36. Federal Law, with which the Education Organization Act, the School Education Act, the School Pflichtgesetz 1985, the compulsory school maintenance law, the School Time Act 1985, the Land and forestry Federal Education Act, the Education Documentation Act, the Minorities-School Act for the Burgenland, the Minorities-School Act for Carinthia, the Private School Act and the Religious Education Act are amended

The National Council has decided:

table of contents

Article 1	Amendment of the School Organisation Act
Article 2	Amendment of the school teaching law
Article 3	Amendment of the compulsory schooling law 1985
Article 4	Amendment of the compulsory school maintenance law
Article 5	Amendment of the school-age law 1985
Article 6	Amendment of the Federal Law on Agriculture and Forestry
Article 7	Amendment of the Education Documentation Act
Article 8	Amendment of the Minorities-Schulgesetz für das Burgenland
Article 9	Amendment of the Minorities-Schulgesetz für Kärnten
Article 10	Amendment of the Private School Act
Article 11	Amendment of the Religious Education Act

Article 1

Amendment of the School Organisation Act

The School Organization Act, BGBl. No 242/1962, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I No 73/2011, shall be amended as follows:

1. In Section 3 (4), in Z 2, the term " "Hauptschule" the parenthesis expression "(with end of school year 2018/19 as new middle school led)" inserted and the following Z 2a inserted:

" 2a.		the New Middle School, "

2. In § 3 para. 6 Z 1 the term in parenthesis shall be based on the term "primary schools," the term "New middle schools," inserted.

Section 7 (7) reads as follows:

" (7) The number of classes in public schools where school trials are carried out may be 5 vH of the number of classes in public schools in the federal territory, but in so far as they are compulsory school classes, 5 vH of the number of classes Do not exceed compulsory public schools in the respective federal state. This paragraph shall apply mutatily to private schools with public law. "

4. § 7a together with the title is:

" Model experiments on generally-forming higher schools

§ 7a. (1) In the case of higher education in general education, pilot projects for the further development of upper secondary education in the sense of § § 21a to c can be carried out in order to shift the educational career decision. The institution shall be established by the competent Federal Minister at the request of the Landesschulrat (Landesschulrat) and shall include all classes of the substage. The Federal Minister responsible may, on the basis of the application of the Landesschulrat (Landesschulrat), enact the model plans governing the details of the application of the application. The model plans shall be drawn up in the schools concerned by the attack during one month, and shall then be deposited on the school lines. The pupils and legal guardians are to be granted access on request.

(2) Any attempt to model the individualisation of educational careers referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on clearly defined school locations and shall cover a period of four years. Existing general higher schools within the political district must continue to exist in the required number and classes.

(3) The pupils can be individually funded by measures of the inner and the temporary of the external differentiation, after school levels or across school levels.

(4) Before the introduction of a pilot scheme, the school community committee shall be heard.

(5) Model trials may only be established at a general higher school if the guardians of at least two-thirds of the pupils and at least two-thirds of the teachers of the school in question are trying to model the model agreed.

(6) The number of classes at sub-levels of generally-forming higher schools where pilot trials are carried out shall not exceed 10 vH of the number of classes at sub-levels of generally-forming higher schools in the federal territory. This paragraph shall apply mutagenic to private generally-forming higher schools with public law. "

4a. In § 8, the point at the end of the lit. m replaced by a stroke point and the following lit. ed and o added:

" n)			the subjects of German, mathematics and the living foreign language, in which the new middle school is located at the 7. School level is a distinction between basic and in-depth general education, with the contents of the in-depth general education an examination of the basic educational content in one above the basic requirements have to be provided for a higher degree of complexity;
o)			a verbal description of the performance strengths of the pupil, which is to be issued to him together with the school message and the certificate, in addition to the differentiated specifications of the service. "

5. In § 8e paragraph 1, the term " "primary schools," the phrase "New middle schools," inserted.

6. In Section 8e (2) (2) (2), after the law "§ 16 para. 1 Z 1" the phrase " , in the New Middle School instead of the one in § 21b (1) (1) (1) " inserted.

7. ( Principle specification ) In Section 8e (3), the term " "Main Schools" the term " , New Middle Schools " inserted.

8. In § 10 (3), the last sentence is:

"The educational and teaching tasks as well as the teaching material have to be oriented according to the local conditions in the curriculum of the primary school (§ 16) or the New Middle School (§ 21b)."

9. ( Principle specification ) In Section 12 (2a) Z 2, after the turn of the "those of a primary school" the twist " , a new middle school " inserted.

10. In II. The main part, Part A, Section I will be after the second sub-section (main schools) of the following 2a. Subsection inserted:

" 2a. New middle schools

(a) Federal Law Applicable to Immediately

The task of the New Middle School

§ 21a. (1) The new middle school is a four-year course of education to the 4th. Level of primary school. It has the task of enabling the pupils to be able and to prepare for their working lives, depending on the interest, the inclination, the talent and the ability to transfer to middle or higher schools.

(2) In compliance with the principle of inclusive pedagogy, pupils with special educational needs, who have been admitted to a new middle school, must be given a training corresponding to the task of the special school (§ 22), with the corresponding The learning requirements of the pupil are to be aimed at the teaching objectives of the New Middle School.

Curriculum of the New Middle School

§ 21b. (1) In the curriculum (§ 6) of the New Middle School, provision should be made for:

1.		as compulsory subjects: religion, German, a living foreign language, history and social studies, history and political education, geography and economics, mathematics, biology and environmental science, chemistry, physics, musical education, visual nerves Education, technical and textile works, movement and sport, nutrition and household, as well as the required subjects (such as Latin, another living foreign language, or Geometric) required for (all) individual focal areas Drawing). The priority area for the course of education is determined by the headmaster, following the approval of the responsible official of quality management (according to § 18 of the Federal School of Education and Training Act, BGBl. No 240/1962) and after consultation of the school forum. The focus areas are:
a)			Linguistic, humanistic and humanities priority area,
b)			natural science and mathematical focus,
c)			economic and lifeline (including practice-related) priority areas,
d)			musli-creative focus area;
2.		as a binding exercise: professional orientation in the 3. and 4. Class;
3.		as a non-binding exercise: computer science.

(2) In the curriculum is for the 7. and 8. To make a distinction between basic and in-depth general education in the differentiated compulsory subject matter. The requirements of the deepening have to correspond to those of the lower level of the generally forming higher school. The syllabus also has to provide support didactic measures in order to guide the pupils to the educational goal of the in-depth general education.

(3) In the syllabus for special forms of the New Middle School (§ 21f), attention should be given to the focus of the training.

(4) For pupils with special educational needs, the curriculum of the New Middle School is to be applied in so far as it can be expected that the educational and teaching tasks of the teaching subject in question should in principle be the subject of no overdemand. , moreover, the curriculum of the Special School, which corresponds to the disability, is applied. For physically disabled and sensory-impaired students, who have successfully completed the 4. School level of a primary school or a special school guided according to the curriculum of the elementary school will be admitted to the Neue Mittelschule, the school authority of the first instance has to take care of the disability and the funding possibilities as well as The basic task of the New Middle School (§ 21a) to determine deviations from the curriculum.

Host requirements

§ 21c. (1) The admission to the Neue Mittelschule is the successful completion of the 4. Level of primary school. The admission of pupils with special educational needs will be made up of the visit of the 4. Level of the primary school or the appropriate level of the special school.

(2) The admission to a new middle school, with special consideration of the arts or sports training, requires the aptitude necessary for the special task of the special form, which is required by an aptitude test to be identified.

(b) statutory provisions relating to the external organisation of public new middle schools

Construction of the New Middle School

§ 21d. (1) The New Middle School comprises four levels of education (5 to 8). School level).

(2) The pupils of the New Middle School shall be grouped into classes. Each school level has a class to match. In accordance with educational or organisational requirements (e.g. small number of pupils), several school levels can be grouped together in one class.

(3) In order to enable a time-wise common teaching of non-disabled pupils and pupils with special educational needs, temporary classes of the New Middle School and special school classes may be jointly run.

(4) New middle schools can be run as full-day schools.

Organizational forms of the New Middle School

§ 21e. New middle schools are to be carried out according to local requirements

1.		as self-employed new middle schools or
2.		as classes of a new middle school, affiliated to a primary school, a special school or a polytechnic school, or
3.		as the exposition classes of a self-employed new middle school.
After hearing the school forum, the school holder and the district school council (college), the authority responsible under the implementing law has to decide on this issue.

Special forms of the New Middle School

§ 21f. As special forms, new middle schools or individual of their classes can be conducted with special consideration of the music or athletic training.

Teacher

§ 21g. (1) Teaching in the New Middle Schools is to be taught by specialist teachers. For the teaching of pupils with special educational needs, suitably trained teachers are to be used in addition.

(2) For each new middle school, a ladder and the necessary other teachers are to be ordered.

(3) § 13 (2a) and (3) shall apply.

Class pupil count

§ 21h. The number of pupils in the new middle school must be 25 as a guideline and should not be less than 20. If a deviation is required for special reasons (e.g. for the preservation of school sites), the competent authority in accordance with the implementing law must, after hearing the school holder, the district school council and the national school council, be consulted. decision. The implementing legislation has to determine the conditions under which, and to what extent, the maximum number of pupils for classes in which pupils with special educational needs are located is lower than the indicative value. Consideration should be given to the number of pupils with special educational needs, the nature and extent of the disability, as well as the extent of the additional teacher's use. "

11. In § 22, in the first sentence after the word order "or primary schools" the phrase "or New Middle Schools" inserted.

12. In § 22, in the second sentence after the word order "on the curriculum of the primary school" the phrase "or the New Middle School" inserted.

13. In § 23 (1), in the first sentence after the word order "the primary school" the phrase "or the New Middle School" inserted.

14. In § 23, para. 2, after the word order "the primary school" the phrase " , the New Middle School " inserted.

15. ( Principle specification ) Section 24 (3) reads as follows:

§ § 11, 18, 21d and 30 shall apply to special schools which are conducted in accordance with the curriculum of the primary school, the secondary school, the New Middle School or the Polytechnic School, in so far as this allows the special school to do so. "

16. ( Principle specification ) In § 25 (1) (lit). b becomes after the phrase "or Hauptschule" the phrase " , a new middle school " inserted.

17. ( Principle specification ) In section 25 (3), the term 'term' shall be used after the term "Hauptschule" A dash and the term placed under quotation marks "New middle school" inserted.

18. ( Principle specification ) In Section 25 (4), after the word order "the primary school," the phrase "the New Middle School," inserted.

19. ( Principle specification ) In Section 25 (6), the phrase in the first sentence shall be: "Volks-, main-and special schools" through the phrase "Volks-and Hauptschulen, Neue Mittelschulen und Sonderschulen" replaced.

20. ( Principle specification ) In Section 25 (6), the phrase in the second sentence shall be: "at full schools and primary schools" through the phrase "at primary schools, primary schools and new middle schools" replaced.

21. ( Principle specification ) In § 31 Z 2, after the word order "a primary school" the phrase " , a new middle school " inserted.

22. In § 33a (1) the word order shall be "primary schools or primary schools" through the phrase "Volksschulen, Hauptschulen or Neue Mittelschulen" replaced.

22a. § 39 (2) reads:

" (2) A different design of the curricula of the lower level of the general secondary school and of the secondary school or the new middle school may be used for the transfer of pupils from the secondary school or the new middle school to the general education Higher school (§ 40 para. 2 to 3a) do not make it difficult. § 16 (2) second sentence and section 21b (2) second sentence are to be applied. "

23. According to Article 40 (2), the following paragraph 2a is inserted:

" (2a) Students of the New Middle School are entitled to the successful completion of the 1st, 2nd and 2nd level. and 3. To be transferred to the next higher class of a higher education school in general under the following conditions at the beginning of the following school year:

1.		After successful completion of the 1. and 2nd class if the annual certificate in the objects German, mathematics and living foreign language has a "Very good" or a "Good". Applicants who do not fulfil these conditions shall be required to take a host examination from those mandatory items in which the conditions are not met.
2.		After successful completion of the 3. Class, provided that the annual certificate indicates that the pupil has been assessed in accordance with the requirements of the deepening in all differentiated compulsory subject-matter, or-if he/she in (only) a differentiated compulsory subject-matter according to the requirements of the requirements the basic general education was assessed-the class conference of the New middle school determines that the pupil, because of his other achievements, is most likely to meet the requirements of the higher education school will be sufficient. In doing so, the class conference has to take into account the assessments in the remaining subject areas as well as the supplementary differentiating performance description (according to § 22 para. 1a of the school teaching law). Otherwise, a receiving examination must be taken from those differentiated compulsory items in which the conditions are not met.
If host applicants have not yet visited an object which has been informed in the desired class of the generally forming higher school, a receiving examination must be taken in this subject. By way of derogation from the above provisions, the admission of pupils with special educational needs shall be included in the second, third and third countries. or 4. Class of a generally-forming higher school is preceded by a visit to the previous level of the New Middle School or the special school. "

24. In accordance with § 40 (3), the following paragraph 3a is inserted:

" (3a) Students of the New Middle School are entitled, upon successful completion of the 4. To enter a class at the beginning of the following school year into a higher class of a generally-forming higher school, provided that the authority to transfer to a higher school is available. This is due to the fact that the pupil has reached the educational goal of the deepening in all differentiated compulsory subjects, or-if this does not apply to (only) a differentiated compulsory subject matter-the class conference of the New Middle School Notes that, due to its other achievements, the pupil will most likely meet the requirements of a higher school. In doing so, the class conference has to take into account the assessments in the remaining subject areas as well as the supplementary differentiating performance description (according to § 22 para. 1a of the school teaching law). If the right to transfer to a higher school is not available, a receiving examination must be taken from those differentiated compulsory items in which the conditions are not met. In any case, a recording examination must be carried out in the foreign language, which the pupil has not visited until now, if the pupil is informed in the desired class of the generally forming higher school. "

(25) The following paragraph 1a is added to Article 55 (1):

" (1a) Students of the New middle school, who are seeking admission to a vocational middle school at least three years old, have in addition to the successful completion of the 8. School level to have the right to transfer to a middle school. This is due to the fact that the annual certificate indicates that the pupil has reached the educational goal of basic general education in all differentiated compulsory subjects, at least with the assessment "Satisfactory", with (only) an assessment does not preclude the inclusion of "sufficient" means of admission, provided that the class conference of the New Secondary School determines that the pupil, by reason of his other achievements, is likely to meet the requirements of the middle school in vocational education and training , the class conference will have the assessments in the rest of the To take into account the subject of teaching and the supplementary differentiating performance description (according to § 22 (1a) of the school teaching law). If the right to transfer to a middle school is not available, a receiving examination must be taken from those differentiated compulsory items in which the conditions are not met. Such a receiving examination is not required after successful completion of a 1. Class of a vocational middle school or the Polytechnic School in the 9. School level. "

26. In § 68 (1) (3), the point shall be replaced by a "or" replaced and the following Z 4 is added:

" 4.		the successful completion of the 4. Class of the New Middle School and the entitlement to transfer to a higher school, which is available if the annual certificate indicates that the pupil has attained the educational objective of the deepening in all the differentiated compulsory subjects, or- provided that this does not apply to a differentiated mandatory subject matter-the class conference of the New Middle School determines that the student, due to his other achievements, is likely to meet the requirements of a higher The class conference will have the assessments in the rest of the school To take into account the subject of teaching and the supplementary and differentiating performance description (according to § 22 (1a) of the German School Education Act). "

27. In § 68 (1), the following penultimate sentence is inserted:

"Applicants of the New High School, who do not have the right to enter a higher school, shall have to take a receiving examination from those differentiated compulsory items in which the conditions are not met."

28. The following paragraph 1a is inserted in accordance with Article 97 (1):

" (1a) In addition, applicants from the New Middle School have the right to transfer to a higher school. This is due to the fact that the annual certificate indicates that the pupil has reached the educational goal of the deepening in all differentiated compulsory subjects or-if this does not apply to (only) a differentiated compulsory subject-the Class Conference of the New Middle School determines that the student will most likely meet the requirements of a higher school. In doing so, the class conference has to take into account the assessments in the remaining subject areas as well as the supplementary differentiating performance description (according to § 22 para. 1a of the school teaching law). Applicants who do not have the right to transfer to a higher school shall have to take a receiving examination from those differentiated compulsory items in which the conditions are not met. "

29. According to Article 105 (1), the following paragraph 1a is inserted:

" (1a) In addition, applicants from the New Middle School have the right to transfer to a higher school. This is due to the fact that the annual certificate indicates that the pupil has reached the educational goal of the deepening in all differentiated compulsory subjects or-if this does not apply to (only) a differentiated compulsory subject-the Class Conference of the New Middle School determines that the student will most likely meet the requirements of a higher school. In doing so, the class conference has to take into account the assessments in the remaining subject areas as well as the supplementary differentiating performance description (according to § 22 para. 1a of the school teaching law). Applicants who do not have the right to transfer to a higher school shall have to take a receiving examination from those differentiated compulsory items in which the conditions are not met. "

30. In accordance with § 130, the following § 130a and heading is inserted:

" Transitional provision for the introduction of the New Middle School

§ 130a. (1) Starting from the school year 2012/13, the first classes of the primary schools shall be in accordance with the provisions of the II. Main item, Part A, Section I, 2a. Subsection (§ § 21a to 21h) and in compliance with the quotas according to paragraph 3, as new middle schools to be carried out. The tour is to be requested by the Landesschulrat (Landesschulrat) and to be approved by the competent Federal Minister.

(2) Main school classes, which before the beginning of the school year 2012/13 as model search classes according to § 7a of the German Federal Law Gazette (SchOG) (in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 26/2008), will be continued from 1 September 2012 in accordance with the provisions of the new middle school.

(3) The number of classes in public primary schools and at private primary schools with public law, which are run as a new middle school, may be additional first classes from the school years 2012/13 660 additional first classes, 2013/2014 496 additional first classes and 2014/15 314 additional first classes in the Federal Republic of Germany. In the school year 2015/16, the New Middle School is to be held at the remaining first classes of the primary school, so that with the beginning of the school year 2018/19 the primary school will be replaced by the New Middle School. "

31. The following paragraph 26 is added to § 131:

" (26) The following provisions of this Federal Act in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2012 shall enter into force as follows:

1.		§ 3 (4) (2) and (2a), § 3 (6) (1) (1), (7) (7), (7a) and the title, § 8 (lit). m and o, § 8e para. 1 and 2 Z 2, § 10 para. 3, II. Main item, Part A, Section I, 2a. Subsection with regard to § § 21a to 21c (in accordance with § 130a), § 22, § 23, § 33a (1), § 39 paragraph 2, § 40 (2a) and 3a, § 55 (1a), § 68 (1) and (1) Z 3 and Z 4, § 97 (1a), § 105 (1a), and § 130a, together with the headline. 1 September 2012 in force,
2.		( Principle specification ) § 8e (3), § 12 (2a) Z 2, II. Main item, Part A, Section I, 2a. Subsection with regard to § § 21 d to 21 h (pursuant to § 130a), § 24 (3), § 25 (1) (b), (3), (4) and (6) and § 31 (2) (2) shall enter into force with respect to the Länder at the end of the day of the event in the Federal Law Gazans; the Implementing laws must be enacted within one year and will be put into effect on 1 September 2012. "

Article 2

Amendment of the school teaching law

The school teaching law, BGBl. No 472/1986, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I No 73/2012, shall be amended as follows:

1. According to Article 12 (6), the following paragraph 6a is inserted:

" (6a) Students of the 5. and 6. The school level of the New Middle School is obliged to attend the teaching of German, mathematics and the living foreign language in the compulsory subject areas, provided that the need for an office is supported by the student on account of or at the request of the student. the teaching of teaching staff, on the 7th and 8. School level then, if the student does not meet the requirements in the area of basic general education only deficient. "

2. In Section 12 (7), after the turn of the "in accordance with paragraph 6" the twist "or 6a" inserted.

(3) In Section 13b (1), after the phrase "the primary school," the phrase "the 4th Class of the New Middle School," inserted.

4. According to Article 17 (1a), the following § 17 para. 1b is inserted:

" (1b) From 7. School level of the New middle school are the pupils in the classroom through measures of internal differentiation and the promotion of gifted and gifted students as far as possible to the educational goal of the in-depth, but at least to that of the basic General education. "

5. § 18 para. 2 is 2. Record:

"In the elementary school and the special school, as well as at the New Middle School, the class forum or the school forum may decide that the assessment of achievements by grades is to be accompanied by a written explanation."

(5a) The following paragraph 2a is added to Article 18 (2):

" (2a) In the 7. and 8. The school level of the New Central School must be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the curriculum in accordance with basic and in-depth aspects of performance and assessments in the differentiated compulsory subject areas. Performance findings shall be assessed in accordance with the requirements of the basic or in-depth general education. The assessment in the context of the in-depth general education cannot be worse than 'sufficient' and requires that the requirements in the area of basic general education should be assessed at least with 'good', otherwise only to be assessed in accordance with the requirements of basic general education. "

6. According to Article 19 (1), the following paragraph 1a is inserted:

" (1a) In addition, there should be regular discussions between teachers, guardians and pupils at the New Middle School, in which the performance and performance of the pupil, on the 7th of the year, are to be found. and 8. School level in particular also with regard to the educational goal of the in-depth general education, to be discussed together. "

7. In § 19 (2), after the word order "deprivation is" the following sentence is inserted:

" The school message of the New Middle School has been in the 7. and 8. School level in the differentiated compulsory subject areas to give the assessments with a corresponding addition of the basic or in-depth general education; "

8. In accordance with Section 19 (3a), the following paragraph 3b is inserted:

" (3b) If, in addition, the performance of a pupil in the 7. and 8. The school level of the New middle school in the deepening of a differentiated compulsory subject to the extent that at the end of the year it would only be judged more according to the requirements of the basic general education, this is the To inform the guardian immediately and to give the pupil, as well as the legal guardian of the class, or from the teaching teacher, an opportunity to discuss the possibilities of funding within the meaning of paragraph (3a). § 12 para. 6a is to be observed. "

9. In § 19 (8), in the first sentence after the word order " and in the 8. School Level " the phrase " , in the new middle school also already in the 7. School level, " inserted.

10. According to Article 20 (6), the following paragraph 6a is inserted:

" (6a) Weiters held the class conference in accordance with paragraph 6 at the Neue Mittelschule in the 8. School level in accordance with the requirements of the school organization law to determine whether the authorities to transfer to a middle school at least three years old or to a higher school-at most, under the condition of the the successful completion of a repeat test. In this connection, the assessments in the other subjects as well as the supplementary differentiating performance description are to be taken into consideration in accordance with § 22 (1a). The decisions of the class conference on non-entitlement to transfer to one of the above schools shall be announced not later than the following day, stating the reasons for the pupil. "

11. According to Article 22 (1), the following paragraph 1a is inserted:

" (1a) In addition to the annual certificate, the pupil of the New Middle School shall be provided with a supplementary differentiated service description in addition to the annual certificate, which in written form the performance strengths of the pupil. shows. "

12. In § 22 para. 2 lit. d becomes after the turn "because of the special designation of these compulsory items;" the following sentence is inserted:

" in the 7. and 8. In the differentiated compulsory subjects, the school level of the New Central School must be given the assessments with a corresponding addition of the basic or in-depth general education; "

13. In § 22 para. 2 lit. f is inserted after Sublit. aa) the following sublit. ab):

" ab)			authority to transfer to a middle or higher school after the 8. School level of the New Middle School, "

14. In § 22 para. 2 lit. g is after the word sequence "more than half of the compulsory items are available;" the following sentence is inserted:

" in the New Middle School, the determination of the excellent success in the 7. and 8. (a) an assessment in the deepening of all differentiated compulsory subjects; "

15. In § 22 para. 2 lit. g and h are each in the clip expression after the word sequence "except for the special schools in accordance with the curriculum of the main school" the phrase "or the New Middle School" inserted.

16. In § 22 para. 2 lit. h becomes after the word sequence "has as with" Satisfactory ; " the following sentence is inserted:

" in the New Middle School, the determination of the good success in the 7. and 8. (a) an assessment in the deepening of all differentiated compulsory subjects; "

17. In § 23 (3), after the word order "the change from the general-forming higher school to the primary school" the phrase "or into the New Middle School" inserted.

18. In Article 26a (2), the entry section reads as follows:

" If the successful completion of the 4. Level of elementary school or 4. Class of Hauptschule or Neue Mittelschule (or New Middle School) of the 8. School level) A prerequisite for admission to the 1. The level of the secondary school, the new middle school, a middle school or a higher school, is this requirement for the pupil's search for the successful completion of the 3. Level of elementary school or 3. Class of Hauptschule or Neue Mittelschule (or New Middle School) of the 7. School level), if "

19. In § 28 (1), in the first sentence after the turn " 1. Level of a primary school " the term " , a new middle school " inserted.

20. In § 28 (1), in the third sentence after the turn "with special educational needs in a primary school" the phrase " , a New Middle School " inserted.

21. In § 28 (3) Z 1, after the turn of the "the 4th level of the primary school" the twist "or the New Middle School" inserted.

22. In § 28 (3), in the last sentence after the turn " 3. Class Hauptschule " the twist "or the New Middle School" inserted.

23. § 28 (4) reads:

" (4) certificates of special schools in which the curriculum of the primary school, the secondary school, the new middle school or the polytechnic school is applied, are, in the sense of the preceding paragraphs, such as certificates of the primary school, the primary school, the New middle school or the Polytechnic School. "

24. In § 28 (6), after the turn "a primary school" the twist " , a new middle school " inserted.

25. § 29 (1) reads:

" (1) For the transfer to a higher, equal or lower school level of another type of schooling or another form, discipline or other priority area of a school type, unless it is the Polytechnic School or the 1. Level of a primary school, a new middle school, a middle school or a higher school, or the transfer of primary school pupils in general higher schools within the meaning of § 30 or the transfer of pupils from the New Middle School in generally forming higher schools within the meaning of § 31a, the following paragraphs. "

25a. In § 29 (5), in the first sentence, after the term "Specialdirection" the phrase " , or the priority area " inserted.

26. § 29 (7) reads:

" (7) For admission to a special school after a visit to a primary school, a primary school or a new middle school and for admission to the elementary school or the 2. to 4. The primary school or the New Middle School after attending a special school with its own syllabus has the school authority in the procedure according to § 8 resp. § 8a of the School Pflichtgesetz 1985 on the basis of the student's achievements to determine which level of the receiving school type is to be visited. Certificates of special schools in which the curriculum of the primary school, the secondary school, the new middle school or the Polytechnic School is applied, are for the transfer to another type of school, such as certificates of the primary school, the primary school, of the New Middle School or the Polytechnic School. "

27. According to § 30a, the following § 30b and headline are inserted:

" The transfer of pupils from the New Middle School to another priority area or to higher education in general education

§ 30b. (1) For the transfer of pupils New middle schools to the next higher level of another priority area, § 29 shall apply, with the proviso that the application of paragraph 5 is equivalent to compulsory subject-matter.

(2) § 40 (2a) and (3a) of the School Organization Act shall apply to the transfer of pupils from the New Secondary School to a generally-forming higher school, and § 29 (5), (5a) and (6) shall apply to the admission examination to be carried out at best. "

28. § 31a and headline reads:

" Differentiation at the New Middle School

§ 31a. (1) In the 7. and 8. The school level of the New middle school has the teacher teaching the relevant differentiated subject matter with regard to the requirements of the curriculum for each pupil in the case of basic orientation towards the educational goal of the deepening in accordance with of its individual learning and performance capability.

(2) In the Neue Mittelschule, German, Mathematics and Living foreign languages are required at all four school levels from the following pedagogical support measures by the teachers in coordinated interaction with the headmaster. to select:

1.		Individualisation of the teaching,
2.		-differentiated teaching in class,
3.		Promotion, including the promotion of talent,
4.		Measures of inclusive pedagogy and diversity,
5.		Promotion in temporarily educated groups of pupils,
6.		Promotion in support and/or Performance courses and
7.		Teach in the teacher team (team teaching).

(3) At the end of the course year, the head of the school has the responsible officer of quality management (according to § 18 of the German Federal School Supervision Act, BGBl). No 240/1962). "

29. In § 31e paragraph 2, the term " "Hauptschule," the phrase "The New Middle School," inserted.

Section 32 (2a) reads as follows:

" (2a) pupils who, during compulsory schooling or after attending school, in a voluntary tenth school year (§ 19 (1) of the 1985 Schulpflichtgesetz (Schulpflichtgesetz 1985)), the 4. Class of secondary school or secondary school or polytechnic school have not been successfully completed in a voluntary tenth or in the case of a eleventh school year the primary school, the Neue Mittelschule or the Polytechnic School, with the consent of the school holder and with the authorization of the school authority of the first instance, if at the beginning of the relevant school year it is 18. They have not yet completed their life year. "

31. In § 32 (7), after the turn "in the elementary school level or the primary school" the twist "or the New Middle School" inserted.

32. In § 57, paragraph 4, after the law "§ 20 (6)" the phrase "and 6a" inserted.

33. § 59 sec. 2 Z 2 reads:

" 2.		the representatives of the class speakers at elementary school levels, at primary schools, at new middle schools, at the 5. to 8. School levels of the special schools run according to the curriculum of the main school or the New middle school and at the sublevels of the general education higher schools, "

34. In § 63 (4), the turn "Volks, Main or Special School" through the turn "Volksschule, Hauptschule, Neue Mittelschule oder Sonderschule" replaced.

35. In Section 63a (1), the term " "Main Schools" the phrase " , New Middle Schools " inserted.

36. In § 82, the following paragraph 5s is inserted after paragraph 5:

" (5t) § 12 (6a) and (7), § 13b (1), § 17 (1b), § 18 (2) and (2a), § 19 (1a), (2), (3b) and (8), Article 20 (6a), § 22 (1a) and (2) (lit). d and f to h, § 23 para. 3, § 26a para. 2, § 28 para. 1, 3, 4 and 6, § 29 para. 1, 5 and 7, § 30b including headline, § 31a including the title, § 31e para. 2, § 32 para. 2a and 7, § 57 para. 4, § 59 para. 2 Z 2, § 63 para. 4 and § 63a para. 1 of this Federal Act in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2012 will enter into force on 1 September 2012. "

Article 3

Amendment of the compulsory schooling law 1985

The Compulsory Education Act 1985, BGBl. N ° 76, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 113/2006, is hereby amended as follows:

1. § 5 (2) reads:

" (2) pupils who are subject to the compulsory organ of a primary school or A new middle school and the school-law reception conditions for this primary school or New middle school is sufficient, the general compulsory schooling in the 5. to 8. Do not fulfill a school year by attending a primary school. "

2. In § 8 (1), the term " "Hauptschule" the phrase " , New Middle School " inserted.

Section 8 (2) reads as follows:

" (2) Within the framework of the procedures referred to in paragraph 1, the child may, on request or with the consent of the parents or other legal guardians, in so far as it does not yet visit the primary school or secondary school, for a maximum period of five months in the primary school or secondary school or a special school of the type requested, provided that it is already attended by the elementary school or the secondary school or the new middle school, in a special school of the type requested for observation shall be included. '

4. In § 8 (3), the term " "Hauptschule" the phrase "or the New Middle School" inserted.

(5) In § 8a (1), the term " "Hauptschule" the term " , New Middle School, " inserted.

6. In § 8a (2) and (3) as well as in § 8b, according to the term "Hauptschule," the phrase "or New Middle School," inserted.

6a. In Section 8a (3), the word order shall be "Hauptschule, Polytechnische Schule" through the phrase "Hauptschule, Neue Mittelschule, Polytechnische Schule" replaced. "

7. § 18 together with the headline is:

" Further visit of the elementary school, the secondary school or the new middle school in the 9th. School year

§ 18. Pupils who, after having completed the first eight years of compulsory education, have not attained the teaching objective of the last school level of the elementary school, the secondary school or the new middle school, as well as pupils with special educational experience Funding requirement, which is in the 8. Year of general compulsory schooling according to § 8a (1) of the primary school, the secondary school or the Neue Mittelschule, are entitled to have their general compulsory education in the 9. The school year is to be fulfilled by continuing to attend the elementary school, the secondary school or the New Middle School in place of the visit of the Polytechnic School. "

8. § 19 together with the headline is:

" Further visit of the school in a voluntary 10. School year

§ 19. (1) pupils who have their general compulsory education in the 9. The school year has been fulfilled by a secondary school, a secondary school or a new middle school, without having reached the teaching objective of the school in question, which is the right to end their general compulsory education to continue to attend the primary school, secondary school or new middle school immediately following the school year.

(2) Students who have not yet attended the Polytechnic School after completing their general compulsory schooling are entitled-regardless of whether they have reached the teaching objective of the primary school, secondary school or New Middle School-which are Polytechnic School in the school year immediately following the termination of its general compulsory schooling. "

9. The following paragraph 12 is added to § 30:

" (12) § 5 para. 2, § 8 para. 1, 2 and 3, § 8a, § 8b, § 18 together with the title and § 19 together with the title of this Federal Act in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2012 will enter into force on 2 September 2012. "

Article 4 (determination of principles)

Amendment of the compulsory school maintenance law

The mandatory school maintenance law, BGBl. N ° 163/1955, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I No 91/2005, is amended as follows:

1. In Section 1 (1), after the word order "main and special schools," the phrase "New middle schools," inserted.

2. In § 1 para. 2, after the word order "Major or Special School" the phrase " , a new middle school " inserted.

3. § 3 reads:

" § 3. Public primary schools and new middle schools must insist on a minimum number of pupils in such a number and in such places, where possible, that as far as possible, but in any case in densely populated areas, or in any other way, in densely populated areas, In the case of children who are eligible for transport, they are entitled to attend a secondary school or a new secondary school. "

4. In § 4, after the word order "Volks-or Hauptschulen" the phrase "or New Middle Schools" inserted.

5. In § 4a, after the word order "main or special schools" the phrase "or New Middle Schools" inserted.

6. § 7 (3) reads:

" (3) The schools have a gymnasium and a playground and-above all the main schools and new middle schools-with a gymnasium, as well as with a school kitchen, a school workshop and a school garden, the polytechnic Schools and vocational schools must be equipped with the teaching workshops and classrooms required for practical teaching. "

7. In § 13, para. 2, after the turn "Main and Special Schools" the twist "as well as for New Middle Schools" inserted.

8. In Section 13 (3), after the word order "Primary schools eligibility rule" the phrase "and the New Middle School" inserted.

9. In Section 13 (3b), the term shall be based on the term "Main School Classes" the phrase "as well as for New Middle Schools and Classes of New Middle Schools" inserted.

9a. In § 15, the word order shall be "General Administrative Procedure Act 1950" through the phrase " General Administrative Procedure Act 1991, BGBl. No. 51/1991 " replaced.

9b. According to § 16, the following § 16a is inserted:

" § 16a. The existing primary schools will be further developed, starting with the school year 2012/13, to new middle schools. The continuing existence of the existing school is based on the existence of existing foes and permits extending to the New Middle School. "

10. The following paragraph 10 is added to § 19:

" (10) § 1 para. 1 and 2, § § 3 to 4a, § 7 para. 3, § 13 para. 2, 3 and 3b, § 15 and § 16a of this Federal Act in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2012 shall enter into force with respect to the countries at the end of the day of the event in the Bundesgesetzblatt; the laws of execution shall be adopted within one year and shall be in force on 1 September 2012. "

Article 5

Amendment of the school-age law 1985

The School Time Act 1985, BGBl. No. 77, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 29/2008, shall be amended as follows:

1. In § 4 (4), after the word order "curriculum of the primary school" the term " , the New Middle School " inserted.

2. ( Principle specification ) In Section II (basic provisions), subsection A, the heading is:

"Principles for primary and secondary schools, new middle schools, special schools and polytechnic schools"

(3) The following paragraph 8 is added to Article 16a:

" (8) The following provisions of this Federal Act in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2012 shall enter into force as follows:

1.		Section 4 (4) shall enter into force on 1 September 2012;
2.		( Principle specification ) the heading of Subsection A in Section II shall enter into force with respect to the countries at the end of the day of the manifestation in the Federal Law Gazans; the implementing laws shall be adopted within one year and shall enter into force on 1 September 2012. "

Article 6

Amendment of the Federal Law on Agriculture and Forestry

Federal Law on Agriculture and Forest Law, BGBl. No. 175/1966, as last amended by the Federal Act BGBl. I n ° 9/2012, is amended as follows:

1. In § 12, the following Z 1a is inserted after Z 1:

" 1a.		the successful completion of the 4. Class of the New Middle School and the entitlement to transfer to a higher school, which is available if the annual certificate indicates that the pupil has attained the educational objective of the deepening in all the differentiated compulsory subjects, or- provided that this does not apply to a differentiated mandatory subject matter-the class conference of the New Middle School determines that the student, due to his other achievements, is likely to meet the requirements of a higher The class conference will have the assessments in the rest of the school Teaching items as well as the supplementary differentiating performance description (gem. Section 22 (1a) of the Law on Education and Training (Schulunterrichtsgesetz)), or "

2. In § 12 the following penultimate sentence is inserted:

"Applicants of the New High School, who do not have the right to enter a higher school, shall have to take a receiving examination from those differentiated compulsory items in which the conditions are not met."

3. The following paragraph 3i is added to § 35:

" (3i) § 12 in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2012 will enter into force on 1 September 2012. "

Article 7

Amendment of the Education Documentation Act

The Education Documentary Act, BGBl. No 12/2002, as last amended by the Federal Law of the Federal Republic of Germany (BGBl). I No.48/2010, is amended as follows:

1. In Appendix 1 Z 9, in the parenthesis after the word sequence "at primary schools," the phrase "New middle schools," inserted.

(2) The following paragraph 10 is added to § 12:

" (10) The Appendix 1 Z 9 in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2012 will enter into force on 1 September 2012. "

Article 8

Amendment of the Minorities-Schulgesetz für das Burgenland

The Minorities School Act for Burgenland, BGBl. No 641/1994, as last amended by the Federal Constitutional Law BGBl. I n ° 2/2008, shall be amended as follows:

1. The heading to the 3. Section is:

" 3. Section

Main Schools, New Middle Schools and Polytechnic Schools "

2. § 8 (1) reads:

" (1) In addition to the general forms of the main school, the New Middle School and the Polytechnic School with a German language of instruction, the following forms of language are available in Burgenland, in particular for the Croatian ethnic group and the Hungarian ethnic group. Main schools, new middle schools and polytechnic schools or classes at primary schools, new middle schools and polytechnic schools:

1.		Main schools, new middle schools and polytechnic schools with Croatian or Hungarian language of instruction,
2.		Departments for teaching in Croatian or Hungarian language, which are set up in primary schools, new middle schools and polytechnic schools with a German language of instruction.
Furthermore, in the 1993/94 school year, bilingual secondary schools or primary school classes in this form shall continue to be held as primary schools or new middle schools, provided that the conditions of § 10 (4) are met. "

3. In § 8 paragraph 2 as well as in § 9 paragraph 1, the term " "Main Schools" the twist " , New Middle Schools " inserted.

3a. In § 8 (2), the second sentence reads:

" In primary schools and polytechnic schools are both in Croatian and in Hungarian as well as in German to form performance groups. "

4. ( Principle specification ) In Section 10 (1), the term " "Main Schools" the twist " , New Middle Schools " inserted.

5. ( Principle specification ) In § 10 (2) and § 11, the term " "Main Schools" the twist " , New Middle Schools " inserted.

6. ( Principle specification ) Section 10 (3) reads as follows:

" (3) In addition to the schools established in accordance with paragraph 2, schools are to be defined as primary schools for the Croatian or Hungarian people, new middle schools and polytechnic schools, where a sustainable demand for the Satisfaction of the right of appeal laid down in Section 1 (1). In this case, a need for a class at each school level for primary schools, new middle schools and polytechnic schools according to § 8 para. 1 Z 1 and a department at each school level for primary schools, new middle schools and polytechnic schools is sufficient. in accordance with § 8 (1) (2). In determining the requirements, it is to be assumed that the following number of registrations may be carried out as of the following:

1.		a class of nine or more applications,
2.		a department at primary schools or in new middle schools from five applications. "

7. ( Principle specification ) Section 10 (4) shall be followed by the following: "continue to be" the phrase "as main schools or new middle schools" inserted.

8. In Section 13 (2), the word order shall be "and for primary schools in accordance with § 8" through the phrase "and for secondary schools as well as for new middle schools in accordance with § 8" replaced.

9. The following paragraph 5 is added to § 19:

" (5) The following provisions of this Federal Act in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2012 shall enter into force as follows:

1.		The title of the 3. Section, Section 8 (1) and (2), Section 9 (1) and Section 13 (2) shall enter into force on 1 September 2012,
2.		( Principle specification ) § § 10 and 11 shall enter into force with respect to the countries at the end of the day of the event in the Bundesgesetzblatt; the laws of execution shall be adopted within one year and shall be in force with 1 September 2012. "

Article 9

Amendment of the Minorities-Schulgesetz für Kärnten

The Minorities-School Act for Carinthia, BGBl. No. 101/1959, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 35/2009, shall be amended as follows:

1. In Art. VII is inserted before § 34 of the following § 33a:

" § 33a. ( Principle specification ) The provisions of this federal law, which refer to the primary school, are to be found in the new middle schools according to the II. Main item, Part A, Section I, 2a. Subsection (§ § 21a to h) of the School Organization Act, BGBl. No 242/1962, application. '

(2) The following paragraph 4 is added to § 34:

" (4) § 33a in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2012 shall enter into force with respect to the Länder at the end of the day of the event in the Bundesgesetzblatt; the laws of execution shall be adopted within one year and shall be in force with 1 September 2012. "

Article 10

Amendment of the Private School Act

The private school law, BGBl. No 244/1962, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 71/2008, is amended as follows:

1. In § 19 paragraph 1 lit. b becomes the phrase "for people, main and special schools, polytechnic courses" through the turn "at primary and secondary schools, new middle schools, special schools, polytechnic schools" replaced.

2. § 21 (2) reads:

" (2) A need within the meaning of Section 1 lit. a is not in any case given in private primary schools, secondary schools or new middle schools, if it reduces the organizational level of a public primary school, secondary school or new middle school where the private school is located "

3. In § 23 (3), the turn shall be "Volks-, main-and special schools and polytechnic courses" through the turn "Volks and Main Schools, New Middle Schools, Special Schools and Polytechnic Schools" replaced.

4. The following paragraph 3 is added to § 27:

" (3) In the case of a private primary school as a private new middle school, the continued existence of the school is to be assumed. For this private primary school existing foes and permits extend to the private New Middle School. "

5. The following paragraph 5 is added to § 29:

" (5) § 19 para. 1 lit. b, § 21 para. 2, § 23 para. 3 and § 27 para. 3 in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2012 will enter into force on 1 September 2012. "

Article 11

Amendment of the Religious Education Act

The National Council has decided:

The Religious Teaching Act, BGBl. No. 190/1949, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 256/1993, shall be amended as follows:

1. In § 1 para. 1 lit. a becomes the turn "Volks-, main-and special schools" through the turn "Volks and Main Schools, New Middle Schools and Special Schools" replaced.

2. In § 1 para. 1 lit. b becomes the turn "Polytechnic courses" by "Polytechnic schools" replaced.

3. The following paragraph 3 is added to § 9:

" (3) § 1 para. 1 lit. a and b in the version of the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2012 will enter into force on 1 September 2012. "

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