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Mandatory Pre-School Enrollment for Four-Year-Old Children (April 18, 2013) by Eduardo Soares
A federal law approved on April 4, 2013 (Lei No. 12.796, de 4 de Abril de 2013, PLANALTO.GOV.BR) amends ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Brazil
Corporal Punishment in Schools (April 12, 2013) by Sayuri Umeda
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Japan
Constitutional Court Rules Against International-Standard Schools (January 11, 2013) by Constance Johnson
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Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Indonesia
New Quota Law Reserves 50% of the Places at Federal Universities for Public School Students (September 07, 2012) by Eduardo Soares
On August 29, 2012, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed Law No. 12,711 (Lei No. 12.711, de 29 de Agosto de ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Brazil
Controversial Education Reform Legislation Passed (April 17, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
The Grand National Assembly (GNA, Turkey's parliament) passed an education reform bill on March 30, 2012, extending the length of compulsory ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Turkey
New Law Creates National Program for Access to Technical Education and Employment (November 18, 2011) by Eduardo Soares
On October 26, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef enacted Law No. 12,513 (Lei No. 12.513 de 26 de Outubro de ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Brazil
Congress Approves Draft Legislation to Combat Bullying in Schools (September 21, 2011) by Graciela Rodriguez-Ferrand
On September 7, 2011, Chile's Congress approved draft legislation (Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (BCN) site (Sept. 7, 2011)) ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Chile
Digitization of School Books (September 20, 2011) by Ruth Levush
In September 2011, Israel's Ministry of Education issued a public announcement on digital textbooks. The announcement indicated that the Ministry was ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Israel
Former Student Wins Negligence Case Against School for Bullying (April 20, 2011) by Kelly Buchanan
On April 13, 2011, the Supreme Court of New South Wales, in Australia, held that a school had breached its duty ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Australia
Plan for Aid to University Students to Be Developed (April 01, 2011) by Constance Johnson
Sri Lanka's Minister of Higher Education, S.B. Dissanayake, recently proposed a new law, the Human Capital Development Finance Act. The plan ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Sri Lanka
Suspension of Family Allowances in Case of School Absenteeism (February 01, 2011) by Nicole Atwill
Decree 2011-89 of January 21, 2011, sets forth the modalities under which family allowances may be either suspended or revoked, in ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: France
Regional Court Says Government Has Legal Obligation to Provide Free and Compulsory Education to Children (December 03, 2010) by Hanibal Goitom
On November 30, 2010, the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS CCJ) ruled that the ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Nigeria
Student Grant Rules to Be Changed (July 09, 2010) by Constance Johnson
It was reported on July 8, 2010, that Denmark's government is planning to amend rules on state grants to students to ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Denmark
Court Rules Against Guaranteed Income for Students at Religious Institutes (June 16, 2010) by Constance Johnson
On June 14, 2010, Israel's High Court of Justice issued a ruling that ends the payment of a guaranteed income to ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Israel
New Law Will Require Journalists to Have a Degree (May 05, 2010) by Eduardo Soares
A new Journalist Statute was approved by the Cape Verdean Parliament in April 2010 and must be voted on by the ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Cape Verde
Public Support for High School Tuition (May 03, 2010) by Sayuri Umeda
On March 31, 2010, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted a law to subsidize all or part of high school tuition (Kōritsu ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Japan
Government Seeks to Implement Right to Education by Mid-2010 (March 09, 2010) by Shameema Rahman
The Government of India recently announced that it will issue rules to implement the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: India
Disabled Student Takes Education Bureau to Court (August 11, 2009) by Constance Johnson
Tong Wai-ting, an 18 year-old student with a mild form of mental retardation, is asking the Hong Kong High Court to ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Hong Kong
Supreme Court Reaffirms Right to Reimbursement for Private Special Education (July 14, 2009) by John Cannan
The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the legal right of parents to obtain reimbursement for the private education of children with learning ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: United States
Proposed Amendment to Teachers Act Addresses on Sexual Assaults (May 04, 2009) by Wendy Zeldin
On April 20, 2009, the Education and Culture Committee of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan approved a preliminary review of a proposal on ...
Topic: Education
Jurisdiction: Taiwan
Last updated: April 18, 2013
