Source: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/530102013023/consolide
Timestamp: 2019-07-17 01:01:56
Document Index: 625044406

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 7', '§ 76', '§ 77', '§ 80', '§ 84', '§ 85', '§ 86', '§ 87', '§ 88', '§ 43', '§ 7', '§ 144', '§ 175', '§ 76', '§ 77', '§ 80', '§ 2', '§ 84', '§ 85', '§ 86', '§ 87', '§ 88', '§ 48', '§ 52', '§ 19', '§ 66', '§ 67', '§ 73', '§ 441']

§ 7 Availability of basic and upper secondary education
§ 76 Establishment of minimum wage of teachers
§ 77 Beginner's allowance for teachers
5 Internal evaluation of schools and counselling schools in internal evaluation matters
§ 80 Reorganisation and closure of schools
§ 84 Exercising state supervision
§ 85 Functions of officials exercising state supervision
§ 86 Rights of officials exercising state supervision
§ 87 Results of state supervision
§ 88 State supervision over provision of health services at school
09.06.2010 RT I 2010, 41, 240 01.01.2011, shall enter into force on the date specified in the decision of the Council of the European Union concerning declaring the exception established with regard to the Republic of Estonia on the basis of article 140 (2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Decision No. 2010/146/EU of the Council of the European Union of 13 July 2010 invalid (OJ L 196, 28.07.2010, pp 24-26).
(1) This Act regulates the bases for organisation of studies of basic schools and upper secondary schools (hereinafter jointly schools), the rights and duties of students and students’ parents or guardians (hereinafter parents), the rights and duties of school employees, the bases for management and funding of schools, and the bases for state supervision over the teaching and education activities of schools.
5) a basic school and an upper secondary school that operate as a single institution, whereby in the basic school studies may be pursued in all grades or only in some consecutive grades preceding the upper secondary school;
6) a basic school and an upper secondary school that operate as a single institution where only non-stationary studies are pursued;
7) a general education school and a hobby school that operate as a single institution;
8) an upper secondary school and a vocational education institution that operate as a single institution.
(4) A school aimed at students with special educational needs can be founded and managed for the purpose of improvement of the organisation of the studies of students with special educational needs. The state shall ensure the foundation and management of schools for visually impaired, hearing impaired and speech impaired students who, in addition to a physical/motor disability, have an additional special educational need, as well as for students with multiple disabilities, students with intellectual disabilities, students with emotional and behavioural disorders, and students in need of special treatment due to behavioural problems.
(6) Where a general education school and a hobby school operate as a single institution, the basic school and upper secondary school part of the institution is governed by this Act and the hobby school part of the institution is governed by the Hobby Schools Act with regard to the issue and revocation of an education licence, registration of the hobby school, organisation of studies, supporting the development of students, ensuring the mental and physical security and protection of the health of students, the rights and duties of students, the funding of studies, the organisation of work of teachers, and state supervision. This Act governs statutes, development plans, the filling of vacancies of heads of schools, the composition and formation of teachers' councils and boards of trustees, reorganisation of schools, transfer of the management of schools, and closure of schools. The head of a general education school and a hobby school operating as a single institution has the competence arising from this Act and the Hobby Schools Act.
(7) The principles of operation of an upper secondary school and a vocational education institution as a single institution are governed by § 43 of the Vocational Education Institutions Act.
(2) The main aspiration of teaching and educating in upper secondary schools is that students find a field of activity that interests them and corresponds to their abilities in order to continue their studies in the field. The function of upper secondary schools is to create conditions where students acquire the knowledge, skills and values that allow for continuing their studies in a higher education institution or post-upper secondary school vocational education without any impediments.
§ 7. Availability of basic and upper secondary education
(1) The existence of qualified teachers required for the implementation of national curricula, the existence of a learning and teaching environment that complies with the security, health protection and curriculum requirements, and the opportunities for supporting the development of students shall be ensured upon managing schools. Additionally, upon managing upper secondary schools, the capacity to offer optional subjects in addition to compulsory subjects shall be ensured and at least three fields of study comprising of optional subjects shall be formed in accordance with the requirements established in the national upper secondary school curriculum.
(2) At least 80 percent of the students for whom a basic school is the school of residence shall not spend more than 60 minutes travelling to the school.
(3) The opportunity to acquire general secondary education shall be ensured in each county.
(4) A municipal school may operate in the administrative territory of another rural municipality or city with the consent of the rural municipality or city.
(5) At the request of a parent a rural municipality or city shall provide children below the age of compulsory school attendance with opportunities for the acquisition of basic education in their school of residence, provided that the counselling committee or the child care institution that the child attends has assessed the child’s readiness for school and has recommended commencement of school studies and the parent has informed the rural municipality or city government before May 1 in the current year of the desire to commence the studies. If the parent informs the rural municipality or city government after May 1 in the current year of the desire to commence the studies, the school of residence may admit the child in the event there is a vacant student place in the school.
(6) A rural municipality or city shall provide persons who are 17 years of age or older, who have not acquired basic education and whose place of residence is located in the rural municipality or city with opportunities for the acquisition of basic education by way of non-stationary studies.
(7) At the request of a parent, a rural municipality or a city shall provide the child of a representative of a foreign country or international organisation accredited to the Republic of Estonia who resides in the rural municipality or city with opportunities for the acquisition of basic education in the school of residence.
(8) Co-funding by students or parents shall not be demanded for participation in basic or secondary education in a municipal or state school based on the curriculum of the school. In the event of an activity organised in a school, which is not part of the school’s curriculum (hereinafter extracurricular activity), the expenses may be covered on the terms and conditions and pursuant to the procedure established in the statutes of the school with co-funding by the persons participating in the extracurricular activity.
For the purposes of this Act, the place of residence of a person means the address of their place of residence registered in the Estonian population register. If the address of a person has not been registered with sufficient accuracy, the person shall determine the address of their place of residence to the missing extent themselves, informing the rural municipality or city government of residence thereof. The address of the substitute home, residential educational institution or youth home shall be deemed the place of residence of a person staying in a substitute home, residential educational institution or youth home.
(2) A person who has reached the age of seven years before October 1 in the current year is subject to the duty to attend school (including a person having foreign citizenship or unspecified citizenship; excluding the child of a representative of a foreign country or international organisation accredited to the Republic of Estonia who resides in Estonia). A person is obligated to attend school until they acquire basic education or attain the age of 17 years.
(3) A person who, due to their state of health, has not achieved the readiness for school required for commencement of studies by the time of reaching the age of compulsory school attendance, may, on the basis of a recommendation of the counselling committee, commence the performance of the duty to attend school in the next academic year. A parent shall submit to the counselling committee an application for the postponement of the commencement of performance of the duty to attend school. The Minister of Social Affairs shall establish the conditions of and procedure for the postponement of performance of the duty to attend school.
(1) A rural municipality or city shall provide a person subject to the duty to attend school, whose place of residence is located in the administrative territory of the rural municipality or city, with the opportunity to acquire basic education. For the purpose of providing each person subject to the duty to attend school and the persons specified in subsections 7 (6) and (7) of this Act with the opportunity to acquire basic education a rural municipality or city shall establish the conditions of and procedure for determination of the municipal school of residence (hereinafter school of residence). Material circumstances to be taken into account by a rural municipality or city government upon determining the school of residence include the proximity of the place of residence of a student to the school, the enrolment of other children of the same family in the same school and, where possible, the requests of the parents.
(2) A rural municipality or city government shall organise the registration of persons subject to the duty to attend school. For the purpose of registration of performance of the duty to attend school, the data of the Estonian population register regarding persons subject to the duty to attend school, whose place of residence is located in the administrative territory of the rural municipality or city, shall be compared once per academic year, not later than by September 10, with the data of the Estonian Education Information System (hereinafter education information system).
(1) A parent shall enable and facilitate the performance of the duty to attend school, including:
(2) If a parent fails to perform the duties provided for in subsection (1) of this section, the rural municipality or city government shall take the required measures to protect the rights of the child.
(1) To ensure performance of duty to attend school, a school shall, depending on the reasons for absence, take one or several of the measures specified in subsection 58 (3) of this Act against a student who has been absent from study without a good reason.
(2) If the measures taken by the school do not have any impact or they cannot be applied because the school cannot get hold of the student or a parent, the school shall address the rural municipality or city government for taking further measures.
To ensure the performance of the duty to attend school the rural municipality or city of residence of a person subject to the duty to attend school supports, where necessary and possible, the person subject to the duty to attend school, the parents and the school, creating the conditions for the performance of the duty to attend school within the limits of its competence, including:
(1) A parent shall be punished by a fine of up to 200 fine units if their child who is subject to the duty to attend school has not been enrolled in any school or has been absent from more than 20 percent of the lessons during a quarter of the academic year without a reason.
(2) A parent is not punished if they have applied to the school or the rural municipality or city government of residence of the student for measures ensuring the performance of the duty to attend school, consent to the application of the measures suggested and funded by the school or the rural municipality or city government and actively participate in their application, provided that such measures call for the application, consent or active participation of a parent.
(3) The fine imposed on a parent may, with the parent’s consent, be replaced with community service, educational training or joint activities with the child. The parent is required to engage in community service to the extent of 10-50 hours outside working and study time. Community service is not remunerated. Legislation regulating occupational health and safety and health protection are applicable to parents engaged in community service. If the parent evades community service, the fine imposed on them shall be enforced.
(1) National curricula set out the goals and objectives of studies, expected learning outcomes, assessment criteria and procedure, and requirements for the learning and teaching environment, organisation of teaching and education, graduation from school and school curricula.
(2) The basic education standard is established in the national curriculum for basic schools and, with regard to students with mild learning difficulties, students with moderate learning difficulties, and students with severe and profound learning difficulties acquiring basic education, in the simplified national curriculum for basic schools. The standard of general secondary education is established in the national curriculum for upper secondary schools. The Government of the Republic shall establish the national curriculum for basic schools, the simplified national curriculum for basic schools and the national curriculum for upper secondary schools (hereinafter jointly referred to as national curricula).
(5) Upon the consent of the board of trustees and on the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided for in national curricula, the list of subjects provided for in this section may be amended for the purpose of using integrated subject and language teaching, carrying out preliminary vocational training or vocational training or taking into account the unique characteristics of the school. Based on non-stationary studies or the special educational needs of students, the standard period of study and the academic workload may, on the conditions provided for in national curricula, differ from those provided for in this Act.
(3) Studies may be pursued in a municipal or state school on the basis of an international curriculum provided that the school carries out teaching also on the basis of the national curriculum for basic schools at the same stage of study of the basic school and, in the upper secondary school, on the basis of the national curriculum for upper secondary schools. The implementation of an international curriculum is funded by the owner of the school. The owner of the school and the Minister of Education and Research enter into a public law contract for additional funding of studies from the state budget, specifying the grounds of additional funding, the number of student places and the grounds of admission of students.
(5) No state supervision is exercised over studies based on an international curriculum in matters whereby, in accordance with subsection (4) of this section, the school or the owner of the school does not abide by this Act.
(1) On the basis of national curricula a school draws up a curriculum that serves as the fundamental document of studies in the school.
(2) The curriculum of a school is established by the head of the school. The curriculum of the school and amendments thereto are submitted to the board of trustees, student council and teachers’ council for the expression of an opinion before establishment.
(3) Information about the curriculum of a school is registered in the education information system’s sub-register of curricula and education licences.
(1) When teaching a student, a school may change or adjust the time, contents, process and environment of study. If the changes or adjustments substantially increase or decrease the weekly workload or intensity of studies in comparison with the school curriculum or reduce or replace the learning outcomes provided for in the national curricula, an individual curriculum shall be drawn up for the student pursuant to the procedure provided for in the national curricula.
(3) The student or, if the student has limited active legal capacity, their parent and, where necessary, teachers and support specialists are involved in drawing up an individual curriculum.
(1) The learning and teaching environment shall support the development of students.
(2) Upon organisation of teaching and education at school and outside school, the school follows the requirements established for the learning and teaching environment in the national curricula and other legislation.
(3) The Government of the Republic shall establish the health protection requirements applicable to the furnishings, rooms, buildings and territory of schools.
(1) Schools allow students acquiring basic education to freely use textbooks, workbooks, exercise-books and worksheets required for completion of at least the school curriculum and allow students acquiring general secondary education to freely use textbooks required for completion of at least the school curriculum.
(2) The conditions of and procedure for using textbooks, workbooks, exercise books and worksheets and returning textbooks to the school are established in the internal rules of the school. The return of workbooks, exercise books and worksheets to the school shall not be demanded.
(3) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish requirements for textbooks, workbooks, exercise books and other educational literature, and for reviewing and reviewers of educational literature.
(4) The publisher of educational literature registers in the educational literature sub-register of the education information system the data of educational literature complying with the requirements established in the regulation of the Minister of Education and Research.
(5) Legal entities marketing teaching and learning materials in Estonia register the data of educational literature published abroad in the educational literature sub-register in the education information system.
(6) Schools choose textbooks, workbooks and exercise books required for studies in each grade from the sub-register of educational literature of the education information system.
(7) The Minister of Education has the right to delete a registration from the sub-register of educational literature in the education information system if:
1) the publisher of educational literature has submitted the respective reasoned application;
2) the educational literature does not comply with the national curricula or the requirements established for educational literature in the regulation of the Minister of Education and Research.
(8) If a publisher of educational literature has submitted an application for the deletion of a registration from the sub-register of educational literature, but the minister finds that the application is not reasoned and the registered educational literature complies with the national curricula, the minister may refuse deletion of the registration, specifying the reasons for the refusal.
(9) The Minister of Education and Research informs a publisher of educational literature of the intent to delete a registration. Within 30 days after a notice being sent of the intent to delete the registration, the publisher of educational literature has the right to submit objections to the Minister of Education and Research regarding the deletion of the registration.
(10) Within five working days of deleting the registration, the Ministry of Education and Research informs the publisher of educational literature thereof in a format that can be reproduced in writing.
(1) The language, in which studies are pursued amounts to no less than 60 percent of the lowest permitted study workload laid down in the national curricula, is deemed the language of instruction of a school or class. If are not pursued to the extent of 60 percent in any language, the studies are deemed bilingual. In the event of bilingual studies the two languages in which most of the studies are pursued are deemed as the languages of instruction.
(5) A school shall organise language and cultural teaching for students acquiring basic education whose native language is not the language of instruction or who communicate at home in a language different from the language of instruction, which is the native language of at least one parent, provided that no fewer than ten students with the same native language or with the same language of household communication request it.
(6) The Government of the Republic shall establish the conditions of and procedure for language and culture teaching specified in subsection (5) of this section.
(8) A basic school where non-stationary studies are pursued is obligated to provide persons who have exceeded the age of compulsory school attendance with the opportunity to graduate from the school as external students under the national curriculum for basic schools. An upper secondary school where non-stationary studies are pursued is obligated to provide the opportunity to graduate from the school as external students under the national curriculum for upper secondary schools.
(2) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the conditions of and procedure for home education.
(4) A school day is a calendar day when a student is obligated to participate in studies under the daily schedule or individual curriculum. One week comprises up to five school days.
(7) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish school holidays. On the basis of a proposal of the head of the school and with the approval of the board of trustees, the owner of an upper secondary school may establish school holidays different from those established by the Minister of Education and Research, taking into account that during the academic year there are four school holidays with a total duration of at least 12 weeks, whereby the summer holiday lasts at least eight consecutive weeks.
(1) Students' weekly academic workload by subjects is laid down in the school curriculum.
(7) The Minister of Social Affairs shall establish the health protection requirements for the daily schedules of schools and the organisation of studies.
(3) The owner of a school may, on the basis of a proposal of the head of the school and with the approval of the board of trustees, establish an upper limit higher than the upper limit of the size of a class specified in subsection (1) of this section: up to 26 students. An upper limit higher than the upper limit provided for in this Act shall not be established with regard to the classes and groups specified in subsection 51 (1) of this Act.
(1) A basic school is obligated to admit all persons subject to the duty to attend school who have expressed such desire and for whom the school is the school of residence. Parents are free to choose a school for a person subject to the duty to attend school, if the desired school has vacant student places.
(3) The prerequisite for admission to an upper secondary school is the basic education or respective education acquired in a foreign country.
(4) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the general conditions of and procedure for the admission of students to school.
(5) To the extent authorised by the regulation of the Minister of Education and Research established on the basis of subsection (4) of this section, the owner of a school or the head of school authorised by the owner of a school shall establish the conditions of and procedure for admission to the school, including the procedure for the e valuation of knowledge and skills upon admission to upper secondary school. The head of school shall prepare the draft conditions of and procedure for admission to the school and it shall be submitted to the board of trustees for the expression of an opinion before establishment.
(1) A student shall be excluded from school:
2) if the student has commenced the acquisition of education in another general education school or in a foreign educational institution and has not submitted an application in accordance with subsection (3) of this section;
(3) A student who, on a temporary basis, acquires education at the same level in a foreign educational institution, shall not be excluded from the list of the students of the school during the standard period of study if the student or, in the event the student has limited active legal capacity, a parent submits an application to the head of the school not later than by June 30 for keeping the student enrolled in the school in the next academic year. Upon continuing the studies in Estonia, the student shall continue their studies in the class where, taking into account the time of studying in the foreign educational institution, they would study if they continued their studies in Estonia and had been transferred to the next class after each academic year. At the request of the student or, in the event the student has limited active legal capacity, a parent, the student can, where necessary, continue their studies in a lower class.
(4) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish a procedure for exclusion of students from school.
(3) At stages I and II of the basic school verbal assessments without any numerical equivalent may be used upon assessment of students. The use of descriptive verbal assessments shall be provided for in the school curriculum. If a student leaves school or not later than at the end of stage II, the verbal assessments of the current academic year, which serve as the basis for the transfer of the student to the next class, shall be transformed to the grade scale specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(4) The general conditions of and procedure for assessment, use of an assessment system different from the assessment system specified in subsection (2) of this section, notification of assessment, imposition of additional studies, transfer to the next class and requirement to repeat the grade shall be provided for in the national curricula and the detailed conditions and procedure shall be provided for in the school curriculum, except notification of assessment, which shall be provided for in the internal rules of the school.
(2) Final examinations in basic schools are examinations with harmonised assignments (hereinafter harmonised final examinations of basic school) and school examinations with materials approved by schools (hereinafter school examinations of basic school). The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the conditions of and procedure for preparing and conducting final examinations in basic schools as well as the conditions of and procedure for drawing up and assessing examination papers.
(4) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the subjects, forms and times of harmonised final examinations of basic school not later than by May 25 in the academic year preceding the final examinations of basic school.
(5) The school shall, on the basis of a decision of the teachers’ council, issue a basic school graduation certificate to a student or external student who has fulfilled the conditions of graduation from basic school. The data of basic school graduation certificates shall be registered in the sub-register of documents certifying education in the education information system.
(6) The Government of the Republic shall establish the statute and form of the basic school graduation certificate.
(2) The final examinations of upper secondary school are state examinations and school examinations of upper secondary school. The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the conditions of and procedure for preparing and conducting final examinations in upper secondary schools as well as the conditions of and procedure for drawing up and assessing examination papers.
(3) Upon preparing state examinations, the learning outcomes specified in the national curriculum for upper secondary schools that are compulsory for all students, are followed. In mathematics, a state examination of narrow mathematics and a state examination of broad mathematics are prepared and upper secondary school graduates choose one of them.
(4) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the forms and times of state examinations not later than by May 25 in the academic year preceding the final examinations of upper secondary school.
(5) A state examination has been passed if at least 50 percent of the maximum score has been obtained.
(6) In order to graduate from an upper secondary school, the following must be passed:
1) state examinations in Estonian or, in the events provided for in the national curriculum for upper secondary schools, in Estonian as a second language as well as in mathematics and in a foreign language;
2) a school examination of upper secondary school covering a field or fields arising from a specialty provided for in the school curriculum and social and natural fields;
3) a student investigation paper or practical work, except in the event of graduation from school as an external student.
(8) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the conditions of and procedure for preparing and assessing student investigation papers and practical work.
(9) Results of state examinations and electronic certificates shall be made available to examinees electronically. The data of state examination certificates shall be registered in the sub-register of documents certifying education in the education information system.
(10) Upper secondary school graduation certificates shall be issued to students or external students who have fulfilled the conditions of graduation from upper secondary school. The data of upper secondary school graduation certificates shall be registered in the sub-register of documents certifying education in the education information system.
(11) The Government of the Republic shall establish the statute and form of the upper secondary school graduation certificate.
(1) For the purpose of creating and administering final examination assignments, drawing up and making available final examination papers and ensuring the taking and standardised assessment of final examinations the Government of the Republic shall establish the database of final examinations that forms a part of the state information system.
(2) The Government of the Republic shall approve the statures of the database of final examinations.
(1) An appeal may be lodged with the Ministry of Education and Research against the results of a state examination and a harmonised final examination of basic school. An appeal shall be lodged within five working days as of the date of making the state examination certificate or school graduation certificate available. The Minister of Education and Research shall form an appeals committee for reviewing appeals lodged.
(2) Within ten days after an appeal was filed the appeals committee shall make one of the following decisions regarding an examination paper whose result was challenged:
(2) External valuation of learning outcomes shall take place through standard-determining tests, harmonised final examinations of basic school and state examinations.
(3) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the subjects, forms and time of standard-determining tests, the conditions and procedure for preparing, drawing up, carrying out and assessing and the procedure for standard-determining tests and the conditions of and procedure for analysing harmonised final examinations of basic school and state examinations.
(4) The Minister of Education and Research or the institution authorised by it shall inform schools of the results of the national assessment of learning outcomes.
(3) Schools shall adopt a procedure for notifying of absence from studies in their internal rules.
(4) Schools shall keep account of absence from studies, make a summary thereof at least once per academic quarter and inform parents thereof.
(1) Not later than on the first school day of absence from studies a parent shall notify the school of the student’s absence from studies and the reasons thereof. If the parent has not informed the school of the student's absence, the school shall inform the parent thereof not later than the next school day. The parent shall notify the school of the duration of the absence not later than on the second school day following the lapse of the reasons for absence.
(2) If a school employee has reasonable doubt that false information has been submitted when reasoning a student’s absence, the school shall have the right to ask additional explanations from a parent or address the rural municipality or city government of the student’s residence and the latter shall take measures to identify the actual reasons for absence and to ensure the performance of the duty to attend school.
(3) If a parent has not notified the school of a student’s absence and the school cannot identify the reason for absence, the school shall inform the rural municipality or city government of the student’s residence thereof not later than on the next day of absence from studies. In such an event the rural municipality or city government shall organise the taking of measures in order to identify the reasons for absence and ensure performance of the duty to attend school.
(4) Information about students who have been absent from studies without a good reason for more than 20 percent of lessons during one academic quarter is registered in the sub-register of students, higher education students and resident physicians.
(1) Teachers observe the development and coping of students at school and, where necessary, adjust studies according to the needs of students. For the purpose of developing the abilities and talents of students, their individual study needs shall be identified, suitable teaching methods shall be chosen and, where necessary, differentiated teaching shall be carried out. Schools shall provide students who temporarily fall behind in attaining the presumable learning outcomes with additional pedagogical guidance outside lessons.
(2) Students shall be provided with the services of at least a special education teacher, psychologist and social educator (hereinafter support specialists). Owners of schools create and heads of school organise the opportunities for implementation of the services of support specialists.
(4) The student, class teacher and, in the event the student has limited active legal capacity, a parent participate in a developmental conversation. If the school has been unable to get hold of a parent of a student obligated to attend school in order to agree on the time of a developmental conversation or has failed to attend the developmental conversation for the second time, the school shall inform the rural municipality or city government of the student’s residence and the latter shall, where necessary, organise measures to be taken for the protection of the rights of the child. Where necessary, a parent of a student with active legal capacity, provided that the student has granted consent thereto, as well as other school employees, support specialists and representatives of the rural municipality or city government of the student’s residence shall be involved.
(5) The conditions of and procedure for the organisation of developmental conversations shall be established by the head of school, who submits these to the teachers’ council and the board of trustees for the expression of an opinion beforehand.
(1) The head of a school may, upon the consent of the owner of the school, form long day groups in the school for students acquiring basic education. Supervision and pedagogical instruction and guidance in spending spare time, doing homework, pursuing hobbies and developing interests is offered to students as extracurricular activities organised in a long day group. On the basis of a proposal of the board of trustees, a school shall organise the formation of a long day group jointly with the owner of the school.
(2) The work organisation and daily schedule of a long day group shall be established by the head of school, setting a time for doing homework, outdoor recreation and hobby activities. The proposals of the board of trustees, the overall teaching and education goals of the school, the age and individual characteristics of the students of the long day group, the conditions at their homes, the reasoned requests of parents and students and the transport facilities shall serve as the basis for planning and organising the work of a long day group.
(3) The upper limit of the size of a long day group is 24 students. The owner of a school may, on the basis of a proposal of the head of the school and with the approval of the board of trustees, establish a higher upper limit.
(2) Extracurricular activities ensuring the learning, living and education conditions complying with the needs and interests of students are organised in boarding school facilities.
(3) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the conditions of and procedure for operation of boarding school facilities.
(4) The organisation of the life of students in boarding school facilities and the conditions of and procedure for admission to and exclusion from boarding school facilities shall be specified in the internal rules of the boarding school facilities. The head of school shall establish the internal rules of the boarding school facilities and these shall be submitted to the teachers' council, board of trustees and student council for the expression of an opinion before establishment. The Minister of Education and Research may establish the general conditions of and procedure for admission of students to state-supported places in the board school facilities specified in subsection (7) of this section.
(5) The upper limit of the size of a group of board school facilities is 24 students. The owner of a school may, on the basis of a proposal of the head of the school and with the approval of the board of trustees, establish a higher upper limit.
(6) At the request of the owner of a school and with the approval of the governor of the county of location of the school, the Minister of Education and Research shall designate a municipal or private school whose existing boarding school facilities or whose boarding school facilities to be formed contain state-supported places for the basic education-acquiring children of families who have difficulties copies for the purposes of the Social Welfare Act (hereinafter state-supported place in boarding school facilities) and establish the number of state-supported places in the boarding school facilities in these schools.
(8) The following shall be specified in a reasoned application of a rural municipality or city government:
(4) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the bases of the work organisation of school libraries.
(4) The Government of the Republic shall establish the school lunch support per student and the procedure for allocation of the school lunch support.
(5) The council of a rural municipality or city shall establish the conditions of and procedure for using the school lunch support.
(1) Students acquiring basic or general secondary education in the stationary studies are provided with health services at school, including activities carried out by nurses. The Minister of Social Affairs shall establish the activities to be carried out by nurses providing health services at school and the requirements for the time, scope, availability and location of the activities of the nurses.
(2) The procedure for prevention of situations jeopardising the mental or physical security of students and school employees, reaction to such situations, notification of incidents, resolution of incidents and the procedure for the application of the measure provided for in subsection (7) of this section shall be laid down in the internal rules of a school with the approval of the owner of the school.
(2) The owner of a school shall create the opportunities for and the head of the school shall organise the protection of students and school employees in the event of an emergency.
(3) The head of a school shall organise the drafting of the emergency plan of the school, involving the teachers’ council, the board of trustees and experts therein, where necessary. The following shall be laid down in an emergency plan:
(4) The head of school shall establish an emergency plan.
(2) The principles of organisation of studies for students with special educational needs shall be laid down in the school curriculum.
(2) If the special educational needs of a student arise from their talent, the implementation of an individual curriculum and, where necessary, additional instruction by subject teachers or other specialists of the respective field shall be ensured through educational programmes or other educational institutions.
(4) For the purpose of assessment of the effectiveness of the application of the measures, all the teachers and support specialists who participated in the application of the measures shall describe the development and coping of the student and make their recommendations at least once per academic year.
(5) At the end of the period of application of the measures, the special educational needs coordinator shall assess the effectiveness of the measures in cooperation with teachers and support specialists and make proposals to the parents and, where necessary, to the head of school for further activities: termination of the application of the measures; continuance of the application of the measures in the same or improved manner; replacement of a measure or addition of another measure; conducting further investigations; recommending that the student see a specialist doctor, a specialist of a particular field or the consulting committee.
(6) The results of the pedagogical-psychological assessment carried out for identification of special educational needs, additional observations and recommendations of teachers regarding the strengths and weaknesses of a student, recommendations of the support specialists of the school, test and examination results, and the recommendations of the counselling committee regarding organisation of studies and the measures applied to the student on the basis thereof shall be documented in a child development observance chart drawn up for the purpose of observance of the development and coping of the student with special educational needs. The head of school shall appoint the persons in charge of drawing up and filling in the individual development observance map.
(1) By a recommendation of the counselling committee and with the approval of a parent, the school shall teach the student on the basis of the simplified national curriculum, transfer the student to a class of students with special educational needs specified in clauses 51 (1) 5) to 12) of this Act, organise studies pursuant to the simplified national curriculum for basic schools, apply home educating or one-to-one teaching based on the health status, replace or reduce the learning outcomes prescribed in the national curriculum for basic schools, or release from learning a compulsory subject.
(2) Upon organisation of studies and application of measures pursuant to the recommendations of the counselling committee, the observance of the development and coping of the student shall be continued. Upon expiry of the term set by the counselling committee or at least once per academic year the special educational needs coordinator assesses in cooperation with teachers and support specialists the impact of the organisation of studies or application of measures recommended by the counselling committee on the development and coping of the student and on the basis thereof makes proposals for further activities, including for conducting additional examinations or addressing the counselling committee for the purpose of obtaining new recommendations.
(3) If it is not possible to organise studies in the school of residence due to a student's special educational needs, the rural municipality or city of the student's residence shall, in cooperation with other schools and owners of schools, provide the student with opportunities of acquisition of education in accordance with the recommendations of the counselling committee. If, based on a recommendation of the counselling committee, the student commences studies in a school outside the administrative territory of the rural municipality or city of residence, the rural municipality or city of residence shall organise transportation or compensate for the student’s travel expenses. The organisation of transport and travel expenses shall be compensated for pursuant to the procedure established by the rural municipality or city government, except if the travel expenses are compensated out of the state budget pursuant to the procedure established on the basis of subsection 28 (2) of the Public Transport Act.
(1) The county governor shall establish a counselling committee entrusted with the function of making recommendations for the postponement of the duty to attend school, admission of a person below seven years of age to school, and organisation of the teaching and education of persons with special educational needs in the events provided for in this Act and in the Preschool Child Care Institutions Act. With the approval of the governor of the county of location, a city government may establish the counselling committee of the city.
(2) The counselling committee has no less than five members. The counselling committee is required to include a special education teacher, a speech therapist, a school psychologist, a social worker and, respectively, a representative of the county or city government. Where necessary, the counselling committee may involve other experts in its work. The establisher of the counselling committee shall establish the rules of procedure of the committee.
(4) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the conditions of and procedure for submission of applications to counselling committees.
(6) The state budget shall include support for covering the operating the expenses of counselling committees.
(2) The classes and groups of students with special educational needs shall be specified in the statutes of schools. With the approval of the owner of the school the head of school may form classes and groups of students with special educational needs, which have not been specified in the statutes.
(3) A composite class whose size is determined on the basis of the special educational needs of specific students may be made of two or three classes of students with special educational needs, but in any event it shall not exceed 12 students.
(4) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the bases of organisation of studies and education in classes and groups of students with special educational needs and the conditions of and procedure for admission to, transfer to and exclusion from a class or group.
(2) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the conditions of and procedure for the application of one-to-one teaching.
(3) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the conditions of and procedure for home educating and in-hospital teaching.
(2) Students who have obtained a basic school graduation certificate in the same year and who are not ready to continue their studies or enter the labour market or who were not admitted to the desired educational institution are admitted to additional studies.
(3) The duration of additional studies is one academic year. Persons attending additional studies are provided with instructed studies to the extent of 1,050 lessons, including 525 lessons of general education studies and 525 lessons of vocational training and development of social and personal skills. Vocational training is carried out in cooperation with a relevant vocational education institution or employer.
(2) Schools disclose the conditions of and procedure for admission and the contact details of the institutions exercising state supervision over the school on their website.
(5) Schools inform students and their parents of the grades of the students. If a student or, in the event a student has limited active legal capacity, a parent of a student has not granted approval to the electronic notification of the student’s grades, the school shall inform the student and the parent of the student’s grades via a report card or the student’s record books issued on paper.
3) discussion of the student’s behaviour with the student in the teachers’ council or in the board of trustees;
(6) If the student needs to use transport in order to get home from school, the organisation of transport shall be taken into account upon imposing the sanctions specified in clause 10) of subsection (3).
(7) At the time of imposition of the sanctions specified in clauses 7) and 10) of subsection (3) of this section the school shall ensure supervision over the student and, where necessary, the pedagogical instruction of the student.
(9) The procedure for notification of the application of support measures and imposition of sanctions shall be laid down in the internal rules of the school. A parent of a student with limited active legal capacity is informed at least of the imposition of the sanctions specified in clauses 10) and 11) of subsection (3) in a format that can be reproduced in writing.
Student cards of schools are issued free of charge at the request of students or parents of students with limited active legal capacity. The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the procedure for issuing student cards and the format of student cards.
(5) The procedure for the formation, rights, duties, responsibilities and rules of procedure of a student council are laid down in the statutes of the student council. The student body draws up the statutes of the student council, thereby cooperating, where necessary, with the head of the school or the school employees appointed by the head of the school. The student body approves the statutes of the student council pursuant to the procedure laid down in the statutes of the school. The student council submits the statutes of the student council to the head of the school for approval. Within 30 days as of the receipt of the statutes the head of the school shall approve the statutes of the student council if it complies with acts, legislation adopted on the basis of acts and internationally recognised democratic principles or submits written reasons as to why the statutes cannot be approved.
(1) A state school shall be founded by the Minister of Education and Research and a municipal school by the council of a rural municipality or city.
(2) The county governor or, in the event of state schools, also the rural municipality or city of the location of the school shall express an opinion on the necessity of the foundation of a school based on the regional education policy and the need of development of the school network.
(3) A school founded jointly by several rural municipalities or cities (hereinafter joint school) shall be founded by rural municipality or city councils. The bases of operation of a joint school shall be laid down in a public law contract to be made by rural municipality or city governments authorised by rural municipality or city councils, setting out the rights, duties and obligations of the parties in managing the school.
The name of a school shall clearly differ from the names of other educational institutions registered in the education information system and not be misleading with regard to the education level that can be acquired at the school.
(1) An education licence gives a rural municipality or city the right to organise teaching and education at the education levels or basic school stages in the respective school. The Minister of Education and Research shall decide on the granting of an education licence.
(2) The owner of a school shall submit an application for an education licence to the Minister of Education and Research at least five months before the start of the academic year.
4) certificate of the owner of the school regarding the existence of teachers complying with the qualification requirements;
(5) In the event of the first application for an education licence an education licence shall be issued for a term of up to five academic years. During the period of validity of an education licence issued for a specific term state supervision over the teaching and education carried out by the school shall be exercised. If no precepts are made in the course of state supervision or these are complied with by the prescribed time, the data and documents specified in subsection (3) of this section shall not have to be appended to the application for a new education licence and, at the request of the owner of the school, the Minister of Education and Research shall issue the new education licence for an unspecified term, except in the event specified in subsection (6).
(6) If a school operating under an education licence issued for a specific term and applying for a new education licence has submitted documents certifying that the precepts made in the course of state supervision have been fulfilled, but in the opinion of the Minister of Education and Research new state supervision needs to be carried out for the purpose of verifying the actual compliance with the precepts, the Minister of Education and Research shall issue an education licence for a term of up to five academic years.
(7) The Minister of Education and Research shall review an application for an education licence within two months as of the date of submission of the application. For the purpose of an expert assessment of the school curriculum the Minister of Education and Research may extend the term of reviewing the education licence by up to two months, notifying the applicant for the education licence in a format that can be reproduced in writing.
(8) The Minister of Education and Research shall not issue an education licence if the information or documents specified in subsection (3) of this section have not been appended to the application or if these do not comply with the requirements established by legislation, the material base of teaching and learning does not correspond to the needs arising from the school curriculum, the school has failed to abide by the requirements for processing sensitive personal data arising from the Personal Data Protection Act or the school that operated on the basis of an education licence issued for a specific term has failed to submit documents that certify the compliance with the precepts made in the course of state supervision.
(9) An applicant for an education licence is notified of the issue or refusal to issue an education licence within five working days in a format that can be reproduced in writing.
(10) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the format of the education licence.
(1) The Minister of Education and Research shall declare an education licence invalid if:
1) it becomes evident in the course of state supervision that the teachers working in the school do not comply with the qualification requirements, the studies are not in compliance with the requirements for the national curricula or the school curriculum established on the basis thereof, the application of the measures provided for in legislation for the purpose of supporting the development of students is not in accordance with the requirements for the legislation, the learning and teaching environment is not in compliance with the security, health or curriculum requirements, or the activities of the school are otherwise in conflict with acts or legislation adopted on the basis thereof, and the precepts made for the purpose of elimination of deficiencies have not been complied with within the prescribed term or pursuant to the prescribed procedure;
(2) The rural municipality or city government is notified of the revocation of an education licence within five working days in a format that can be reproduced in writing.
(2) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the statutes of a state school, while the statutes of a municipal school shall be established pursuant to the procedure established by the owner of the municipal school. The statutes and amendments thereto are submitted to the board of trustees, student council and teachers’ council for the expression of an opinion before establishment.
(1) The development plan of a school is drawn up for the purpose of ensuring the consistent development of the school. The development plan shall be made for at least three years. The development plan shall lay down the following:
1) the main directions and areas of development of the school, including ensuring security at school;
2) the plan for the in-service training of teachers;
3) in the event of a basic school where the language of instruction is not Estonian, the measures to be taken to provide the students with the opportunity to continue their studies at the secondary level in Estonian;
4) the action plan.
(2) The development plan and amendments thereto are prepared in cooperation with the board of trustees, student council, teachers’ council and experts from the school or external experts. The development plan is approved pursuant to the procedure established by the owner of the school. The development plan and amendments thereto are submitted to the board of trustees, student council and teachers’ council for the expression of an opinion before establishment.
(3) The strengths and weaknesses of the activities of the school specified in the internal evaluation report specified in subsection 78 (3) of this Act are taken into account upon drafting the development plan.
(2) The compulsory teaching and education documents of schools are kept on paper or electronically. The Minister of Education and Research shall prescribe the information to be given in the compulsory teaching and education documents of schools and establish the procedure for filling in and keeping the documents.
(1) A school is directed by a head of the school. Within the limits of their competence, the head of a school is responsible for teaching and education, other activities carried out in the school, the overall condition and development of the school, and the lawfulness and purposeful use of the funds.
(2) The head of a school represents the school, acts in the name of the school and makes transactions relating to the performance of their functions prescribed by law within the scope of the budget of the school.
(3) The head of a school issues directives within the limits of their competence.
(6) The owner of the school establishes the procedure for organising a competition for filling a vacant position of the head of the school.
(7) An employment contract with the head of a municipal school is made by the rural municipality or city mayor or their authorised representative. An employment contract with the head of a state school is made by the Minister of Education and Research.
(1) A school has a teachers’ council whose function is to organise, analyse and assess teaching and education and make decisions required for the management of the school within the limits of its competence.
(2) The teachers of the school are members of the teachers’ council. The representative of students appointed by the student council is involved in the activities of the teachers’ council.
(3) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the functions and the rules of procedure of the teachers' council.
(1) The board of trustees is a standing body whose function is to ensure the joint activities of the students, teachers, owner, parents of students, graduates and organisations supporting the school in guiding, planning and observing teaching and education, and creation of better opportunities for teaching and education. The board of trustees performs the functions imposed on it in and on the basis of acts and makes proposals to the owner of the school for better resolution of matters relating to the school. The board of trustees is formed and its rules of procedure are established pursuant to the procedure established by the owner of the school.
(8) The representatives of the parents, graduates and organisations supporting the school who are members of the board of trustees shall not be school employees.
(1) School employees include teachers and other employees.
(2) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the minimum composition of school employees.
(3) The composition of school employees is approved on the basis of a proposal of the head of the school pursuant to the procedure established by the owner of the school, taking into account the minimum composition of school employees established by the Minister of Education and Research.
(4) The rights, duties, obligations and liability of school employees are provided for in the statutes of the school, in the rules of work organisation established by the employer, in a job description and in an employment contract.
(5) The head of the school signs employment contracts with school employees. The head of the school enters into an employment contract with a teacher to be employed on the basis of an international agreement for the term determined by the international agreement.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, heads of school, head teachers, teachers, assistant teachers and other persons engaged in teaching and education are considered teachers.
(2) The minimum qualification requirement for teachers is higher education and pedagogical and subject-related training that complies with the qualification requirements established on the basis of subsection (3) of this section.
(3) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the qualification requirements for teachers.
(4) Assessment shall be organised for identifying the professional skills and proficiency of the teachers specified in the regulation of the Minister of Education and Research established on the basis of subsection (3) of this section and their level of qualification. The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the conditions of and procedure for assessment.
(5) For the purpose of filling vacant positions of teachers, except for that of the head of the school, the head of the school shall organise a public competition, unless otherwise provided in an international agreement. Based on a proposal of the head of the school, the board of trustees of the school establishes the procedure for organising the competition.
(6) If in a competition organised for filling a vacant teacher position no teacher who meets the qualification requirements is found, the head of the school may enter into a fixed-term employment contract for a period of up to one year with a person who has at least secondary education. In such an event the head of the school shall organise a new public competition during the year.
(7) A person sentenced or subjected to coercive treatment for a criminal offence specified in clause 133 (2) 2), 141 (2) 1), 142 (2) 1), 143 (2) 1) or 1431 (2) 1) or §§ 144-146 or §§ 175-178 of the Penal Code whose sentencing data has not been deleted from the penal register under the Penal Register Act or whose sentencing date has been deleted from the penal register and transferred to the archives of the penal register cannot work as a teacher.
§ 76. Establishment of minimum wage of teachers
Authorised representatives of the Government of the Republic, national associations of local authorities and registered associations of teachers shall agree on the nationwide minimum wages of teachers, including the wages of class teachers, based on the grades given to teachers upon assessment and the Government of the Republic shall establish these. If no agreement is reached, the Government of the Republic shall decide the size of the minimum wages.
§ 77. Beginner's allowance for teachers
1) has completed teacher training at a higher education level and commences work as a teacher in a school for the first time, except in a school located in Tallinn or Tartu, within 18 months as of completing the teacher training. A person who commenced work as a teacher for the first time in the course of teacher training or bachelor’s studies immediately preceding the teacher training may also apply for the beginner’s allowance within four months as of completing the teacher training at a higher education level, provided that the period of time between the completion of the bachelor’s studies and the commencement of teacher training does not exceed one year. The right of a person who is on pregnancy and maternity leave or a person liable to service in the Defence Forces who has been called up to perform the conscript service duty or a person undergoing pedagogical training in a foreign country in the year of completion of teacher training at a higher education level to apply for the beginner’s allowance shall be extended by the period of time of the pregnancy and maternity leave and the parental leave, the period of time during which the person performed the duty to serve in the Defence Forces or the duration of the pedagogical training;
2) works as a teacher in a school with at least 0.5 workload, whereas the 0.5 workload also includes working at the same time as a vocational teacher in a vocational education institution or as a teacher of general education subjects, except in a vocational education institution in Tallinn or Tartu;
(3) The amount of the beginner’s allowance shall be specified in the annual State Budget Act.
(4) A person who has received the beginner’s allowance is required to return the allowance paid to them if their continuous employment as a teacher ends before five years have passed from the receipt of the first portion of the allowance. Employment is deemed continuous at the time of the permanent incapacity for work of the person who received the beginner’s allowance or if the length of employment of the person who received the allowance is not interrupted pursuant to the conditions provided for in clauses 1) and 2) of subsection (2) of this section for more than three months at a time during the said five-year period. The beginner’s allowance shall be returned within three years as of the submission of the notice of repayment of the allowance in the annual amount of one-third of the amount of the allowance to the repaid.
(5) A person who has received the beginner’s allowance is not obligated to repay the allowance paid to them if, due to a fundamental breach of an obligation by the employer, they have terminated the employment contract extraordinarily or if the employer has terminated the employment contract extraordinarily, because the continuance of the employment relationship on the agreed conditions becomes impossible due to a decrease of the volume of work or reorganisation of work or in another event of cessation of work (lay-off).
(6) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the procedure for application, payment and recovery of the beginner’s allowance.
Division 5 Internal evaluation of schools and counselling schools in internal evaluation matters
(1) Internal evaluation is carried out in schools. Internal evaluation is an ongoing process aimed at ensuring the conditions supporting the development of students and the consistent development of a school. To that end the strengths and weaknesses of the activities of a school are identified and the action plan of the school is drawn up on the basis thereof. Following the goal, teaching and education and management is analysed and their effectiveness is evaluated in the course of internal evaluation.
(2) The head of a school establishes the procedure for internal evaluation of the school.
(3) Schools draw up an internal evaluation report at least once every three academic years. The report indicates the strengths and weaknesses of the activities of the school. The internal evaluation report shall be established by the head of the school who submits it to the board of trustees and the owner of the school for the expression of an opinion beforehand.
(2) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the general conditions of and procedure for counselling schools in matters of internal evaluation.
§ 80. Reorganisation and closure of schools
(1) The owner of a school reorganises and closes the school. A state school is reorganised and closed on the basis of the Government of the Republic Act, taking into account the specifications provided for in this section.
(2) Schools are reorganised as follows:
1) schools are merged into one or several schools, whereby the merged schools are closed and a new school is or new schools are founded on the basis of these schools;
2) a school or schools are merged with another school and the school or schools being merged are closed;
3) a school is divided into at least two schools and the school that is being divided is closed;
4) a school is separated from another school and as a result thereof a new school is founded and the initial school is preserved;
5) the form of operation of a basic school or upper secondary school provided for in § 2 of this Act is changed.
(3) No less than five months before the start of a new academic year, the Ministry of Education and Research, the governor of the county of location, the school, the parents, the students and the rural municipality or city governments of the students’ residence shall be notified in a format that can be reproduced in writing of a decision to reorganise and close a school.
(4) If the owner of a school has made a decision to reorganise the school and change the form of operation of a basic school or upper secondary school in such a manner that teaching and education at some level of education or stage of the basic school are terminated, the reorganisation decision may state that the termination of teaching and education at the respective level of education or stage of the basic school shall take place gradually and in some classes no teaching and learning shall take place before the final reorganisation of the school.
(7) In the event specified in clause 5) of subsection (2) of this section, an education licence shall be applied if, as a result of the reorganisation, teaching shall commence in the school at a stage of the basic school or at the level of education for which the school does not hold a valid education licence. If, as a result of the reorganisation, teaching is terminated at a stage of the basic school or at an education level, the Minister of Education and Research shall make the respective amendments to the education licence issued to the school or issue a new education licence.
(8) In the event of a merger of a child care institution or a hobby school with a general education school, the provisions of this Act shall be applied. In the event of reorganisation and closure of a general education school and a child care institution operating as a single institution and a general education school and a hobby school operating as a single institution, the provisions of this Act shall be applied.
(9) The owner of a school shall make certain that the students of the closed school can continue their studies in another school.
(2) Upon transfer of the management of a state school to a rural municipality or city and upon transfer of the management of a municipal school to the state or another rural municipality or city, the provisions of the Law of Obligations Act regarding the transfer of enterprise shall be applied with the specifications arising from this Act.
(3) Concurrently with applying for the transfer of the management of a state school to a rural municipality or city or of a municipal school to another rural municipality or city, an education licence shall be applied for the school to be transferred in accordance with the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided by legislation. In the event of the transfer of a municipal school to the state, the education licence of the school to be transferred shall be revoked.
(4) The transfer of the management of a state school to a rural municipality or city and the transfer of the management of a municipal school to the state or another rural municipality or city shall be provided for in a public law contract to be made between the rural municipality or city government and the Minister of Education and Research or between rural municipality or city governments. The compulsory terms and conditions of the public law contract are as follows:
(5) Upon transfer of the management of a school, the new owner of the school shall provide the students with the possibility to continue acquiring general education in the school.
(6) The management of a school shall be transferred after the end of the last academic quarter. The students and employees of the school shall be notified of the decision to transfer the management of the school not later than two months before the start of the new academic year.
(7) The transfer of a general education school and a child care institution operating as a single institution and the transfer of a general education school and a hobby school operating as a single institution shall take place pursuant to the procedure provided for in this section.
(3) The expenses of a municipal school are covered by the owner of the school. Based on the number of students of municipal schools, the support to be allocated to rural municipalities and cities for covering the expenses of the wages and in-service training of the teachers, heads and head teachers of the municipal schools, investments of the municipal schools and the expenses relating to the teaching and learning materials specified in subsection 20 (1) of this Act shall be determined annually in accordance with the State Budget Act. If the expenses relating to the teaching and learning materials specified in subsection 20 (1) of this section are covered or if the school curriculum does not demand the use of the materials, the allocation from the state budget for covering the expenses relating to the materials may be used for enabling the free use of other teaching and learning materials required for the completion of the school curriculum.
(5) The Government of the Republic shall establish the conditions of and procedure for using the boarding school facilities support and the division of the support between owners of schools. Upon division of the boarding school facilities support between the owners of schools, it is proceeded from the number of students in the state-supported places of boarding school facilities registered in the education information as of November 10 in the year preceding the planned year.
(6) Support for rural municipalities and cities may be granted in the state budget for covering transport-related expenses and accommodation of upper secondary school students. The Government of the Republic shall establish the conditions of and procedure for using the support and the division of the support between rural municipalities and cities.
(10) The board of trustees of the municipal school gives an opinion on the draft budget of the municipal school pursuant to the procedure established in the legislation of the rural municipality or city government. The owner of the municipal school approves the budget of the school in accordance with the legislation of the rural municipality or city council or the rural municipality or city government. The Minister of Education and Research shall approve the budgets of state schools.
(2) Upon covering the operating expenses of a municipal school, this Act shall be followed, unless the rural municipalities or cities have agreed otherwise between themselves.
(6) Upon covering the operating expenses, the cost of the operating expenses of a student place in the school where a student is enrolled is relied upon, which is obtained by dividing the amount of the operating expenses set in the budget of the school by the number of students of the school as of the 10th date of the month. Invoices for participating in covering the operational expenses are submitted on a monthly basis to the extent of 1/12 of the cost of the operating expenses of a student place. If the cost of 1/12 of the operating expenses of a student place exceeds the limit of the operating expenses of a student place established on the basis of subsection (7), the limit of operating expenses per month shall be relied on upon covering the operating expenses, except in the event of students who study in the classes of students with special educational needs specified in clauses 51 (1) 5) to 12).
(7) The Government of the Republic shall establish the monthly limit of the operating expenses of a student place for each budgetary year. Upon establishing the limit of the monthly operating expenses of a student place, it is relied on the total of the operating expenses of municipal schools in the second-to-last budgetary year and the number of students as of November 10 in the year preceding the budgetary year, whereby the following shall not be included in the operating expenses:
§ 84. Exercising state supervision
(1) The Ministry of Education and Research or, at the request of the Minister of Education and Research, the governor of the county of location (hereinafter jointly as supervisory body) exercises state supervision over teaching and education carried out by schools.
(2) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the priorities of state supervision, the exercise of thematic supervision, the formalisation of the results thereof and the procedure for notification of the results by each academic year before the end of the previous academic year.
(3) The supervisory body appoints the persons exercising state supervision, involving experts, where necessary.
(4) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the qualification requirements for the official exercising state supervision.
§ 85. Functions of officials exercising state supervision
The functions of officials exercising state supervision are as follows:
§ 86. Rights of officials exercising state supervision
Officials exercising state supervision have the right to:
§ 87. Results of state supervision
(1) The results of state supervision shall be set out in a statement.
(2) The statement shall contain the time and place of drawing up the statement, brief details on the education institution, the supervisory body exercising supervision, the time of exercising state supervision, the names of the officials and experts who carried out state supervision, the results of state supervision, the time and description of offences, the precepts and proposals made, and the term of notification of complying with the precepts.
(4) The Minister of Education and Research or the county governor shall approve the statement.
(5) The statement shall be communicated to the head of the school and the owner of the school within 60 calendar days as of the commencement of state supervision.
(6) If the owner of the school fails to comply with the precept within the term specified in the precept, the supervisory board may impose a penalty pursuant to the procedure provided for in the Substitutive Enforcement and Penalty Payment Act. The maximum limit of the penalty payment is 640 euros. [RT I 2010, 41, 240 – entered into force 01.01.2011]
§ 88. State supervision over provision of health services at school
Within the limits of its competence the Health Board exercises state supervision over the provision of students with health services at school on the basis of this Act.
(1) The activities of upper secondary schools shall be brought into compliance with the requirement established in subsection 7 (1) of this Act to ensure in any upper secondary school at least three fields of study complying with the requirements for the national curriculum for upper secondary schools not later than by 1 September 2013.
(2) The national curriculum for basic schools and the national curriculum for upper secondary schools established on the basis of subsection 3 (2) of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (RT I 1993, 63, 892; 2010, 22, 108) in force before the entry into force of this Act remain in force until they are brought entirely into compliance with this Act. The national curricula shall be brought into compliance with this Act not later than by 31 December 2010.
(3) Not later than by 31 December 2010 the Government of the Republic shall establish the health protection requirements applicable to the furnishings, rooms, buildings and territory of schools. Until establishment the Government of the Republic establishes the health protection requirements applicable to furnishings, rooms, buildings and territory, the health protection requirements established for schools by the Minister of Social Affairs on the basis of subsection 121 (4) of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (RT I 1993, 63, 892; 2010, 22, 108) shall be applicable.
(4) In schools where upon entry into force of this Act the language of instruction at the upper secondary level is not Estonian, subsection 21 (3) of this Act shall be implemented with regard to students who commence their studies in an upper secondary school as of the academic year 2011/2012 and throughout upper secondary schools studies shall be brought into compliance with subsection 21 (3) of this Act not later than by 1 September 2013.
(6) The restriction to raise the upper limit of the size of the class specified in subsection 26 (3) of this Act shall not be applicable during the standard period of study of the basic school with regard to students who commenced the acquisition of basic education in academic year 2010/2011 or earlier.
(8) The organisation of assessment at school shall be brought into compliance with the general conditions of and procedure for the assessment laid down in the national curricula on the basis of subsection 29 (4) of this Act, the use of an assessment system different from the assessment system provided for in subsection 29 (2) of this Act, notification of assessment, additional studies, transfer to the next class and requirement to repeat the grade: by 1 September 2011 with regard to grades 1, 4 and 7; by 1 September 2012 with regard to grades 2, 5 and 8; and by 1 September 2013 with regard to grades 3, 6 and 9 and the upper secondary school. Until the deadlines provided for in this section, the school may, upon organisation of assessment, follow the bases and conditions of and procedure for the assessment of students, transfer of students to the next class and requirement to repeat the grade established by the Minister of Education and Research on the basis of subsection 27 (1) of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (RT I 1993, 63, 892; 2010, 22, 108) in force before the entry into force of this Act.
(9) The Minister of Education and Research shall establish the subjects, forms and time of the harmonised final examinations of basic schools and the forms and time of state examinations in the academic year 2010/2011 not later than by 30 September 2010.
(10) Subsections 31 (3) and (5) to (8) of this Act shall be applicable as of 1 September 2013.
The requirement for organisation of transportation of students specified in subsection 49 (3) of this Act shall be applicable as of 1 January 2011.
(1) Subsection 32 (7) of this Act shall be applicable as of 1 September 2011.
(2) The internal rules of schools shall be brought into compliance with subsection 44 (2) of this Act by 1 September 2011 and subsection 58 (9) of this Act not later than by 31 December 2010.
(3) Section 45 of this Act shall be applicable as of 1 September 2011.
The Government of the Republic shall establish the conditions of and procedure for using the boarding school facilities support specified in subsection 82 (5) of this Act and the division of the support between owners of schools starting from the budget of 2011. The conditions of and procedure for application, distribution and use of the boarding school facilities support, the forms of applications and reports and the division of the support between school owners established by the Minister of Education and Research on the basis of subsection 44 (32) of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (RT I 1993, 63, 892; 2010, 22, 108) in force before the entry into force of this Act shall remain in force until 31 December 2010.
(1) School curricula shall be brought into compliance with subsection 47 (2) of this Act and heads of school shall appoint special educational needs coordinators not later than by 1 September 2011.
(2) The teaching and education of schools shall be brought into compliance with § 48 of this Act not later than by 1 September 2011.
(3) At the moment of entry into force of this Act, remedial groups shall be renamed remedial instruction groups, classes for children with physical disabilities shall be renamed classes for students with physical/motor disabilities, classes for children with speech impairments shall be renamed classes for students with speech impairments, classes for children with sensory impairments shall be renamed classes for students with visual or hearing impairments, opportunity classes shall be renamed classes for students with specific learning difficulties acquiring basic education, classes for children with mental disorders shall be renamed classes for children with emotional and behaviour disorders acquiring basic education, supplementary learning classes shall be renamed classes for students with mild learning difficulties, coping classes shall be renamed classes for students with moderate learning difficulties, nursing classes shall be renamed classes for students with severe and profound learning difficulties and classes of sanatorium schools shall be renamed classes of students with severe somatic illnesses for the purposes of subsection 51 (1) of this Act and their activities shall be brought into compliance with this Act not later than by 1 September 2011.
(4) Upon organisation of the activities of remedial instruction groups, admission or transfer of students to or exclusion of students from a remedial instruction group, the bases of the work organisation of remedial study groups established on the basis of subsection 15 (5) of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (RT I 1993, 63, 892; 2010, 22, 108) in force before the entry into force of this Act shall be followed until the activities are brought into compliance with this Act.
(5) Upon organisation of the activities of classes for students with educational problems, admission or transfer of students with educational problems to or exclusion from a class for students with educational problems, the conditions of and procedure for the formation of classes for students with educational problems acquiring basic education established on the basis of subsection 15 (11) of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (RT I 1993, 63, 892; 2010, 22, 108) in force before the entry into force of this Act shall be followed until the compliance with this Act is attained. The activities of classes for students with educational problems shall be brought into compliance with this Act not later than by 1 September 2011.
(6) Upon admission or transfer of students to or exclusion of students from a class for classes for students with physical/motor disabilities, classes for students with speech impairments, classes for students with visual impairments, classes for students with hearing impairments, classes for students with severe somatic illnesses, classes for students with emotional and behaviour disorders acquiring basic education, classes for students with multiple disabilities, classes for students with mild learning difficulties acquiring basic education, classes for students with moderate learning difficulties acquiring basic education, and classes for students with severe and profound learning difficulties acquiring basic education, the bases of and procedure for the admission of students to and exclusion of students from sanatorium schools and schools for students with special needs established on the basis of subsection 21 (4) of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (RT I 1993, 63, 892; 2010, 22, 108) in force before the entry into force of this Act shall be followed until the end of the last academic quarter of the academic year 2010/2011.
(7) The bases of organisation of teaching and education in the classes and groups of the students with special needs specified in subsection 51 (4) of this Act and the conditions and procedure for the admission or transfer of students to and exclusion of students from a class or group shall be established by the Minister of Education and Research not later than by 31 December 2010.
(8) The upper limit of the size of the following types of classes operating at the moment of entry into force of this Act shall be:
(9) Clause 51 (1) 10) and § 52 of this Act shall be applicable as of 1 January 2011.
(1) Rural municipality and city governments shall establish the conditions of and procedure for determining schools of residence provided for in subsection 10 (1) of this Act not later than by 1 April 2011. Until the establishment of the conditions of and procedure for determining schools of residence by a rural municipality or city, the legislation established on the basis of § 19 of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (RT I 1993, 63, 892; 2010, 22, 108) in force before the entry into force of this Act shall be followed in the rural municipality or city.
(2) The requirement for determining the position or structural unit specified in subsection 13 (1) of this Act shall be applicable as of 1 January 2011.
(1) The statutes of schools established on the basis of subsection 12 (4) of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (RT I 1993, 63, 892; 2010, 22, 108) in force before the entry into force of this Act shall remain in force until they are brought into compliance with § 66 of this Act, but not longer than until 31 December 2010.
(2) The development plans of schools shall be brought into compliance with § 67 of this Act not later than by 1 September 2011.
The fixed-term employment contract of the head of a school appointed to office before 1 August 2008 on the basis of a competition specified in subsection 71 (4) of this Act shall, upon expiry, become a contract made for an unspecified term.
The procedure for formation of the board of trustees of a school and the rules of procedure of the board of trustees shall be established and the composition of the board of trustees shall be brought into compliance with § 73 of this Act not later than by 31 December 2010. Until the establishment of the rules of procedure of the board of trustees by the owner of the school, the work of the board of trustees shall be organised in accordance with the procedure for operation of board of trustees established by the Minister of Education and Research on the basis of subsection 41 (6) of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (RT I 1993, 63, 892; 2010, 22, 108) in force before the entry into force of this Act, but not longer than until 31 December 2010.
The calculated cost of the operating expenses of a student place and the procedure for participation in covering the operating expenses of municipal schools established on the basis of § 441 of the Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act (RT I 1993, 63, 892; 2010, 22, 108) in force before the entry into force of this Act shall be followed until 31 December 2010 upon participating in covering the operating expenses of municipal schools.
The higher education requirement established in subsection 75 (2) of this Act shall not be applied with regard to a basic school class teacher who has obtained the pedagogical secondary specialised education in the specialty of class teacher or elementary teaching before entry into force of this Act or with regard to a basic school subject teacher who has obtained pedagogical secondary specialised education in the taught subject or subject field before entry into force of this Act.
(2) Subsection 7 (6) and clause 105 21) of this Act shall enter into force on 1 September 2011.
(3) Section 126 of this Act shall enter into force on the date specified in the decision of the Council of the European Union concerning declaring invalid the exception established with regard to the Republic of Estonia on the basis of article 140 (2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.