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President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) approved the bill that regulates the transfer of funds from Fundeb (Basic Education Maintenance and Development Fund) starting next year. The fund, which is supplemented by transfers from the Federal Government, is considered the main form of financing for basic education.
The sanction was published in an additional edition of the Official Gazette of the Federation on Friday night (25). The edition does not bring any veto of the president to the project approved by the Congress.
Bolsonaro’s law and ministers Paulo Guedes (Economy) and Milton Ribeiro (Education) sign the bill. The law, already in force, is No. 14,113, of December 25, 2020.
An amendment to the Federal Constitution began to provide for greater transfers from the Union, progressively, until 2026. The complement, today, is 10%. It will reach 23%. The bill, now approved and transformed into law, regulates the way in which these transfers will be made.
In the Chamber of Deputies, a significant change in the report of the bill was followed by a strong reaction from civil society organizations, the MPF (Federal Prosecutor’s Office) and the political environment, causing a setback in the course of the proposal.
Even in the initial phase, the deputies approved highlights that allowed private non-profit schools, including those linked to churches (confessional), to receive funds from Fundeb, within a limit of 10% of the places offered. This was a wish of the Bolsonaro government.
Resources were also directed to schools of philanthropic entities and technical education in the S system, based on amendments validated in this first process in the Chamber.
Given the reactions to the changes, the bill returned to its initial scope in the Senate’s appreciation. With the changes made by the senators, the text returned to the House. And on the 17th, the plenary session approved the project with a score of 470 votes in favor and 15 against. Thus, schools linked to churches, philanthropic entities and the S system should not receive public funds from Fundeb.
Sanctioned by the President of the Republic, the law establishes new criteria for the distribution of resources, taking into account situations of regional inequality. Learning indicators in public schools will also be taken into account.
The NGO Todos pela Educação published a study that pointed to the possibility of transferring up to R $ 12.8 billion per year from the public school system to philanthropic, community and confessional schools. The release of the study preceded the setback initiated in the Senate and confirmed in the House.
“The constitutional reform expanded the complementation to be carried out by the Union to the fund, gave priority to early childhood education, strengthened the councils for greater supervision and control, valued education professionals by reserving 70% of the fund’s resources to pay their remuneration and created mechanisms to improve management ”, says the note of the General Secretariat of the Presidency on the approval of the bill.
According to the folder, which is in the Planalto Palace, the sanction “represents an important advance in the legislation in the sense of trying to permanently ensure the transfer of resources for purposes related to the development of basic education.”
The opposition to Bolsonaro, during discussions on the bill in Congress, said that the government was working against the new Fundeb. Government officials said Planalto is in favor of public education.
