What it is

Non-legislative motion on reducing the student-teacher ratio in classrooms of schools with high social complexity and the highest index of educational need

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a non-binding motion. It was introduced on 6 September 2021. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Socialista.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 162/000808· updated 11 Nov

We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced6 September 2021Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted8 September 2021The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary13 September 2021All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE27 April 2023It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 5 official steps on a timeline

27 April 2023

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 169 yes · 155 no · 20 abst.

Voted on: Non-legislative motion of the Socialist Parliamentary Group, on the reduction of the student-teacher ratio in classrooms of schools with high social complexity and the highest educational need index. Voted in the terms of the compromise amendment presented by the Socialist Parliamentary Group, the Confederal Unidas Podemos-En Comú Podem-Galicia en Común Parliamentary Group and the Ciudadanos Parliamentary Group.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 155 of sitting 256· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

And your senators: the Senate does not link its votes to this law in its open data, so we cannot put them side by side here.

Or see how most of each province voted

More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Socialista, Ciudadanos, Gcup-ec-gc and GPlu. Against, most of Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Popular en el Congreso and VOX. 12 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 20 most voted in favour; in 16, against.

Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.

In favour: 20
Against: 16
Tie: 16

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	5	5 abst.
Republicano	13	13 abst.
Socialista	120	118 in favour · 2 against
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 against
Mixto	11	4 in favour · 6 against · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	9	9 in favour
Gcup-ec-gc	33	33 in favour
GPlu	12	5 in favour · 4 against · 2 abst. · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	88	87 against · 1 did not vote
VOX	52	50 against · 2 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 162/000808
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 155 of sitting 256
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 10 November 2026

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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Non-legislative motion on reducing the student-teacher ratio in classrooms of schools with high social complexity and the highest index of educational need Automatic translation · See the Spanish original