Overview
- The Secretaría de Educación Pública published the official 2026–2027 calendar in the Diario Oficial de la Federación, which sets 185 effective school days and schedules students to return on Monday, August 31.
- More than 1.2 million teachers returned to schools for a weeklong Consejo Técnico Escolar Phase Intensiva that began Monday, August 24, to plan the year and respond to SEP questionnaires.
- The SEP opened national consultations this week asking teachers to weigh in on classroom cellphone rules and to complete a diagnostic tied to eliminating USICAMM and defining new rules for ingreso, promoción and ascenso.
- Oaxaca’s CNTE Sección 22 diverged from the federal schedule by starting classes on August 24 under its own calendar with a longer school year, complicating family planning where local and federal timetables overlap.
- The calendar lists eight ordinary CTE sessions that generate 10 school ‘puentes’ including two four‑day megapuentes, CONCANACO forecasts about MXN 144.45 billion in back‑to‑school spending, and the USICAMM change could alter career paths for teachers, making Conaedu review and SEP clarification key next steps.