How is New Brunswick’s public school system organized for English-speaking and French-speaking students?

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New Brunswick’s public school system is unique in Canada because it is organized into separate English and French sections. These sections are administered by the provincial Department of Education and by elected school boards that are divided along linguistic lines, with some districts serving English-speaking students and others serving French-speaking students.1

The system provides free public education, which includes kindergarten and 12 grades of elementary and high school. To ensure that all areas of the province maintain similar educational standards, the provincial government raises and distributes funds to these school districts on the basis of equality.1