Overview
- The government confirmed it circulated a 136-article draft that would repeal Law 26.206 and reframe basic education around parental primacy and institutional autonomy.
- New modalities include homeschooling without a minimum age plus hybrid and distance options, with home-educated students required to accredit learning through periodic exams or institutional affiliation.
- The financing chapter scraps the 6% of GDP target, grants equal access to public funds for state and private schools, and permits direct support to families via scholarships, vouchers or tax credits with new monitoring of spending.
- Schools could design their own study plans, governance and admissions consistent with national minimum contents, while Aprender assessments would be annual and censal with results published by school protecting individual identities.
- Teacher stability would hinge on periodic performance evaluations under a new national training and career institute, basic education would be deemed an essential service requiring minimum continuity during strikes, and CTERA publicly rejected the draft as it moves into broader federal and legislative debate.