Features of the content of administrative liability for violations in the sphere of general secondary education
Authors: Zhukova I. V. 
Published: February 2025

Based on the analysis of the conceptual and categorical features of administrative liability for violation of rules in the field of general secondary education as self-governing legal and state-administrative constructs, a theoretical definition of the concept of «administrative liability for violation of rules in the field of general secondary education» is proposed as the obligation of individuals or legal entities, established by administrative and legal provisions, to undergo, as provided for by law, measures of influence for violation of requirements and rules regarding: regulation of the educational process, ensuring the rights of applicants for general secondary education, safety of education and proper functioning of general secondary education institutions, in order to protect law and order, ensure the quality of education and prevent repeated and further probable violations in this area.
The specified approach is applicable and conceptual, however, it requires additions in the context of understanding the subjective composition of potential violators of administrative and legal regulations in the field of education, and, accordingly, general secondary education. It is determined that the special subject of potential offenses in the field of general secondary education are parents, or legal representatives, to whose competence it is appropriate to attribute the acquisition of general secondary education by those who belong to their circle of jurisdiction. In this way, it is possible to avoid and prevent the facts of evasion from attending general secondary education institutions, which is a negative component of the process of acquiring the appropriate educational competencies. It is determined that “administrative responsibility for violation of rules in the field of education” as a self-governing theoretical and phenomenological category in the field of public administration and legal science, as well as administrative responsibility, in its general understanding, has certain distinctive features (signs). The key feature of administrative responsibility for violation of rules in the field of education is the regulation of the basis of the latter. Such a feature, as a rule, takes place in regulatory legal acts – in Ukraine, the specified cluster is regulated in Art. 188-54 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses and some articles in this regulatory document that are relevant to this.
A derivative feature of administrative liability for violation of rules in the field of education is highlighted – fixing the possibilities (options) of the latter’s occurrence at the legislative level. From the point of view of legal theory, such an approach means that only the provisions of administrative law can determine the liability of entities providing educational services in the field of general secondary education.
Additional features of administrative liability for violation of rules in the field of education, which act as an element of complementing the two above, are reasonably considered to be the prevention of violations and the educational impact of the latter.