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DECREE NO 917
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR,
CONSIDERING:
I. That the Constitution of the Republic establishes in Title II, Section Third, fundamental provisions, that it is necessary to develop a legal system
to determine and establish the foundations of national education and to regulate the educational system;
II. That according to Legislative Decree No. 495 dated May 11, 1990, published in Official Journal No. 162, Tomo 308, dated July 4, was issued the General Law of Education, and yet to have been
introduced to its text, its provisions are not sufficient to harmonize the educational reform process that the Ministry of Education is coordinating, so it is necessary to issue a new Law;
THEREFORE,
in use of its powers On the initiative of the President of the Republic, by means
of the Minister of Education and of Deputies Herbert Mauricio Aguilar, Alfredo Angulo Delgado, Juan Pablo Duran Escobar, Francisco Guillermo Flores Perez, Norma Fidelia Guevara de Ramírios, Rodolfo Antonio Herrera, Osmin Lopez Escalante, Lizandro Navarrete Caballero, Oscar Samuel Ortiz, Reynaldo
Quintanilla Prado, Irvin Reynaldo Rodríguez, Roberto Serrano Alfaro and Marcos Alfredo Valladares.
DECRETA the following:
EDUCATION GENERAL LAW
TITLE I
PRELIMINARY
CHAPTER I OBJECT AND SCOPE OF LAW
Art. 1.-EDUCATION IS A PROCESS OF PERMANENT, PERSONAL, CIVIC,
MORAL, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL FORMATION THAT IS BASED ON AN INTEGRAL CONCEPTION OF THE HUMAN PERSON, HIS DIGNITY, HIS VALUES, HIS RIGHTS AND HIS DUTIES. (14)
This Law determines the general objectives of education; it applies to all levels and modalities and regulates the provision of the service of official and private institutions.
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CHAPTER II
PURPOSES OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
Art. 2.-National Education must achieve the goals outlined in the Constitution
of the Republic:
a) Achieve the integral development of the personality in its spiritual, moral and social dimension;
b) Contribute to the building a more prosperous, just and humane democratic society;
c) Inculcating respect for human rights and observance of relevant duties;
d) Combating all spirit of intolerance and hatred;
e) Know the national reality and identify with the values of nationality
Salvadoran; and,
f) To foster the unity of the Central American people.
CHAPTER III GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
Art. 3.-National Education has the following general objectives:
a) Develop as much as possible the physical, intellectual and spiritual potential of the
Salvadorans, avoiding placing limits on those who can achieve greater excellence;
b) Balance the plans and programs of study on the basis of the unit of the
science, in order to achieve an appropriate image of the human person, in the context of the social economic development of the country;
c) ESTABLISH DIDACTIC SEQUENCES IN SUCH A WAY THAT ALL COGNITIVE INFORMATION PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MENTAL FUNCTIONS AND CREATE POSITIVE HABITS AND FEELINGS ATTACHED TO DESIRABLE MORALS; (14)
d) Cultivate creative imagination, habits of thinking and planning, persistence in achieving achievements, determination of priorities, and development of critical capacity;
e) Systematize the mastery of knowledge, skills, skills, habits and attitudes of educating, as a function of efficiency for work, as a basis for
raising quality The life of the Salvadorans;
f) To foster individual and social relationships in equitable balance between human rights and duties, cultivating civic loyalties, is of the natural interfamily relationship
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of the citizen with the homeland and the human person with the culture;
g) Improving the relationship of the person and his/her environment, using forms and educational modalities that explain the implicit processes in that relationship, within the canyons of rationality and consciousness; and,
h) Cultivate relationships that develop feelings of solidarity, justice, mutual aid, freedom and peace, in the context of the order democratic that the human person recognizes
as the origin and end of state activity.
CHAPTER IV
EDUCATION ACCESS POLICIES
Art. 4.-The State will promote the full access of the eligible population to the education system as a
strategy of democratization of education. Such a strategy shall include the development of appropriate physical infrastructure, the provision of relevant staff and relevant curriculum instruments.
Art. 5.-Parvulary and Basic Education is mandatory and in conjunction with the Special one will be free when the State gives it.
The State will encourage the programs of scholarships, grants and financial credits for those who,
having capacity Intellectual and vocational aptitude, aspire to higher education than basic education.
Art. 5-A.-THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WILL PROMOTE WITHIN THE NATIONAL SYSTEM, A
GENDER EQUITY POLICY, TO BE INCLUDED, SPECIFIC MEASURES THAT WILL AIM TO ELIMINATE OBSTACLES THAT HINDER EFFECTIVE EQUALITY. BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS.
INEQUALITIES BETWEEN
PUPILS AND STUDENTS BASED ON BIAS OR DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES BASED ON
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO THE EDUCATIONAL CENTERS OF THE COUNTRY. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
WILL GUARANTEE, THE NON-SEXIST USE OF LANGUAGE IN SUCH CENTERS. (10)
Art. 6.-In the middle levels and official technological institutes, the Ministry of Education
will determine the educational fees, taking into account the policy of democratization of access. When
demand at these levels exceeds institutional quotas, students will be selected through
performance testing and socio-economic study.
Art. 7.-Programs to create, build, expand, restructure and relocate centers
should be based on the real needs of the community, articulated with the needs
.
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TITLE II
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, LEVELS AND MODALITIES
CHAPTER I
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Art. 8.-The National Educational System is divided into two modalities: formal education and
non-formal education.
Art. 9. Formal Education is the one taught in authorized educational establishments,
in a regular sequence of years or school cycles, subject to progressive curricular guidelines and
degrees and degrees.
Formal Education corresponds to the initial, parvulary, basic, middle and upper levels.
Art. 10.-Non-Formal Education is the one offered for the purpose of completing, updating, supplying
knowledge and training, in academic or industrial aspects, without subjection to the system of levels and degrees
of Formal Education. It is systematic and responds to short-term needs of people and
society.
In addition there is Informal Education, which is acquired freely and spontaneously, from
people, entities, mass media, traditions, customs and other non-
structured.
Art. 11.-The levels of Formal Education will be open to all those people who come
from non-formal and informal education, with the only requirement to go through the evaluative process that points to it
this Law.
Art. 12.-The Ministry of Education will establish the necessary rules and mechanisms for the
system to coordinate and harmonise its modalities and levels, as well as the relevant standards
to ensure quality, efficiency and coverage of education. Coordinate with other institutions, the
ongoing process of educational planning and research.
Art. 13.-THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION WILL ENSURE THAT
PROMOTES THROUGHOUT THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, THE STUDY OF NATIONAL HISTORY; THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC; THE CIVIC AND MORAL FORMATION OF THE EDUCANDO; LA UNDERSTANDING
AND OBSERVATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABILITY;
ECOLOGICAL RISK MANAGEMENT; ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE; AND,
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. (9)
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Art. 14.-The Ministry of Education will thoroughly study the phenomena of absenteeism, repetition
and school dropout and will take appropriate measures for its reduction.
Art. 15-Literacy is a process of social interest, therefore it is declared useful
public and will have a preferential program character within the educational system.
Art. 15 -A.-THE SALVADORAN SIGN LANGUAGE-LESSA, AS THE LANGUAGE
NATURAL AND OFFICIAL OF THE SALVADORAN DEAF PERSONS-IS RECOGNIZED; CONSEQUENTLY, ALL
ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THIS SECTOR OF THE SOCIETY, MUST BE CARRIED OUT CABO
IN STRICT ATTACHMENT TO THIS PROVISION, THEREFORE, IT IS THE DUTY OF THE STATE TO ENSURE
ITS TEACHING AND CONSERVATION. (11)
CHAPTER II
INITIAL EDUCATION
Art. 16.-THE INITIAL EDUCATION BEGINS FROM THE MOMENT OF THE CONCEPTION OF THE CHILD
AND THE GIRL UNTIL BEFORE SHE REACHES THE AGE OF FOUR; AND SHE WILL FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT
PSYCHOMOTOR, CENSO-PERCEPTIVE, SOCIO-AFFECTIVE, OF LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE, THROUGH
ADEQUATE AND TIMELY ATTENTION TO THE INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSON.
THE INITIAL EDUCATION WILL DEVELOP THEIR ACTIONS FROM THE FAMILY, THROUGH
GUIDANCE PROGRAMS FOR PARENTS, MOTHERS OR GUARDIANS, STRENGTHENING IN THIS WAY
THE CENTRAL ROLE THAT THE FAMILY HAS AS THE CORE OF SOCIETY.
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WILL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT NATIONAL POLICIES
RELATED TO INITIAL EDUCATION, THROUGH DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND MODELS
OF ATTENTION; AND, FUNDAMENTALLY, IT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NORMALIZING, ACCREDIT, AUTHORIZE,
REGISTER, MONITOR AND EVALUATE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS OR SERVICES AS WELL AS
PROVIDED IN INITIAL EDUCATION BY PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,
PRIVATE, MUNICIPAL, COMMUNITY AND NON- GOVERNMENT, WHICH IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
INITIAL EDUCATION WILL HAVE TO HAVE PRIOR ACCREDITATION OF THE MINISTRY OF
EDUCATION.
THE STATE WILL BE ABLE TO FUND OR SUBSIDIZE ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS THAT
DELIVER INITIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS DRIVEN BY THE MINISTRY OF
EDUCATION. (7)
Art. 17.-Initial Education has the following objectives:
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a) Seek the integral development of children through harmonic stimulation
and balanced of all dimensions of his/her personality; and,
b) Revalorizing and fostering the educational role of the family and the community through the
active participation of parents, as first responders education
of your children.
CHAPTER III
PARVULARY EDUCATION
Art. 18.-Parvulary Education usually comprises three years of study and the components
will lead to the integral development in the education of four to six years, involving the
family, the school and the community.
Accreditation of the culmination of parvulary education, although it is not a requirement to continue
studies, authorizes, in unrestricted form, access to basic education.
Art. 19. Parvulary Education has the following objectives:
a) To stimulate the integral development of learners through pedagogical processes
to take into account their psychomotor, affective and social nature;
b) Strengthen the identity and self-esteem of learners as a necessary condition for
the development of their potential in their vital spaces, family, school and community;
and,
c) Develop the basic specialties of Learners to ensure their proper
preparation and incorporation into basic education.
CHAPTER IV
BASIC EDUCATION
Art. 20.-Basic Education regularly comprises nine years of study from the first to the
ninth grades and is organized in three cycles of three years each, starting normally at seven
years of age. It will be compulsory and free when the State gives it.
CHILDREN OF SIX YEARS MAY BE ADMITTED IN THE FIRST DEGREE, AS LONG AS
SHOW APPROPRIATE MATURITY AND FITNESS, ACCORDING TO THE CRITERIA AND MECHANISMS OF
ASSESSMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. (7)
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Art. 21.-Basic Education has the following objectives:
a) Inculcate a discipline of work, order, responsibility, tenacity and self-esteem, as well
as habits for physical excellence and health conservation;
b) Develop capabilities that favor efficient development in daily life
from the domain of scientific, humanistic, technological, as well as
art-related disciplines;
c) ability to observe, retain, imagine, create, analyze, reason, and
decide;
d) Improve skills for the correct use of different forms of expression and
understanding;
e) Promote personal and social improvement, generating conditions that favor the
permanent education;
f) Contributing to the apprehension, practice and respect for ethical, moral and civic values, which
enable to successfully coexist in society;
g) Contribute to self-teaching development to successfully develop processes
change and lifelong education; e,
h) Promote respect for the person human, natural and cultural heritage, as well as the
fulfillment of their duties and rights.
CHAPTER V
MEDIA EDUCATION
Art. 22.-Media Education will offer training in two educational modalities: a general
and another vocational technician, both of which will allow to continue with higher education or to join the activity
.
The Media Education studies will culminate with the bachelor's degree, which will be credited with
the corresponding title. The general baccalaureate will have a duration of two years of study and the technician
vocational of three. The baccalaureate in night time will last three and four years
respectively.
Art. 23.-Media Education has the following objectives:
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a) Strengthen the integral education of the education personality to participate in
active and creative way in community development, as a parent and
citizen; and,
b) Contribute to the general education of educating, by reason of their vocational inclinations
and the needs of the socioeconomic development of the country.
Art. 24.-Horizontal mobility is established, only for the student who after
approving the first year of the Vocational Technical Baccalaureate wishes to change to the General Baccalaureate.
The plans and programs of study will guarantee the mechanisms to make mobility effective
horizontal.
Art. 25.-Media Education Institutions will collaborate with non-
Formal education activities that favor the community; in the same way, if circumstances facilitate, some aspects
of technical vocational training Media Education may be supported by the programs of
non-formal education.
For compliance with this principle the corresponding mechanisms will be established with the
public, private or municipal institutions.
Art. 26.-The bachelor's degree will be awarded to the student who has completed and approved the plan for
corresponding studies, which will include the Student Social Service.
CHAPTER VI
HIGHER EDUCATION
Art. 27. Higher Education will be governed by a Special Law and has the following objectives:
to form competent professionals with a strong vocation of service and strong moral principles; to promote
research in all its forms; provide a social service to the community; and cooperate in the
conservation, dissemination and enrichment of the cultural legacy in its national and universal dimension.
CHAPTER VII
ADULT EDUCATION
Art. 28-Adult Education will normally be offered to people whose ages do not
understand the eligible population for compulsory education.
It will maintain formal education programs, as well as education programs. formal
tending to job training.
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Art. 29. Adult Education has the following objectives:
a) Substitute levels of systematic schooling that were not achieved at the time;
b) Completing and improving formal educational levels and job training; and,
c) To permanently update people who require it, through various
modes of education.
Art. 30. Adult Education, due to its diversity of fields, will assume the didactic modality
that best allows the achievement of its objectives and will have its own model of design, development and
curricular administration, which is will be based on educational policies, on the doctrinal framework of the
national curriculum and on the characteristics and interests of learners.
Art. 31. Adult Education must be a social priority, in
government, municipal and private institutions will
, in accordance with the standards established by the Ministry of Education.For enrichment and achievement of the objectives, the Ministry of Education will promote
the creation of the relevant institutions.
Adult Education programs taught in official schools are part of the offer
educational and institutional in those centers.
Art. 32. Adult Education will include distance learning, which will be offered by the
Ministry of Education at two levels: Basic Education and General Education.
Art. 33.-Literacy has an extra end in the education process and is a component
of adult basic education equivalent to the second degree of basic education of the formal system.
For its social interest, literacy must be linked to the economic partner development plans-
economic; the State will ensure the sustainability of the process and promote the management of the resources
needed with different sources.
CHAPTER VIII
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Art. 34.-Special Education is a teaching-learning process that is offered, through
of dosed and specific methodologies, to people with special educational needs.
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Education of people with special educational needs will be offered in institutions
specialized and in regular educational centers, according to the needs of the educator, with the
attention of a trained specialist or teachers.
Special schools will provide educational and pre-vocational services the population whose
conditions do not allow them to be integrated into the regular school.
Art. 35.-Special Education has the following objectives:
a) Contribute to raising the standard and quality of life of persons with educational needs
special limitations or outstanding aptitude;
b) Favour access opportunities for all population with educational needs
special to the national education system; and,
c) Incorporate the family and community in the process of caring for people with
educational needs special.
Art. 36.-The Ministry of Education, will establish norms in the modality of Education
Special, coordinate public and private institutions to establish policies, strategies and
curricular guidelines in this mode.
CHAPTER IX
ARTS EDUCATION
Art. 37.-Artistic Education is a process by which the person integrates his/her qualities
analytical and creative, in order to develop sensitivity and capacity to appreciate and produce manifestations
artistic.
Art. 38.-Artistic Education has the following objectives:
a) Promote artistic training in children, youth and adults in accordance with their interests,
skills and needs;
b) Encourage the assessment of demonstrations arts of cultural heritage, in order to
conserve, enrich and develop national identity; and,
c) Develop the artistic sensitivity and creativity in the population that favors the
active participation in the social and cultural life of the country.
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Art. 39.-The Ministry of Education according to the triple dimension of art education,
considers basic artistic training within the national curriculum, and through CONCULTURA, the
specific qualification and improvement educational in the different expressions of art and promotion
of cultural institutions that provide enjoyment and recreation to the Salvadoran population.
The Ministry of Education through formal education institutions and not formal will promote
and increase actions for the development of education artistic in children, youth and adults.
Art. 40.-The Ministry of Education in coordination with other bodies will promote the creation
art and the preservation of the manifestations of the art of our country, through research,
development and promotion of the same.
CHAPTER X
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SCHOOL SPORT
Art. 41.-Physical Education, is the methodological and systematic process of physical training
and the motive of the human being to seek a better quality of life.
School sport, is an organized activity that seeks to promote the high quality of life. " Sports performance
of learners, in a framework of cooperation and healthy competition.
Physical Education and School Sport, will contribute to the integral development of education,
stimulating through its practice the creativity and psychomotor skills for full realization
of his personality and as a vehicle of
Physical Education and Sport must be served at all levels and modalities of the system
national education.
Art. 42.-Physical Education and School Sport have the following objectives:
a) Contribute to the formation of a fundamental physical fitness that translates into better
quality of life levels;
b) Strengthening the foundations of the national sports development; and,
c) Providing opportunities for social integration, based on the use of
free time.
Art. 43. -The Ministry of Education, through their respective dependencies, will dictate the
necessary regulations to make physical education and school sports effective.
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When necessary coordinate your policies, programs and resources with institutions public,
private institutions, national and international agencies.
CHAPTER XI
NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
Art. 44. Non-Formal Education is constituted by all educational activities
aimed at enabling in the short term, in those fields of immediate interest and needs of people
and society.
Such actions can be in charge of state or private entities and are framed within the
broader concept of continuing education.
Art. 45.-Non-Formal Education does not require more requirements than the learning capacity of
people. It will not be subject to state controls but must be framed within the principles of
profit, public order and respect for the interests of users.
Art. 46.-Non-Formal Education should be timely, tailored to individual conditions,
local and temporary, and grounded in real community participation.
TITLE III
NATIONAL CURRICULUM, EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT, ACCREDITATIONS AND RECORDS
CHAPTER I
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Art. 47.-The national curriculum is established by the Ministry of Education, is based on the aims
and objectives of national education, develops educational and cultural policies of the State and is expressed
in: plans and programs of study, teaching methodologies and teaching-learning resources,
assessment and guidance instruments, the general action of educators and other educational agents
and educational administration.
IN THE CURRICULUM NATIONAL WILL BE INCLUDED AS COMPULSORY SUBJECT OF STUDY
OF "MORAL, URBAN AND CIVIC" IN THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY AT ALL LEVELS,
PROVIDING CONCEPTUAL AND JUDGMENT ELEMENTS FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND
ADULTS TO DEVELOP THE ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION CAPACITY NEEDED TO TAKE
DECISIONS PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR PERFORMANCE
IN THE COMPANY. (14)
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Art. 48.-The national curriculum will be systematized, disseminated and widely explained by the
Ministry of Education, so that all actors in the educational process can orient their
actions in the established framework.
National curriculum is the basic regulation for the education system in both the public sector
and private sector; however, it will leave adequate scope for flexibility, creativity and possibility of
adaptation to peculiar circumstances when required.
Art. 49.-The Ministry of Education will maintain a process of cultural research and
educational institutions to verify the consistency and effectiveness of their programs, as well as to find
innovative solutions to the problems of the education system.
Art. 50.-The Guideline shall be of a training and preventive nature. It will contribute to the development of the
personality of the educating, the successful decision-making, in relation to the perspectives of study
and occupation, in order to facilitate their adequate preparation and location in the society.
CHAPTER II
EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT
Art. 51.-Evaluation is an integral and permanent process, whose main function will be to contribute
information on the relations between the objectives proposed and those achieved in the national education system
, as well as the results of Students ' learning.
Art. 52. The purpose of the Educational Evaluation System will be to determine the relevance and
relevance of the preparation of the students taught by the national education system to respond
to the demands of the full development personal and social of the same and the demands of the development
cultural, economic and social of the country.
Art. 53.-The educational assessment will comprise:
a) The curriculum evaluation;
b) The evaluation of learning achievements; and,
c) The assessment of institutional management.
The curriculum assessment will provide for two aspects. The first refers to the evaluation of the
curricular instruments and procedures, and the second, to the assessment by the teachers in
the teaching-learning process.
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The evaluation of learning achievements will be oriented towards measurement and assessment of scope and quality
of the learnings in relation to the curricular purposes of each level of the education system.
The evaluation of institutional management will be related to policies, programs and projects
of development support curricular, related to the quality of education, coverage, efficiency and effectiveness
of the education system.
Art. 54. The assessment of the learning of learners is inherent in educational activity
and must be continuous, comprehensive, inclusive, timely and participatory.
Art. 55.-The evaluation of school performance, while constituting a resource to take
decisions on the advancement of the student in the education system, must also be an instrument for
providing information to the same process education, in order to guide corrective and qualitative improvements
in pedagogical work.
The evaluation of apprenticeships for training and promotion purposes will be under the
responsibility of each educational institution, The Ministry of Education's regulations.
Parents or their representatives and students will have the right to know the policy
of assessment and access to the written tests for review, when they consider it necessary.
PERIODIC EVALUATIONS OF SAMPLE OR CENSUS IN THE
BASIC EDUCATION, FOR FEEDBACK TO BOTH TECHNICAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. (4)
Art. 56.-The educational evaluation will contribute to the corresponding instances of the Ministry of
Education, relevant, timely and reliable information to support decision making as
to improve quality, efficiency and effectiveness of the educational system as regards:
a) Learning process learning;
b) Curriculum design and development;
c) Programs and projects in support of the educational process;
d) The definition of educational policies; and ,
e) Institutional or administrative aspects.
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Art. 57.-THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WILL ESTABLISH A MANDATORY TEST ORIENTED
TO MEASURE STUDENTS ' LEARNING AND SKILLS, WHICH CAN BE SET UP
PERFORMANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF CURRICULAR CARE.
THAT TEST WILL BE DESIGNED, APPLIED AND PROCESSED UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION.
BEING TESTED IS A REQUIREMENT TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND, ACCORDING
TO THE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, THE QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED
BY THE STUDENT IN THE SAID TEST WILL HAVE A WEIGHT TO APPROVE THE
EVALUATED AREAS. (4)
Art. 58.-The directors of the educational centers and those responsible for programs and projects
are obliged to provide the educational information, relative to their institution, that is
requested by the authorized instance of the Ministry of Education.
CHAPTER III
ACCREDITATIONS AND RECORDS
Art. 59.-The Ministry of Education will grant study equivalences to any person who has
performed abroad and wishes to join the national education system.
Art. 60.-The person who has obtained a diploma or diploma abroad that is equivalent to
the Titles that the Ministry of Education grants or recognizes at the Basic, Middle or Higher Levels, shall
be incorporated to obtain the recognition and academic validity of such studies.
Art. 61.-The equivalences, additions and accreditations of the higher level will be governed
by the Law of Higher Education.
Art. 62.-The person who has completed and approved basic and middle-level studies in the
foreigner and wishes to join the national education system may apply for equivalences from the same
to the Ministry of Education.
Art. 63.-Everyone with self-training has the right to ask the Ministry of Education for the
tests that accredit the Ministry of Education to the different levels of the education system.
Art. 64.-Academic registration is the responsibility of educational institutions. These must
give to the Ministry of Education the promotion tables of the last grade of each of the cycles,
in the case of basic education, and of the last degree of baccalaureate, in the case of middle education.
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WILL REGULATE AND REGULATE STUDENT MOBILITY
WHEN FOR JUSTIFIED CAUSE YOU NEED TO MOVE FROM ONE EDUCATIONAL CENTER TO ANOTHER,
DURING THE SAME YEAR. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS MEASURE WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE
DIRECTORS AND DIRECTORS OF EACH EDUCATIONAL CENTER, AT THE REQUEST OF THE PERSON CONCERNED,
RESPECTING THE PROCEDURES AND PRESENTING THE RESPECTIVE DOCUMENTATION. (12)
TITLE IV
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION, OFFICIAL CENTERS
AND PRIVATE EDUCATION
CHAPTER I
EDUCATIONAL administration
Art. 65.-CORRESPONDS TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION STANDARD, FINANCE, PROMOTE,
EVALUATE, MONITOR AND CONTROL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF
NATIONAL EDUCATION.
THE MINISTRY OF TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES OF THE MINISTRY OF
EDUCATION WILL BE ESTABLISHED ON AN INCREASE OF FOUR PERCENT OF THEIR SALARY, EVERY THREE
YEARS, COUNTED FROM THE DAY OF THEIR ENTRY INTO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH, THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WILL ISSUE A
OPERATING REGULATION, WHICH WILL REGULATE SERVICE TIME, FUNCTIONS AND
CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS OF TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES AND ADMINISTRATIVE. (5)
Art. 66.-The educational administration has the following objectives:
a) Plan, organize and control the resources and actions to support, the services
educational and cultural;
b) Develop and implement strategies administration, based on decentralization
and deconcentration, maintaining the unity of policies and other legal norms of the
State;
c) Establishing processes and procedures that guide the good use of resources
available; and,
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d) Establish a system of administrative-financial monitoring and control, either through
from the Ministry of Education, or specialized services that are relevant.
Art. 67.-The internal administration of the official educational institutions will be developed with the
organized participation of the educational community, teachers, students and parents, who
will have to organize in the Councils School Managers, will make collegiate decisions and will be supportive
in responsibilities and in the actions that are developed.
CHAPTER II
EDUCATIONAL SUPERVISION
Art. 68.-Educational Supervision is a technical action whose main mission is to identify and
document the quality of education of educational institutions, promote and facilitate technical guidance,
financial and the acquisition of Materials needed to solve the problems observed, encourage
the positive interrelationship between educational centers and foster a high level of motivation in the staff
teacher and community.
Art. 69.-Educational Supervision has the following objectives:
a) Promote the proper functioning of educational institutions through an efficient and effective school
;
b) Formulate and orient participation active community for the supply of the
educational services; and,
c) Promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the services offered by the Ministry of Education.
Art. 70.-Educational Supervision will be developed directly by the Ministry of Education
and for specific areas, by means of modalities that need to be demanded by the needs.
Art. 71.-Supervision will be organized in such a way as to maintain proper articulation with the
central level and with other decentralized administrative units.
CHAPTER III
OFFICIAL EDUCATION CENTERS
Art. 72.-They are Official Education Centers whose address corresponds to the State by
corresponding Ramo and its financing is charged to the General Budget of the Nation.
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Art. 73.-The internal administration of the official education centers will be performed in the form
that establishes the Law of the Teaching Career and the present Law.
Art. 74.-The Ministry of Education through the Human Resources Units will legalize
the appointments and other movements of the teaching staff, of the Official Centers of Education, of
as established in the Law of the Teaching Career.
Art. 75.-In every official education center, which works with a teaching staff plant
of three teachers henceforth, a Council of Teachers must be organized, which will respond
in solidarity with the proper functioning of the institution. The Director shall preside over that Board.
Art. 76.-PARVULARY, BASIC, AVERAGE AND SPECIAL EDUCATION IS FREE WHEN THE
IMPARTS THE STATE. (1) (3) (8)
PREVENTING ACCESS OR PERMANENCE IN OFFICIAL CENTERS OF
EDUCATION TO STUDENTS IS PROHIBITED, DUE TO NON-PAYMENT. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OR NOT TO USE
THE UNIFORM. (1) (3)
Art. 76-A.-IT IS PROHIBITED IN THE EDUCATIONAL CENTERS OF THE COUNTRY, THE ADOPTION OF MEASURES
THAT PREVENT, LIMIT OR DISTURB THE NORMAL START OR CONTINUITY OF THE STUDIES OF
PREGNANT STUDENTS OR DURING THEIR BREASTFEEDING PERIOD, THE AUTHORITIES FROM DICHO
CENTER WILL DETERMINE ACCORDING TO THE CASE, THE MEASURES OF SUPPORT TO THE PREGNANT STUDENTS
WITH THE OBJECT THAT THEY CONTINUE WITH THEIR STUDIES.
THE AUTHORITIES OF THE RESPECTIVE EDUCATIONAL CENTER, WILL AUTHORIZE THE PERMITS
PHYSICIANS WHO IN REASON OF THE PREGNANCY ARE NECESSARY TO GUARANTEE THE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND
PSYCHIC OF THE PREGNANT STUDENT, AS WELL AS THE FETAL WELFARE AND THE HEALTH OF THE RECENT
BORN AND INFANT, DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION.
HOWEVER, TO ACCESS THE HIGHER GRADE, THE PREGNANT
PREGNANT WOMEN MUST MEET THE ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS SET BY THE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. (10)
Art. 77.-THE RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO THE OFFICIAL CENTERS OF EDUCATION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CONTROL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS; CONSEQUENTLY, THE FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL AUDITS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE MINISTRY MAY BE CARRIED OUT
EDUCATION AND THE COURT OF AUDITORS OF THE REPUBLIC. THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OFFICIAL EDUCATION CENTRE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION REQUESTED. THEIR REFUSAL WILL GIVE RISE TO THE PRESUMPTION THAT THEY ARE TRUE
THE OBJECTIONS OR CLAIMS MADE TO THEM AS TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SAME.
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FUNDS FROM COOPERATIONS AS WELL AS THOSE OBTAINED THROUGH OTHERS SOURCES, SUCH AS SCHOOL SHOP MANAGEMENT, CAFLETINS,
DONATIONS AND OTHERS, WILL BE ADMINISTERED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH MUST BE INVESTED IN THE RESPECTIVE EDUCATIONAL CENTER AND THEY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE CONTROL AND AUDIT OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION.
IN NO CASE WILL EDUCATORS BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THE ABOVE FUNDS, UNDER THE PENALTY OF BEING SANCTIONED UNDER THE LAW OF THE TEACHING CAREER OR LEGISLATION
COMUN. (3)
Art. 78.-The Ministry of Education will ensure that the official institutions possess the
infrastructure and the necessary furniture to develop the educational process.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE OFFICIAL SCHOOL CENTERS
SPECIALLY FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL WORK; HOWEVER, THIS CAN BE USED TEMPORARILY FOR THE REALIZATION OF ACTIVITIES OF A SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND RELIGIOUS CHARACTER, ORGANIZED BY OTHERS INSTITUTIONS OF
SOCIETY, AND PROVIDED IT DOES NOT DISRUPT THE SCHOOL CALENDAR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ASSETS AND THE EQUIPMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE USE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE REQUESTING INSTITUTION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE EDUCATIONAL CENTER MUST ALSO COMPLY WITH
ESTABLISHED IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL THAT FOR THIS PURPOSE WILL ISSUE THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. (2)
The official color of the buildings of the official, basic, middle, and special educational centers will be blue and white.
CHAPTER IV PRIVATE EDUCATION CENTERS
Art. 79.-Private Education Centers are those that offer formal education services with the own resources of natural or legal persons who collaborate with the State in the expansion, diversification and improvement of the educational and cultural process,
The State will be able to subsidize private, non-profit institutions that comply with the
coverage and quality strategies that the Ministry of Education for which the corresponding conventions will be concluded.
Art. 80.-The Executive Agreement authorizing the creation and operation of private educational institutions shall be based on checks to ensure adequate academic and administrative organization, physical and financial resources. required and qualified teaching staff, of
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compliance with the services it offers. The request for creation and operation shall be resolved within sixty days from the date of its submission.
Art. 81.-Private institutions that provide non-formal education, request authorization, only in cases where the sponsors require official recognition of their studies.
Art. 82.-Private education institutions must send to the appropriate authority within a period of sixty days prior to the start of the school year, the teaching staff, to verify
their status as a teacher; Annual package leaflet to be included in the approval number issued by the Ministry of Education, the cost of the tuition fee and the cost of each tuition fee or tuition fee, as well as the number of fees payable during the year and the services educational
what offer, according to the operating authorization.
Art. 83. THE ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION OF THE PRIVATE EDUCATION CENTERS
CORRESPONDS TO THE OWNERS OR MANAGERS.
PRIVATE EDUCATION CENTERS MAY INCREASE TUITION FEES
INITIAL OR MONTHLY TUITION FEES EVERY TWO YEARS; AND IN NO CASE CAN BOTH INCREASES BE AGREED FOR THE SAME YEAR. THE ABOVE MENTIONED INCREASE WILL BE ENDORSED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, WHEN THE PRIVATE CENTER OF EDUCATION IN QUESTION HAS MET THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES:
(1) THAT THE CALL TO KNOW AND DECIDE THE INCREASE, BE CARRIED OUT
WITHIN THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY OF THE LAST READING YEAR OF YOUR
APPLICATION, AND FIFTEEN DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE DATE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PARENTS. SUCH A CALL SHOULD EXPRESS, AS THE ONLY POINT TO BE ADDRESSED, THAT OF THE INCREASE OF THE
TUITION OR SCHOOL FEE, AND UNDERSTAND THE TOTALITY OF PARENTS WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE INCREASE, AS WELL AS THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, WHO WILL APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE TO BE PRESENT AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(2) THAT THE QUORUM OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PARENTS HAS BEEN
FORMED, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AT LEAST HALF ONE OF ITS MEMBERS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE QUORUM, AN ASSISTANT MEMBER SHALL BE UNDERSTOOD AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR EACH FAMILY.
(3) THE PROPOSAL OF THE INCREASE MAY BE JUSTIFIED WITH A PROJECT THAT INCLUDES: IMPROVEMENTS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE; INCREASES IN SALARIES TO THE
TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF THE CENTER; ACQUISITION OF TEACHING MATERIAL AND OTHERS RELATED. IN THIS RESPECT, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PARENTS, WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW THE CONCRETENESS OR LIQUIDATION
OF THE PROJECTS FORMULATED IN THE PREVIOUS PERIOD.
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(4) THE RESOLUTION FOR INCREASED TUITION AND TUITION FEES MAY ONLY BE AVAILABLE. BE ADOPTED WITH A FAVORABLE VOTE OF AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS
PARTS OF THE PARENTS ATTENDING.
(5) THE REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SHALL VERIFY AND GIVE
FAITH IN THE CONDUCT OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE FULFILMENT OF THE QUORUM AND THE MAJORITY REFERRED TO IN LITERALS (b) AND (d) OF THIS ARTICLE, AS WELL AS THE LIFTING OF THE RESPECTIVE ACT, WHICH MUST BE SIGNED BY THE
SAME. (6)
Art. 83-A. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PRIVATE EDUCATION CENTER SHALL SEND TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, AT THE LATEST WITHIN EIGHT WORKING DAYS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE POINT OF RECORD WHERE THE INCREASE IN INITIAL ENROLLMENT IS RESOLVED
OR OF THE MONTHLY FEE, IF ANY; AS WELL AS THE SUPPORTING PROJECT OF THE INCREASE REFERRED TO IN LITERAL C) OF THE ART. 83 OF THIS LAW; IN ADDITION, IT SHALL TRANSMIT THE FULL LIST OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLED AND THE INASSISTS, AS THE CASE MAY BE.
ALSO, THE ADDRESS OF THE PRIVATE EDUCATION CENTER WILL INFORM THE PARENTS ABOUT THE EXECUTION OF THE PROCEEDINGS ESTABLISHED IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH, THROUGH A WRITTEN STATEMENT.
PRIVATE EDUCATION CENTERS ARE PROHIBITED, ADDITIONAL FEES OF ANY KIND, DIRECTLY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE PARENTS
OF FAMILY EXEMPTED FROM THE LIABILITY OF SUCH PAYMENTS. (6)
TITLE V
OF EDUCATORS, EDUCATORS AND PARENTS
CHAPTER I OF EDUCATORS
Art. 84.-The educator is the professional who is in charge of the orientation of the learning and the
education of the educating. The educator must project a moral, honest, supportive and dignified personality.
Art. 85.-The educator who professes teaching must contribute to the fulfillment of the aims and
general objectives of education prescribed in this Law.
Art. 86.-The Ministry of Education will coordinate the training of teachers for the various levels,
modalities and specialties of the National Educational System, as well as, due to the conditions of the institutions that provide it.
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The applicable regulations in teacher training for all levels of the education system will be the Constitution of the Republic, Laws and Regulations on the subject, the aspirations of society
and the educational trends reflected in the fundamentals of the national curriculum.
Art. 87.-The Ministry of Education will ensure that teacher training institutions
maintain training and update programs for these teachers.
CHAPTER II OF THE EDUCATORS
Art. 88.-Educating is the child, young or adult, who appears enrolled in an authorized educational institution. Education constitutes a right and a social duty for students and the State will promote and protect such activity.
Art. 89.-They are the duties of students:
a) Participate in education and training activities, develop the institution in which it is registered;
b) Meet the internal regulations of its institution, as well as other provisions legitimate
that emanate from their authorities;
c) Respect and care for the assets of the school center and cooperate in the activities of
preventive maintenance and improvement of them; and,
d) Keep alive the feeling of love to the homeland, to the moral, civic, natural and
cultural heritage of the nation.
Art. 90.-They are the rights of students:
a) Forming in the respect and defense of the principles of freedom, scientific truth, morality and justice;
b) Enrol in any school in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic and other legal provisions;
c) Be treated with justice and respect and not be the subject of corporal punishment, humiliation, physical or mental abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, ill-treatment or exploitation included
sexual abuse;
d) Be evaluated objectively and request review when considered affected;
e) To associate freely and hold peaceful meetings, with the only limitations provided for in the Constitution of the Republic and other laws; and, to the protection of morals and health;
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f) Participate in the formation and activities of the student council and be elected democratically as a member of the School Board of the educational center
where he studies;
g) Claim the protection of their rights to the School Board, the Council
School Board, the Boards and the Court of Justice the Teaching Career, the Attorney for the Rights of the Child and the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice;
h) Enjoyed in an equitable manner the student benefits provided by the Ministry of Education;
i) Being educated in a spirit of understanding, tolerance, friendship among peoples, peace and universal solidarity;
j) RECEIVE A NON-DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT, OR UNFAVORABLE TREATMENT FOR PREGNANCY OR MATERNITY REASONS; (10)
K) ALL DEMAS THAT IS RECOGNIZED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC, THE INTERNATIONAL IN FORCE IN EL SALVADOR AND ANY OTHER LEGISLATION (10)
Art. 91.-The Ministry of Education will create and promote student welfare programs that address material needs, cultural improvement, the proper use of free time, the preservation of physical and mental health, the moral robustness of the student and others of similar nature.
CHAPTER III
PARENTS
Art. 92. Parents and parents have responsibility for educating the education,
will have the right to demand free education that prescribes the Law and to choose the education of their children.
The Ministry of Education will seek to parents and parents, representatives of
the community and the teaching staff interact positively in this training.
Art. 93.-Parents should be responsible in the formation of their
children and in the strengthening of the work of the school, with the purpose of promoting the development of good habits, discipline, self-esteem, values, sense of belonging and solidarity and personality in general.
Art. 94. Parents in the official sector will participate directly, through the election of their representatives, in the School Board.
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DISCIPLINARY REGIME APPLICABLE TO PRIVATE EDUCATION CENTERS
CHAPTER I OF VIOLATIONS
Art. 95.-The faults in the private educational centers are classified in: less serious, serious, and very serious.
Art. 96.-They are less serious faults:
a) Refrain from sending the teaching plant within sixty days, prior to the start
of each school year to check its registration in the Register of the Staircase;
b) Negate without cause fair to provide timely information on request
by the educational authorities in the exercise of their duties; and,
c) Hire new non-registered teaching staff in the Escalafonary Register.
Art. 97-Serious faults:
a) Expelling pupils in the course of the school year without justified cause;
b) Offering educational services without having the minimum infrastructure, required equipment and qualified personnel;
c) Suspend educational services to students before the expiration of the school year;
d) Incompliance with the academic calendar normalized by the Ministry of Education; and
e) Cometer a less severe miss for the second time.
Art. 98.-They are very serious faults:
a) Failure to comply with Article 83 of this Law;
b) Failure to comply with constitutional principles relating to the admission of students;
c) Vulnerar the rights of the students provided for in This Law and the Family Code;
d) Unfair hold of students ' documentation;
e) Work without the corresponding authorization and nomination agreements;
f) Forcing pupils or parents to acquire in the school shop of the educational centre, useful, changing rooms, articles and goods which it requires institution;
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g) Cometer a serious fault for the second time;
h) BREACH ARTICLE 76-A AND DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PREGNANT STUDENTS, OR WHO ARE BREASTFEEDING. (10)
CHAPTER II
OF THE SANTIONS
Art. 99.-For violations of this Law, in which the Private Centers of Education incur,
the following sanctions shall apply:
a) Public assembly;
b) Multa;
c) Temporary suspension of the authorization of operation; and,
d) Revocation of operation authorization.
Art. 100.-The penalties will be applied according to the severity of the faults.
In the case of less serious faults it will be applied public admonition.
In the case of serious and very serious faults, the sanctions will be applied gradually, according to to the rules of this Law, as follows:
a) Multa, which may be: five thousand to one hundred thousand colones;
b) Temporary suspension of the operating authorization; and,
c) Revocation of the authorization of operation.
fines provided for in this chapter must be made effective by the offender within the fifteen
days after the penalty has been imposed.
The certification of the resolution imposing the fine will have an executive force and the product of
will be entered into the General Fund of the Nation.
The suspension The temporary operating authorisation may last up to a maximum of
two years, as the case may be, and shall consist of the temporary cessation of the operation of the private education centre. Your application will take effect at the beginning of the next reading year following which the penalty was imposed.
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The recall of the operating authorization will consist of the cessation of the activities of the private education center.
The natural or legal persons who own educational centers whose functioning has been revoked will be disabled to participate in the creation or creation of new institutions
educative.
Art. 100-A. THE PRIVATE EDUCATION CENTER THAT WILL EXECUTE TUITION INCREASES
OR TUITION FEES, IN VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN THIS LAW, AFTER VERIFICATION OF THE FACTS, WILL BE SANCTIONED BY THE MINISTRY. OF EDUCATION WITH A FINE OF AT LEAST FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE FIRST TIME;
OF AT LEAST TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN CASE OF RECIDIVISM; AND WITH THE RECALL OF THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE OPERATION, WHEN THE INFRACTION IS FOR THE THIRD TIME.
THE OWNERS OR MANAGERS OF THE OFFENDING CENTER MUST REINTEGRATE THE PARENTS WITH THE AMOUNT THEY HAVE PAID FOR INCREASES IN TUITION FEES OR MONTHLY EDUCATION FEES, IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES.
ESTABLISHED IN THIS LAW.
EXCLUDED FROM THE RESTRICTIONS, REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN ART. 83 AND 83-A, PRIVATE CENTERS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PRIVATE CENTERS
FOR NONPROFIT EDUCATION, QUALITY VERIFIED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, WHICH HAS BEEN RECORDED IN THE RESPECTIVE AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURES OR IN THE STATUTES PRESENTED AT THE TIME OF ITS FOUNDATION. (6)
CHAPTER III OF THE PROCEDURE
Art. 101.-The application of the penalties provided for in this Law is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education.
The Ministry of Education, when having knowledge, by itself or by any other means, will provide self, ordering the instruction of the information of trade.
That order shall be notified to the offender, who shall have a period of six working days, counted from the following of the respective notification, to appear to exercise his right of defence, by
if or by means of your proxy.
After the term provided for in the previous paragraph, with the appearance of the offender or his/her
proxy, or in its default, the Ministry of Education, within five working days, shall order the conduct of an oral hearing to receive the evidence provided by the infringer and those it deems to produce from trade. The respective resolution must be notified to the offender, at least two working days
in advance of the scheduled date for the conduct of the oral hearing.
All proof of receipt shall be recorded in the minutes; the hearing shall be concluded. educational authority will immediately provide the appropriate resolution, which must be notified to the processed party.
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Art. 102.-Against the resolutions provided by the educational authorities, the appeal to the Holder of the Ministry of Education may be brought in
within three working days following that of the respective notification.
Such an appeal shall be brought before the administrative authority which gave the judgment, in written form, in which it shall be expressed under penalty of inadmissibility, the tort which causes the contested decision.
appeal, the Ministry of Education will immediately rule on its admission, and, if appropriate, admit it, place the appellant to appear before
the Holder of the Ministry of Education to exercise his rights and transmit the cars to that official on the same day, without any other procedure or " Diligence.
Received the cars, the Holder of the Ministry of Education, or who does his or her times, order the conduct of an oral hearing, in which, the appellant may make the relevant allegations and provide the proof that it considers convenient.
The hearing, the Holder of the Ministry of Education, or who does his or her times, is concluded. immediately resolve the action brought, confirming, modifying or revoking the resolution provided by the lower authority, in which case it will issue the right as appropriate.
This resolution must be notified to the appellant and return the cars to the place of origin, with the respective certification. Such a resolution does not support any resource.
Art. 103.-The procedural acts shall be void where the procedures provided for in this Law have not been observed, or when the rights established in the Constitution of the Republic are violated and
other laws in force.
In this case, the the injured party will have the right to request the declaration of nullity to the authority
educational that instructs the procedure, or before the Holder of the Ministry of Education or who does its times, through the use of the appeal, in the form provided in this Law.
The nullity of a procedural act, when declared, will invalidate all acts Consecutive that of the depends.
Art. 104.-The notifications shall be made to the person concerned with the full reading of the contents of the order or resolution and giving him a copy of that providence, in the place where the private centre of education works, personally, and if not possible, to the person Older than you identify as
the worker in that center.
If the above is not possible, you will leave the corner at the front door of that center.
Art. 105.-The penalties imposed shall be enforced by the appropriate educational authority, three days after the judgment has been notified without recourse to it.
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When the resolution of suspension or revocation of the authorization of the functioning within the school period, the Ministry of Education, will take the necessary steps to ensure that the
educandos are not harmed.
TITLE VII
GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Art. 106.-The coordination and implementation of the Government's policies in everything related to the
education and culture will be in charge of the Ministry of Education.
Art. 107.-The School Calendar for all educational levels, both in the Official Centers
and Private Education, will comprise a minimum of two hundred days.
Art. 108.-The Official and Private Centers of Education must ask the Nominating Commission for the corresponding authorization for the use of the desired name, in accordance with the established requirements
regulentarily.
Art. 109.-Official and private educational institutions are prohibited from forcing students to participate
in the promotion and sale of lists, cards, tickets or raffles.
Art. 110.-Public utility programs are declared to serve the
coverage, quality and equity of educational services.
Art. 111.-The approval of the studies of each of the degrees and levels of education
parvulary, basic and average and the fulfilment of the other requirements that are established, will entitle to the corresponding accreditation at the end of each grade or year. The constancy of the educational situation of an educator must be granted at any time.
Art. 112.-To achieve effective continuity in formal education studies, the basic, middle, and upper education programs will have the corresponding direct link.
Art. 113.-It is prohibited in the official and private educational institutions, to impose on the students the obligation to acquire in the school shop or in certain particular business, the books, useful, costumes
and other articles and beings that demand the
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WILL ISSUE REGULATIONS TO REGULATE
AND CONTROL THE MARKETING OF FOODS HIGH IN FAT, SALT AND SUGAR, AND ALL THOSE WHO DO NOT CONTRIBUTE. A HEALTHY DIET WITHIN SCHOOL SHOPS AND CAFLETINS. (13)
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BREACHES OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE SANCTIONED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. OF THE TEACHING CAREER AND THE DISCIPLINARY REGIME OF THIS LAW.
(13)
Art. 113-A.-THE SCHOOL BOARDS OF THE OFFICIAL EDUCATION CENTERS AND THE DIRECTORS OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION, WILL GUARANTEE THE FULFILLMENT OF THE REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FOR THE
TRANSPARENT, FOLLOW-UP AND CONTROL OF SCHOOL SHOPS AND CAFLETINS, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY COORDINATION MECHANISMS FOR THE HYGIENE PREPARATION AND HANDLING, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF FOOD WITHIN THE
SCHOOL CENTERS. AS WELL AS PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING IN THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY. (13)
Art. 113-B.-ADMINISTRATORS OF SCHOOL SHOPS AND CAFLETINS SHOULD ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF HEALTHY, SAFE, AFFORDABLE AND CULTURALLY ACCEPTABLE FOODS THAT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE NUTRITIONAL VALUE FOR DEVELOPMENT
GIRLS, BOYS AND GIRLS STUDYING IN EDUCATIONAL CENTERS.
ALSO SCHOOL SHOPS AND COFFEE SHOPS SHOULD PLACE THE MENU IN A VISIBLE PLACE WITH THE FOOD PRICE LISTING, FOR STUDENTS FROM THE CENTERS
EDUCATIONAL. (13)
Art. 113-C.-THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SHALL COORDINATE WITH THE MINISTRY OF
HEALTH, ITS COLLABORATION FOR THE ELABORATION OF THE REGULATIONS SET OUT IN THE SECOND INDENT OF ARTICLE 113 OF THIS LAW, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA FOR ITS ISSUANCE AND THE MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION MONITORING MECHANISMS
FOR HEALTHY EATING IN SCHOOL SHOPS AND CAFLETINS.
ALSO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SHOULD DEVELOP JOINT ACTIVITIES
WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH THAT AIM TO PROMOTE A HEALTHY FOOD CULTURE IN THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY. (13)
Art. 114.-The school excursions performed by the official and private educational institutions, whether educational or recreational, within the national territory or abroad, must be authorized, correspondingly, by the School Board of Directors or the Management of the Center
Educational.
For the development of any school excursion the safety of students must be guaranteed,
teachers and parents who participate in them.
Art. 115.-No natural or legal person may interrupt working days in the
official educational centers, for training or other activities requiring the participation of students or educators, without prior written authorization from the Ministry of Education, through the responsible instance.
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Art. 116. The consumption and sale of alcoholic beverages is strictly prohibited in the official and private educational centers.
Art. 117.-As not provided for in this Law, the rules of public law shall apply.
CHAPTER II FINAL PROVISIONS
Art. 118.-The President of the Republic shall issue the General Regulation of this Law and the Special Regulations that are necessary.
The current regulations governing education will continue to apply in all that does not oppose this Law. until they are expressly repealed by the new regulations.
Art. 119.-The General Law of Education, issued by Legislative Decree No. 495 dated May 11, 1990, published in Official Journal No. 162, Tomo Nº 308, of
date 4 July of the same year and its reforms, is repealed in all parts of the country. subsequent and any other provision or decree that may be opposed to this Law.
Art. 120.-This Decree shall enter into force eight days after its publication in the Official Journal
.
GIVEN IN THE BLUE HALL OF THE LEGISLATIVE PALACE: San Salvador, at the twelve days of the month
of December of a thousand nine hundred and ninety-six.
MERCEDES GLORIA SALGUERO GROSS
PRESIDENT
ANA GUADALUPE MARTINEZ MENENDEZ ALFONSO ARISTIDES ALVARENGA
VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT
JOSÉ RAFAEL MACHUCA ZELAYA JULIO ANTONIO GAMERO QUINTANILLA VICE-PRESIDENT
JOSÉ EDUARDO SANCHO CASTAÑEDA GUSTAVO ROGELIO SALINAS OLMEDO SECRETARY SECRETARY
CARMEN ELENA CALDERÓN DE ESCALA WALTER RENE ARAUJO MORALES SECRETARY SECRETARY
RENÉ MARIO FIGUEROA FIGUEROA SECRETARY
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PRESIDENTIAL HOUSE: San Salvador, at the nineteenth day of the month of December nine hundred and ninety-six.
PUBLISH, ARMANDO CALDERÓN SOL,
President of the Republic.
Cecilia Gallardo de Cano,
Minister of Education
D. O. 242
Volume No. 333 Date: December 21, 1996.
REFORMS:
(1) D. L. NO 194, NOVEMBER 9, 2000; D. O. NO. 238, T. 349, DECEMBER 19, 2000.
(2) D. L. Nº 222, DECEMBER 7, 2000; D. O. NO. 241, T. 349, DECEMBER 22, 2000.
(3) D. L. NO 180, OCTOBER 30, 2003; D. O. NO. 217, T. 36, NOVEMBER 20, 2003.
(4) D. L. Nº 687, 13 MAY 2005; D. O. NO 108, T. 367, 13 JUNE 2005.
(5) D. L. NO 452, OCTOBER 31, 2007; D. O. NO. 222, T. 377, NOVEMBER 28, 2007.
(6) D. L. Nº 533, 10 JANUARY 2008; D. O. No 57, T. 378, 31 MARCH 2008.
(7) D. L. No. 725, OCTOBER 9, 2008; D. O. NO. 209, T. 381, NOVEMBER 6, 2008.
(8) D. L. No. 425, JULY 22, 2010; D. O. No. 150, T. 388, AUGUST 16, 2010.
(9) D. L. No. 714, 13 MAY 2011; D. O. No. 107, T. 391, JUNE 9, 2011.
(10) D. L. No. 735, 26 MAY 2011;
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D. O. No. 118, T. 391, JUNE 24, 2011.
(11) D. L. No. 715, JUNE 20, 2014; D. O. No. 129, T. 404, JULY 14, 2014.
(12) D. L. No. 112, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015; D. O. NO. 179, T. 409, OCTOBER 1, 2015.
(13) D. L. No. 166, NOVEMBER 5, 2015; D. O. NO. 218, T. 409, NOVEMBER 26, 2015.
(14) D. L. Nº 278, FEBRUARY 11, 2016;
D. O. No. 67, T. 411, APRIL 13, 2016.
TRANSIENT PROVISIONS:
TRANSIENT PROVISIONS TO AUTHORIZE THE USE
TEMPORARY OF EDUCATIONAL CENTERS TO PERFORM EVENTS OF A SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL, COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL CHARACTER, ALWAYS AND WHEN THE ORDINARY SCHOOL CALENDAR IS NOT INTERRUPTED.
D.L. Nº 359, JULY 23, 1998; D.O. NO. 160, T. 340, AUGUST 31, 1998.
TRANSIENT DISPOSITION TO AUTHORIZE THE HOLDING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLIES OF PARENTS FOR INCREASES AS SET FORTH IN ART. 83.
D.L. No. 89, 30 JULY 2009; D.O. No. 160, T. 384, AUGUST 31, 2008. 2009.
VETOED DECREE:
D.L. NO 141, SEPTEMBER 25, 2003. (voluntary quotas)
RELATED PROVISIONS:
TRANSIENT PROVISIONS, IN ORDER TO ALLOW PEOPLE WHO
TO HOLD THE TITLE OF TECHNICIAN OR TECHNOLOGIST, TO EXERCISE TEACHING. D.L. No. 468, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010; D.O. No. 192, T. 389, OCTOBER 14, 2010. (vencio 31/12/12)
TRANSIENT PROVISIONS FOR ACCESSING TEACHER PLACES BY APPLICANTS WHO HAVE NEVER OBTAINED OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT.
D.L. No. 87, SEPTEMBER 7, 2006; D.O. No. 183, T. 373, OCTOBER 3, 2006.(ONE YEAR from publication) REFORM AL D.L. No. 87/06:
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D.L. No. 263, MARCH 15, 2007; D.O. No. 69, T. 375, APRIL 18, 2007.
ASSIGNING NEW PLACES TO TEACHERS WHO HAVE NEVER OBTAINED SUCH APPOINTMENT.
D.L. No. 346, MAY 7, 2010; D.O. No. 103, T. 387, JUNE 3, 2010.
TRANSIENT PROVISIONS THAT REGULATE AN ECONOMIC COMPENSATION FOR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF TEACHERS, FOR 235 TEACHERS. D.L. No. 506, NOVEMBER 11, 2010;
D.O. No. 214, T. 389, NOVEMBER 16, 2010.
PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INCORPORATION OF EDUCATORS
FIND WORKING IN EDUC, IN PLACES BY WAGE LAW; AS WELL AS TEACHERS WHO PERFORM ONLY AS CLASS HOURS IN THE SAME INSTITUTION.
D.L. No. 548, DECEMBER 9, 2010; D.O. No. 240, T. 389, DECEMBER 22, 2010.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FOR
THE FUNCTIONING OF THE SO CALLED BI CULTURAL NORTH AND BILINGUAL CULTURAL COLLEGES. D.L. No. 740, MAY 26, 2011;
D.O. No. 118, T. 391, JUNE 24, 2011.
TRANSITIONAL DECREE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS ISSUED
BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. D.L. No. 996, FEBRUARY 1, 2012;
D.O. No. 39, T. 394, FEBRUARY 27, 2012.
PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE ASSIGNMENT OF NEW PLACES OR VACANCIES TO
TEACHERS WHO HAVE NEVER OBTAINED SUCH APPOINTMENT. D.L. No. 808, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014; D.O. No. 193, T. 405, OCTOBER 17, 2014.
REGULATORY PROVISIONS FOR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF TECHNICAL-ADMINISTRATIVE AND TEACHING PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. D. L. No. 242, JANUARY 7, 2016, D. O. No. 8, T. 410, JANUARY 13, 2016.
SV 17/11/08
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SV 21/06/10
ROM 09/09/10
Jch 29/10/10
JCH 28/06/11
SV 14/07/11
JCH 18/07/11
SV 21/03/12
FN 21/08/14
FN 12/11/14
FN 27/10/15
SV 21/12/15
SV 26/02/16
SP 04/05/16
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