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Earthman  \nABSTRACT  \nUnder Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, children of parents whose first language is French are provided separate schools and promise the same educational opportunity for these schools as the English Language schools. Because the Francophone schools have been establish long after the common schools for all students in the Providence have been, the Counceil Scholaire Francophone (CSF), which is the governing body of the Francophone schools has had a struggle finding adequate school buildings. Many of the Francophone students are in either rental school facilities or school buildings that have been abandoned by the English Language schools because they were obsolete. The parents complain that because the students are in rental facilities, long range planning is not possible. Other complaints were that the schools were old and did not look attractive and were not large enough to fully implement the curriculum. These problems and concerns lead to the filing of a complaint that the students of French Language parents were being discriminated against by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education employed an expert witness to examine the complaints of the parents to see if there was a valid claim that the complaints were related to educational outcomes of students. The expert witness found that none of the parental complaints were related to research indicating the complaints would influence student educational outcomes. The initial legal complaint was adjudicated in favor of the Francophone parents and was then appealed to the British Columbia Supreme Court by the Ministry of Education. The appeal has not been settled as yet, but there are serious questions raised by the suite regarding the equity of the Ministry of Education actions.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe British Columbia Government provides a dual enrollment system of schooling to educate their children and youth. This guarantee provides for a system of common schools for all students where English is the primary language in usage. The second educational system is for students whose primary language is French. Both educational systems are governed and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Provincial Government. Under Section 23 of the Canadian Clause of Rights and Freedom, French Language schools are maintained and financed by the Ministry of Education just as all other government sponsored schools are funded. French language schools are to receive equal financing and educational opportunity  \nParents whose primary language in the home is French have the option of sending their child to the Francophone schools free of charge. In all areas and regions of the British Columbia Providence a Francophone school is located to serve these students. Francophone schools serve students from kindergarten through highschool graduation.  \nCOUNCEIL SCHOLAIRE FRANCOPHONE  \nThe Conseil scolaire Francophone De La Colombie-Britannique (CSF) is the governing board for all Francophone schools in the Providence. The CSF serves as the administrative and fiduciary agent for these schools. It has the responsibility for not only governing the schools, but also to find suitable housing for all Francophone students. This has not been an easy task because of the manner in which the Francophone schools have come into existence after Anglophone schools have already been established. This fact causes the CSF to obtain school housing that may not be in the best interests of the school children, at least in the opinion of the CSF andCSF parents.  \nCapital funding of the province is structured in such a manner that the capital projects of the CSF are prioritized along with all other capital requests from all of the school districts in the entire providence. 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