Central level
State competences
- Responsibility for national basic legislation of the overall educational system (obligatory and non-obligatory education; primary school, secondary school, professional and training school, university, etc.);
- Carrying out high-level inspection procedures;
- Ensuring homogeneity and unity of educational system, via minimum standards for teaching centres and overall education programme;
- Implementation of the Organic Law on the Improvement of Quality of Education (LOMCE), making changes to the national curriculum, with an emphasis on “core" subjects, designed by the central government.
- Guarantying equal conditions to all Spanish citizens in the exercise of their fundamental rights regarding education, as specified in the Constitution.
- Regulation of pre-primary education.
Regional level
Regional level authorities are responsible for:
- Development of state legislation and basic standards;
- Regulation of non-basic elements of the educational system;
- Management (executive and administrative) of educational system on the AC territory;
- Fostering research and the teaching and learning of the language of the Autonomous Community.
- Exclusive competences over post-obligatory education that does not lead to the achievement of an academic or professional title.
Local level
Provincial competences
- Securing coordination and provision of municipal services.
Municipal competences[1]
- Cooperation with state and AC administrations for the development of educational policy;
- Cooperation in the creation, construction and upholding of public academic centres;
- Participation in the control of the respect of mandatory educational obligations.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Central
Sources:
Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional, Sistema educativo espanol [Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Spanish educational system]
Ley orgánica 8/1985, de 3 de julio, reguladora del Derecho a la Educación. [Organic law 8/1985 of 3 July 1985 on the right to education]
Ley orgánica 2/2006 de 3 de mayo, de Educación. [Organic law 2/2006 of 3 May 2006 on education]
Ley orgánica 6/2001 de 21 de diciembre, de Universidades. [Organic Law 6/2001 of 21 December 2001 on Universities]
Ley orgánica 5/2002 de 19 de junio de la Cualificaciones y de la Formación Profesional. [Organic law 5/2002 of 19 June 2002 on qualifications and vocational training]
Ley Orgánica 8/2013, de 9 de diciembre, para la mejora de la calidad educativa. [Organic law 8/2013 of 9 December, for improving the quality of education.]
Proyecto de Ley Orgánica de modificación de la LOE (LOMLOE) (Draft Organic Law of modification of the Organic Law on education)
Estatut de Catalunya, https://www.parlament.cat/document/cataleg/48089.pdf
Real Decreto 113/2004, de 23 de enero, por el que se desarrollan los aspectos educativos básicos y la organización de las enseñanzas de la Educación Preescolar, y se determinan las condiciones que habrán de reunir los centros de esta etapa https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2004-2220
Real Decreto 1630/2006, de 29 de diciembre, por el que se establecen las enseñanzas mínimas del segundo ciclo de Educación infantil. https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2007-185
[1] These competences shall be exercised in accordance to the conditions defined in the Regional and State laws, therefore there might be slight differences from one Autonomous Community to the other.
