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What it is

Bill to end segregation in Spanish classrooms

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 13 September 2017. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Socialista.

Official title: Organic private member's bill amending Organic Act 8/2013, of 9 December, on improving educational quality, to eliminate the segregation and discrimination of students.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000126· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would ban education authorities from signing funding agreements (conciertos) with schools that separate students by sex, and removes the rule that protected those agreements.
  2. It would require all students in the third year of compulsory secondary education to take the same math course, the one geared to academic studies, so no one's future is limited by a choice made at 13 or 14.
  3. It would give students in the Learning and Performance Improvement Programs a way out: those who take the program in the third year could continue a similar one in the fourth year, so they are not pushed out of school.
  4. It would guarantee that all students take Social and Civic Values in the fifth and sixth years of primary school and Ethical Values in the fourth year of secondary school, subjects the LOMCE Organic Law 8/2013, of December 9, for the improvement of educational quality, the education law this bill would reform. had made optional.
  5. The Religion course would remain assessable for those who choose it, but its grades would not count toward the average grade or school admissions, and students who do not choose it would take no alternative subject.
  6. The law would take effect the day it is published in the Official State Gazette, and its changes would apply from the 2018-19 school year.

Who it affects

  • Students in the third and fourth years of compulsory secondary education: They would all take the same math course and have support programs to help them graduate.
  • Students in the fifth and sixth years of primary school and the fourth year of secondary school: They would be required to take Social and Civic Values or Ethical Values.
  • Families who choose the Religion course: They could still choose it, but its grades would not count toward the average grade or admissions.
  • Schools that separate students by sex: They would lose access to public funding agreements.

Words worth knowing

Concierto educativo
An agreement under which a private school receives public money in exchange for offering free school places.
LOMCE
Organic Law 8/2013, of December 9, for the improvement of educational quality, the education law this bill would reform.
Programas de Mejora del Aprendizaje y del Rendimiento
Two-year programs with adapted methods and content for students with difficulties in compulsory secondary education.
Diversificación curricular
A program under the previous law (LOE) with adapted content and activities so students with difficulties could graduate.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced13 September 2017Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted19 September 2017The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Sept 2017Dec 2017Mar 2018Jun 2018Sept 2018Dec 201811. 13 September 2017: Presentación22. 19 September 2017: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 19/09/2017 hasta 22/09/201733. 19 September 2017: Calificación44. 22 September 2017: Gobierno Contestación desde 22/09/2017 hasta 30/10/201755. 30 October 2017: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 30/10/2017 hasta 05/03/201966. 5 March 2019: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 05/03/2019 hasta 27/03/2019

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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