📋 Tender Overview
The Education Commission (EC) meets this Tuesday (7), starting at 10 am, to analyze five proposals. Among them, two bills on the requirement to present a child or adolescents vaccination record to enroll in school.
The , by deputy Sergio Vidigal (PDT-ES), obliges educational institutions to set a deadline for parents or guardians to present the vaccination record of children to be enrolled. The rapporteur, senator Nelsinho Trad (PSD-MS), presented an opinion for approval, with amendments. If approved, the text will go to the Plenary for voting.
The proposal amends the Education Guidelines and Bases Law () to include, among the duties of basic education schools, that of establishing at the time of enrollment (even upon renewal) a deadline consistent with the local reality for parents or guardians to present the updated Child Health Booklet or equivalent document.
The initial project dealt with this rule only for early childhood education, but the rapporteurs vote expanded it to all basic education, which also includes primary and secondary education. He also added an excerpt establishing that, if proof of vaccination is not presented, the school must provide guidance on obtaining the document, in addition to notifying the municipalitys Guardianship Council of failure to meet the deadline.
Today, vaccination of children is already mandatory under the Child and Adolescent Statute () in cases recommended by health authorities. Failure to comply with the rule is punishable by a fine of 3 to 20 reference salaries. But there is no deadline for presenting proof of vaccination to the school.
In his vote, Nelsinho Trad argues that the initiative increases the protection of school communities, has a pedagogical nature and does not bring any restriction on the rights of students and their families, as non-compliance does not imply a ban on enrollment or access to education.
Thus, the right to education is guaranteed, and failure to present proof of vaccination will result in the school activating the child protection system, with a view to regularizing the situation, explains the senator.
Another project that links childrens school enrollment to vaccination is, by deputy Weliton Prado (Solidariedade-MG). The text determines that parents or guardians of students in early childhood education and the first stage of elementary school must present the Child Card or Child Health Booklet at the time of registration. However, Nelsinho Trad, also the rapporteur of the matter, recommends archiving. He explains that PL 5,099/2019 already addresses this demand.
Indigenous and quilombolas
Senators can also vote, on a final basis, on a bill by Senator Mecias de Jesus (Republicanos-RR) to consider the knowledge and needs of indigenous peoples and quilombola communities in the provision of professional and technological education.
Already approved by the Human Rights Commission (CDH), it received a favorable vote from senator Paulo Paim (PT-RS).
Inclusion aims to guarantee qualification opportunities suited to the realities of these groups and encourage the reduction of regional and social inequalities, says the author. To this end, the project amends the National Education Guidelines and Bases Law () and the National Professional and Technological Education Policy Law ().
According to the latest IBGE demographic census, Brazil has approximately 1.6 million indigenous people, while quilombolas number around 1.3 million people.
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