A controversial new law that will give Ontario's education minister more power over school boards and other facets of the education system has passed in the province's legislature.

Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government passed the Supporting Children and Students Act , also known as Bill 33, on Wednesday and it received royal assent a day later.

The legislation grants Education Minister Paul Calandra the power to place school boards under provincial supervision when they "fall off the rails," as he said Wednesday.

But critics of Bill 33, including the opposition NDP, accuse the Ford government of "replacing local democracy with secrecy and partisan political control."

Here's what you need to know about Bill 33 and how it may affect your child's education — and

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