Who is entitled to a French-language education?
FLE is the right of French-language rights-holders, though non-rights-holders can also apply for FLE. A rights-holder is a Canadian citizen: • whose first language learned and still understood is French; OR • who has received his or her education at the elementary level in French in Canada; OR • who has a child who has received or who is receiving his or her education at the elementary or secondary level in French in Canada. If a rights-holder chooses not to send his or her child to a French-language school, the automatic right to FLE for the next generation is lost, and FLE must subsequently be requested as a non-rights-holder.
