Overview
- The draft was filed on January 8 and published by January 12, and it has not been adopted.
- The explanatory note removes private schools’ broad right to choose instruction language and specifies the state language of the Russian Federation.
- Sponsors listed in parliamentary materials include lawmakers such as Natalia Pipa and Volodymyr Viatrovych, with additional co-authors named across reports.
- On January 7 the State Service for Education Quality opened a probe into a Kyiv monastery school over alleged unlicensed operations and Russian-language teaching.
- Public debate intensified on January 13 when writer Larisa Nitsoy urged punishment of people who speak Russian, while prior laws in 2019 and 2023 and OHCHR findings frame ongoing rights concerns.