Editing Education in Quebec (section)

=== School service centres ===
The political party, [[Coalition Avenir Québec]], passed Bill 40 on February 8, 2020.<ref name=":1" /> This expropriated the province's 60 French school boards, turning them into [[school service centre]]s.<ref name=":0" />

Bill 40 was passed to expropriate school boards that have been running in English style for 175 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-education-reform-school-boards-1.5457100|title=Quebec passes education reforms abolishing school boards|date=February 8, 2020|work=CBC News|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref> This did not include nine English school boards. But the move is seen as further undermining English-language education in the province.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/quebecs-bill-40-further-undermines-the-provinces-english-language-school-system-131595|title=Québec's Bill 40 further undermines the province's English-language school system|last=Bourhis|first=Richard|website=The Conversation|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref> Bill 40 also does not affect the three Indigenous school boards under Canadian control in Quebec territory.<ref name=":1" />

The abolishing of French school boards is said to save the government more than $10 million.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Montpetit|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-40-kills-school-boards-after-175-years-1.5458564|title=Quebec just killed its school boards after 175 years, but will students benefit?|date=February 10, 2020|publisher=[[CBC News]]|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref> Their reason for this is to try to improve the quality of education in Quebec.<ref name=":2" />