Office of the Inspector of Independent Schools

Administers the Independent School Act as well as any regulations, Minister's orders, and inspector's orders made under the Act. Also investigates complaints against private schools and their policies. Responsibilities include issuing or amending orders to provide operational administration of the Independent School Act; ensuring that all BC independent schools maintain necessary standards; inspecting and classifying all K-12 independent schools in BC; issuing operational, special education and homeschool registration grants to qualifying independent schools; administrating independent school distributed learning programs and homeschooling policies; and initiating legal action on behalf of Ministry of Education and Child Care when non-compliance issues arise.