Brazil House Panel Backs 10-Year Education Plan, Sends Proposal to Senate

Overview

• A special committee in the Chamber of Deputies approved the National Education Plan by unanimous symbolic vote, moving the bill to the Senate under a conclusive procedure.
• The measure still requires Senate approval and presidential sanction to take effect, with no plenary vote in the Chamber unless an appeal is filed.
• Homeschooling was left out of the plan, with that debate continuing in a separate Senate bill (PL 1,338/2022) reported by Sen. Professora Dorinha.
• The approved draft incorporates about 48% of roughly 4,450 proposed amendments and removes references to identity of gender and sexual orientation.
• Targets include public education investment reaching 7.5% of GDP within seven years and 10% by the decade’s end, plus phased high-speed internet in public schools—50% by year two, 75% by year five, and full coverage by the end of the period—replacing the 2014–2024 plan extended through 2025.