)  the implementation of the policy and the related follow-up, specifying, in particular, the procedures for processing complaints about its application;
(6)  the functions of the institution’s most senior officer as person responsible for the application of the policy;
(7)  the procedures for the consultation and participation of students and staff members within the scope of the mechanisms established under section 88.1.1; and
(8)  in the case of a college-level educational institution providing instruction in English, measures to give priority to admitting, to such instruction, students declared eligible to receive instruction in English in accordance with Division I where the number of admission applications is higher than the number of students that may be admitted.
The policy shall specify the conditions and circumstances in which a language other than French may be used in compliance with this Act, while maintaining a concern for exemplarity and pursuing the objective of not allowing the systematic use of a language other than French within the institution.
2002, c. 28, s. 10; 2022, c. 14, s. 63.
88.2. In the case of an institution that provides college or university instruction in French to the majority of its students, the language policy must pertain to
(1)  the language of instruction, including the language of manuals and other instructional tools, and the language of learning assessment instruments;
(2)  the language of communication used by the administration of the institution in its official texts and documents as well as in any other form of communication;
(3)  the quality of French and the command of the French language among the students, the teaching staff, especially upon hiring, and other staff members;
(4)   the language of work; and
(5)  the implementation of the policy and the monitoring of its application.
In the case of an institution that provides college or university instruction in English to the majority of its students, the language policy must pertain to the teaching of French as a second language, the language used by the administration of the institution in its written communications with the civil administration and legal persons established in Québec, and the implementation of the policy and the monitoring of its application.
2002, c. 28, s. 10.