Proposal for a single, equal university entrance exam across Spain

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1. The bill proposes a single exam to enter university, which will be combined with high school grades. The Government will set its basic features, common contents and grading criteria.
2. The Government will set a fee range for the exam, and the Autonomous Communities must set the price within those limits. Waivers and reductions may be created based on family income and assets, or large or single-parent family status.
3. Students are guaranteed the right to take the exam in Spanish or in their region's co-official language, and each student will choose the language when registering.
4. The Autonomous Communities must publish average scores by school in their official gazettes and on an accessible website. The Government will include a yearly comparison of results by region in the State School System Indicators.
5. Students with higher vocational training degrees, the European Baccalaureate or the International Baccalaureate, among other cases, could enter university without taking the exam.
6. A transition period is planned: until the school year after the law takes effect, the exam will only count for university admission and will not be required to obtain the high school diploma.

Who it affects

• Students seeking university admission from high school (bachillerato): They would have to pass a single exam with common contents and criteria nationwide.
• Students in regions with a co-official language: They could choose to take the exam in Spanish or in the co-official language when registering.
• Families paying exam fees: The price would be set within a state-defined range, with possible waivers and reductions.
• Vocational training graduates and students from other education systems: They could enter university without taking the entrance exam.
• Autonomous Communities and universities: They would have to organize the exam, publish results by school, and follow the state-set calendar and fees.

Words worth knowing

EvAU

Evaluación para el Acceso a la Universidad: the exam required to enter university in Spain.

Lengua cooficial

Co-official language: a language that, along with Spanish, is official in an autonomous community, such as Catalan, Galician or Basque.

Horquilla de tasas

Fee range: a minimum and maximum price within which each region sets the final fee.

Proposición de ley

A bill introduced by a parliamentary group. It is not a law until it completes the legislative process.

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