03 - Spain - Specific legislative framework
In the academic year 2007/08 the most important regulations which govern higher education in Spain are the following:
- The
Spanish Constitution of 1978, which lays down the three basic
principles on which university legislation rests: the right of all
Spaniards to education, academic freedom and the autonomy of
universities;
- The 2001
Ley Orgánica de Universidades, LOU
(Act on Universities), which legislates basic aspects related to the
university organisation, administration and management, academic
organisation and research. Some aspects of this Act have been changed
by the 2007 Act modifying the Act on Universities, which, together with
the October 2007 Royal Decree 1393/2007 establishing the organisation
of official university studies, have fixed the new legal framework of
university education.
- The 2002
Ley Orgánica de las Cualificaciones y de la Formación Profesional, LOCFP
(Act on Qualifications and Vocational Training) which aims to organise
vocational training, qualifications and accreditation into a
comprehensive system in order to respond to social and economic demands
through the various training specialisations: vocational training,
on-the-job training and occupational training focused on integration
and reintegration into employment.
- The 2006
Ley Orgánica de Educación, LOE
(Act on Education), which, as far as higher education is concerned,
introduces changes as regards vocational training, Artistic studies and
Sports studies.
- The December 2006 Royal Decree 1538/2006, establishing the general organisation of vocational training, in order to adapt it to the new legal framework fixed by the
LOCFP and the
LOE.
- The
June 2006 Royal Decree 806/2006, establishing the schedule of
implementation of the new organisation of the education system
regulated by the LOE, which will be gradually
implemented over the next five years (starting in the academic year
2006/07 and finishing in 2009/10). This schedule also sets up the
implementation of the curricula corresponding to the new Act on
Education, the gradual disappearance of the syllabuses currently in
force and the equivalence of qualifications. Therefore, those aspects
which have not come into effect yet will continue to be regulated by
the previous legislation.
In
accordance with this general legal framework, the Autonomous
Communities pass their own regulations concerning aspects such as
official curriculum, evaluation and promotion rules, or the
organisation and running of institutions, among others.
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Date: 2009
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