Overview

• Law No. 15,220 was published in the Diário Oficial da União, immediately amending the 2016 Marco Legal da Primeira Infância by adding two new paragraphs to Article 11.
• The measure mandates a national system that integrates databases from health, education, social assistance and protection to support diagnostics and policy targeting.
• The system must include detailed information on creches and other early-childhood institutions to help assure the quality of early education services.
• Public policies are required to include systematic monitoring, data collection, periodic evaluation of services for children up to six years old, and disclosure of results.
• No deadline has been set for regulation that will define responsibilities, timelines and technical integration among federal, state and municipal authorities.