| 1905 | Alberta Act | Established Alberta as a province and continued the North West Territories Ordinances, 1901, which provided for a government-controlled system of public and separate schools |
| 1922 | School Act | Replaced Chapter 29 of the North West Territories Ordinances, 1901, otherwise known as the School Ordinance |
| 1926 | School Amendment Act, 1926 | Established the Board of Reference to investigate and arbitrate disputes between teachers and school boards |
| 1935 | Teaching Profession Act, 1935 | Constituted the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA), formerly known as the Alberta Teachers’ Alliance. The bill was amended prior to passage to remove a provision that would have made membership in the Association a condition of practice. |
| 1936 | Teaching Profession Act, 1935, Amendment Act, 1936 | Made membership in the ATA a condition of practice and gave the ATA the power to enact discipline bylaws |
| 1939 | Teachers’ Retirement Fund Act | Established the Teachers’ Retirement Fund |
| 1941 | Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1941 | Included teachers in the definition of employees, allowing them to bargain collectively |
| 1950 | County Act | Placed rural schools under the control of municipal councils |
| 1970 | School Act, 1970 | Increased school board autonomy by giving boards such rights as the right to establish their own spending priorities, to specify the number of minutes of classroom instruction and to develop local curriculum |
| 1988 | School Act | Shifted the emphasis from the minister of education and school boards to students, guaranteeing students the right of access to education |
| 1992 | School Amendment Act, 1992 | Provided for the management and control of francophone schools by francophone parents who enjoy rights under section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms |
| 1995 | Municipal Government Amendment Act, 1995 | Freed rural schools from the control of municipal councils |
| Teachers’ Pension Plans Act | Established the foundation for the complete modernization of teachers’ pension legislation and incorporated the 1992 memorandum of understanding between the ATA and government | |
| 1996 | Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 1995 | Defined unprofessional conduct; allowed the public to participate in the discipline process; provided appropriate appeal processes for teachers charged with unprofessional conduct; and ensured that complaints of unprofessional conduct, particularly indictable offences, were handled expeditiously |
| 2002 | Education Services Settlement Act | Established a legislated settlement process to resolve teachers' labour dispute but prevented the process from addressing classroom conditions and stripped collective agreements of previously negotiated provisions regarding class size and instructional preparation |
| Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2002 | Enabled the government to move forward on its commitment to pay teachers' portion of the unfunded pension liability for a one-year period in accordance with an agreement between the ATA and government | |
| 2004 | School Amendment Act, 2004 | Legislated the government's commitment to expand teachers' professional responsibilities to include participating in curriculum development and field testing of new curricula; developing, field testing and marking provincial achievement tests and diploma examinations; and supervising student teachers. Reduced the involvement of the Board of Reference in issues of teacher competence while allowing it to continue to hear employment matters beyond the scope of practice review |
| Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2004 | Enabled the ATA to assess the professional competency of its members through a practice review process and allowed non-teaching, certificated central office staff who had been bargained out of the collective agreement to determine whether they would be active, associate or non-members of the Association | |
