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Bill to give decision-making power back to school councils

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: Private member's bill amending Organic Act 8/2013, of 9 December, on improving educational quality, to modify the participation of the educational community (Organic).

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000127· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The bill, introduced by the Socialist Parliamentary Group, would reform the LOMCE Organic Law 8/2013, of December 9, for the improvement of educational quality. It is the current education law this bill would reform. to restore the participation of the educational community in schools while a new education law is being passed.
  2. Public schools could obtain complementary resources, but only with prior approval from the School Council. Those resources could not come from the activities of parent and student associations.
  3. A new article on quality actions in schools is created: their autonomy would be reinforced, with accountability, and schools could adapt staffing resources, always with School Council approval.
  4. The School Council recovers decision-making powers that the LOMCE had taken away: approving projects and the annual program, taking part in selecting the principal, deciding on student admissions, or reviewing serious disciplinary measures, among others.
  5. It changes how the principal is chosen: selection would be through a merit-based competition in a committee where at least two thirds of members come from the school itself (teachers' assembly and School Council), and candidates from the school would have preference.
  6. The law would enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado), and the Government could issue the rules needed to apply it.

Who it affects

  • School councils of public schools: They recover decision-making powers the LOMCE had removed.
  • Parents and students: They take part again in school decisions through the School Council.
  • Principals of public schools: The rules for selecting them change, with more weight for the educational community.
  • Teachers: The teachers' assembly elects one third of the committee that selects the principal.

Words worth knowing

LOMCE
Organic Law 8/2013, of December 9, for the improvement of educational quality. It is the current education law this bill would reform.
LOE
The previous Education Law, which the LOMCE amended and to which this bill would partly return.
Consejo Escolar (School Council)
Body at each school where teachers, families, students and school staff are represented.
Proposición de ley (bill)
Text introduced by a parliamentary group to become a law. It is not an approved law yet.
Comisión de servicios (temporary assignment)
Temporary posting of a civil servant to a position other than their usual one.

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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