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French Language Education Policy and Programs Branch
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Ontario. French Language Education Branch
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The French Language Education Branch was part of the French Language Education Division formed with the new Ministry of Education and Training in February 1993. In the fall of that year, the branch was re-named the French Language Education Policy and Programs Team (later Branch), part of the Elementary / Secondary, Post-Secondary Operations and French Language Education Division. In 1999, with the creation of the new Ministry of Education, the branch became part of the French-Language Education and Educational Operations Division.
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The French Language Education Policy and Programs Branch developed curricula for French elementary and secondary education that defined provincially consistent requirements, developed standards for student achievement, developed policies for language planning and student cultural development and established provincial secondary education policy as it related to French language schools.
The branch also facilitated partnerships that expanded the use of technology in French language schools, administered French language education elementary and secondary funding programs, coordinated research and analysis in terms of content and process with respect to French language education, planned, developed and coordinated liaison activities with the ministry and with other ministries and agencies as they related to French language education, monitored and advised on issues pertaining to liaison with the French language community.
The branch was also responsible for support services to french-languge postsecondary institutions, including the administraton of capital and operating grants to those institutions, and student exchanges between Ontario and Quebec universities.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Dale/Levi