Elementary Education Act (VBG) - Scope (VBG)

1. This Act governs the kindergarten level, the primary level, and the lower secondary level of the public school, the special school, the support services, and educational services as well as the additional offerings related to the public school in this area.

1. Elementary Education is Integrated into the Education System as Follows


1. The public elementary school is politically and denominationally neutral.

1. The aim of education is the continuous, purposeful, and systematic promotion of an individual's knowledge, skills, ethical and religiously founded values, community capability, learning capacity, and willingness to learn with a view to the meaningful management and shaping of life.

2. Education promotes the ability of individuals, their communities, and society to reflect, act, and develop.

3. It enables individuals to perform, assume responsibility, participate in shaping societal, cultural, and economic life, and to prove themselves therein.

1. The primary school provides learners with basic knowledge, basic skills, and basic attitudes, and fosters the development of diverse interests.

2. The primary school

a. contributes to the holistic development of the personality by promoting intellectual, emotional, and physical capacities,

b. is guided by and leads to principles and values such as freedom, justice, tolerance, solidarity, and equal opportunities, based on the Christian, Western, and democratic traditions,

c. promotes respect and responsibility towards oneself, others, and the environment, as well as gender equality and understanding of religions and cultures, and encourages the readiness and ability to resolve conflicts peacefully,

d. imparts to learners the knowledge and skills that enable them to shape and manage their life situations, laying the foundation for future vocational training, attending further education, and personal life planning,

e. encourages the ability for independent, lifelong learning by maintaining curiosity and joy in learning, fostering initiative, and sharpening critical judgment,

f. stimulates the interest and willingness to participate at all levels in shaping a state that serves the common good.

3. The primary school, in partnership with families and guardians, acknowledges the shared educational mission and takes into account societal influences.

1. The public school system is structured as follows


2. The two-year kindergarten and the first two years of primary school can also be conducted as a four-year foundation level.

3. The secondary school can be organized separately by levels, closely linked organizationally (cooperative), or combined into a single school type (integrated). In the cooperative and integrated models, the subjects German, English, French, and Mathematics are conducted in level groups.

4. The transition within the public school system as well as transitions between the public school system and other lower and upper secondary schools (permeability) is ensured through appropriate measures.

1. Special education is conducted integratively in regular classes or separately in special schools.

2. Special schools include

a. special kindergartens,

b. cantonal special schools and special school homes,

c. private special schools and special school homes.

3. Special education ensures individual education, support, upbringing, and care for children and adolescents with disabilities.

3bis It also includes early remedial education.

4. The Government Council regulates special education in an ordinance.

1. The support programs serve the best possible education and upbringing of learners who

a. are unable to follow the lessons in the regular classes of the primary school, or

b. are capable of achieving further advanced performances.

2. In the support programs, the academic requirements are tailored to the individual conditions of the learners.

3. The support programs include special instruction, special classes, and additional measures to promote permeability, support integration into schools, and ensure the best possible education.

4. The government council regulates the support programs in a regulation.

1. The following educational services are available to students if needed

a. school and child psychological services,

b. school medical and dental services (including prophylaxis),

c. educational-therapeutic services,

d. * career counseling,

e. * school social work.

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2. The provisions of the Health Act of September 13, 2005, apply to school medical and dental services. The government council regulates the other educational services in an ordinance, particularly the possibility of their use by preschool children and the possibility of conducting examinations, treatments, and preventive measures.

1. Learners are students who

a. obligatorily attend kindergarten for one year and optionally for a second year, primary school, and secondary school for three years,

b. attend special education, a support program, an educational service, or school and family supplementary day structures as needed.

1. Children and adolescents have, within the framework of the legal system,

a. the right to attend a public or private kindergarten for two years and the obligation to attend for one year,

b. the right and obligation to attend primary and lower secondary education either in a public or private school or to complete it through private instruction.

2. They are required to attend and complete school according to the requirements set forth in the curricula.

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4. The Government Council regulates the details of school attendance, particularly the admission requirements, in regulations.

1. Children who turn 5 years old by July 31 are required to attend kindergarten in the school year that begins on August 1 of the same year.

2. Legal guardians may send younger children to kindergarten, provided they meet the necessary requirements.

3. Legal guardians may defer the entry to kindergarten of non-school-ready children by up to one year, following a discussion with the school administration.

4. The school administration decides on entry into primary school if the kindergarten teacher and the legal guardians do not reach an agreement.

1. The compulsory school period following kindergarten generally lasts nine school years, and in special schools, a maximum of twelve school years.

2. In special schools, schooling may be extended until the age of 20 in justified cases.

3. Foreign primary school qualifications are recognized.

1. Students leave the school when

a. * the lower secondary level has been attended until the end of the 3rd grade or

b. they have completed their 18th year of age.

2. The school administration can, in justified exceptional cases, approve an early school leaving

a. upon request or

b. decree it, particularly after the completion of nine school years at the primary and lower secondary levels.

1. Instruction and Education

a. are conducted holistically based on the current state of knowledge,

b. are oriented towards contemporary forms of teaching and learning, and

c. take into account the individual learning prerequisites of the learners.

2. The learners are required to

a. attend classes and the mandatory declared school events,

b. assume appropriate responsibility for their own learning process and shared responsibility for that of the learning community,

c. follow the instructions of teachers and school authorities,

d. adhere to the school and house rules.

1. The performance and conduct of the students are assessed regularly and transparently.

2. The students can seek advice on learning and educational matters.

3. The government council regulates the type of assessments and their educational consequences, as well as the advisory services, in regulations.

1. Learners shall be adequately informed about school-related matters.

2. They shall participate in the shaping of the school within the framework of the legal order.

3. The government council shall regulate the participation of learners, particularly regarding the transition to another school level, in regulations.

1. Legal guardians are parents and other persons entitled, in accordance with the Swiss Civil Code, to represent children in decisions concerning educational matters.

1. The legal guardians determine whether those they represent attend a public elementary school, a private elementary school, or receive private instruction.

2. They participate, within the framework of the legal system, in decisions regarding entry into kindergarten, primary level, and special schools, in the assessment of learners, as well as in the transition to secondary level I and the decision regarding the use of support services.

3. They have the right, within the framework of the legal system, to attend their children's lessons and school events.

4. The government council regulates the general rights of participation, and the education commission regulates local participation rights through ordinances.

1. The legal guardians are to be regularly informed about

a. the academic development and behavior of their children through reports or certificates,

b. the learning objectives, teaching materials, and methods of instruction,

c. significant plans related to classes and school operations.

2. They have the right, within the framework of the legal system, to be informed and advised about the learning and educational process of their children.

1. The guardians are jointly responsible for their children's school attendance and adherence to school obligations. They also ensure in particular that the students can learn under suitable conditions and attend classes well-rested.

2. They are entitled to apply for leave from classes and school events for their children.

3. The government council regulates the details regarding attendance of classes and school events, as well as the consequences of violations against these obligations, in regulations.

1. Legal guardians may participate in the design of the school within the framework of the school's guiding principles and school regulations.

2. They collaborate with teachers and school management in accordance with their responsibilities in the training and education of the learners.

3. They participate in discussions concerning their child that are arranged by a teacher or the school management.

4. Legal guardians who do not or insufficiently fulfill their duties as per this law may be required by the school management to attend a parent education course, a parenting, or a family counseling session. Fines pursuant to § 63 remain reserved.

1. Teachers are all individuals who participate in the professional mission and thus have responsibilities in the areas of instruction and education, the design and development of the school, as well as evaluation and further training.

2. Specialist staff of school services are all those who participate in the professional mission within the framework of school services with tasks similar to those of the teachers.

3. Both teachers and specialist staff of school services possess the personal qualities and completed education that enable them to fulfill the educational mission of the public school.

1. Teachers instruct, educate, and supervise students appropriately.

2. They provide instruction that is professionally, methodologically, and didactically sound, which meets the requirements of educational objectives and the learning process.

3. Teaching encompasses the planning, preparing, organizing, conducting, and evaluating of lessons.

4. Teachers advise students on academic and personal matters, are available to provide information and consultation to guardians, and inform them promptly in case of problems.

5. They support students both as individuals and as learning communities.

6. They are authorized to take disciplinary measures against students.

7. They enjoy academic freedom in the exercise of their duties within the framework of the school's mission statement and performance mandate, as well as the designated area of activity.

1. The teachers collectively design and organize the entire school and participate in special school events.

2. They collaborate in the bodies of the school to which they belong.

3. They contribute to the development of the school and undertake special responsibilities for it.

1. Teachers regularly evaluate the work at the school.

2. Within the framework of the legal order, they have the right and duty to regularly continue their education in all areas of activity to meet the demands of their professional duties.

3. They may seek professional advice in professional matters.

4. The government council regulates the professional advice and further education of teachers in an ordinance.

1. Teachers are assessed comprehensively in their activities.

2. They participate in the assessment process.

1. Teachers collaborate with students, guardians, other teachers, the school administration, school services, as well as authorities and official bodies.

2. Professionals of the school services have, by analogy, the same rights and duties of collaboration as the teachers.

1. Teachers and specialists of educational services who lack the personal qualities necessary to fulfill the educational and teaching mission of the public school system are prohibited from working in schools in the Canton of Lucerne.

2. The Department of Education and Culture decides upon the request of the competent municipal authorities or ex officio.

1. The canton holds overall responsibility for the public school system, which comprises both cantonal and municipal public school offerings.

2. The municipal public school offering is a shared responsibility between the canton and the municipalities (joint responsibility).

3. The canton sets and monitors the objectives to be achieved by the public school, ensures a comparable and high-quality public school offering across all municipalities, continuously develops the education system, and establishes the employment conditions and remuneration for teachers and professional staff of school services.

4. The municipalities are responsible for the design and implementation of the municipal public school offerings in accordance with cantonal guidelines.

1. The cantonal public school provision includes special education and career counseling.

2. The municipal public school provision includes the mandatory and optional public school education with the two-year kindergarten program or the basic level, support programs, school services excluding career counseling, as well as school and family supplementary day structures.

3. The canton provides the cantonal public school provision itself as the body responsible, or through public or private third parties.

4. The municipalities provide the municipal public school provision as the bodies responsible themselves, or through the merger of several municipalities; they may transfer it to public or private third parties as service providers.

5. The Cantonal Council may establish new special schools and abolish existing ones by decree.

1. The municipalities determine the municipal public school provision necessary to achieve the educational objectives of the municipality.

1. The performance mandates define for all cantonal and municipal public school offerings the services to be provided and the associated financial resources, as well as the responsibilities, the involvement, and the control rights of the sponsoring body.

2. The municipal council determines the performance mandate for the municipal public school offering.

3. The competent department establishes the performance mandates for the cantonal public school offering, which are to be approved by the government council.

4. The performance mandates take into account regional and supra-regional needs and offerings.

1. A school as an educational organization is a managed educational and operational unit that essentially includes the school administration, teachers, students, and operational staff.

2. It is formed from one or more school buildings of a school district, including kindergartens.

3. It defines a mission statement and carries out its duties in accordance with the provisions of this law.

1. The learners are taught in kindergarten level, primary level, and lower secondary level classes.

2. The instruction encompasses compulsory and elective offerings.

3. Religious education is also provided as denominational instruction, generally during school hours, for which the school administration provides time and space as far as possible.

4. In kindergarten, dialect and standard German are equally promoted.

1. Each municipality generally forms a primary school district.

2. Several municipalities can form a primary school district, but a single municipality can also be divided into multiple primary school districts.

3. Primary school districts typically also include kindergarten districts.

4. Students generally attend public kindergarten and public primary school in their place of residence.

5. The cantonal government determines the school districts for special schools and, after consulting the municipal council, determines the school districts for secondary schools, support programs, and educational services.

6. If attendance at a school outside the regular school district is intended, the education committee of the residence may approve attendance outside of the district for specific reasons. Prior to this, it must obtain the consent of the education committee of the desired school location, and in secondary level I, it must also consult the education committee of the former school location.

7. The school administration assigns students to a specific school building within a primary school or secondary school district.

1. The municipalities ensure that educational and family-supporting day structures are available to learners as needed. The guardians are required to contribute to the costs incurred.

2. For the regional school centers, the host municipalities regulate the educational and family-supporting day structures.

1. If the school routes for students are unreasonable, the municipalities shall provide free school transportation, taking into account the specific circumstances.

2. When attending regional school centers, the municipalities of residence shall arrange for the transportation of students.

3. The government council shall regulate the specifics through an ordinance.

1. The Executive Council

a. enacts the regulations necessary for the enforcement of this law,

b. issues the guiding principles and curricula for the different levels, teaching areas and subjects with the mandatory and optional educational objectives, the teaching content and syllabi, as well as the execution provisions for conducting teaching,

c. structures the school system based on the results of national and regional school coordination,

d. regulates the assurance and development of school quality,

e. regulates supervisory measures,

f. sets minimum and maximum numbers for class organization,

g. establishes principles for school operations,

h. approves time-limited and location-limited school experiments and stipulates any necessary deviations from this law and its subsequent decrees in experimental arrangements,

hbis. * designates the special offerings and out-of-canton offerings in the elementary school sector,

i. collaborates with other cantons within the framework of regional and Swiss conferences,

k. can oblige a municipality, while upholding its participatory rights, to provide the municipal elementary school offerings for one or more other municipalities against reimbursement of the full costs,

l. * designates the agencies responsible for elementary school education,

m. * determines, with the active participation of the elementary school delegation, the standard costs for the municipal elementary school offering.

2. The Executive Council may withdraw a municipality's organizational autonomy if it does not fulfill cantonal requirements.

1. The competent department is responsible for

a. achieving the goals of the public school and the objectives of each educational level through maintaining high quality of public school offerings throughout the entire canton,

b. the further development of the public school system and its adaptation to current requirements.

2. It is hierarchically superior in professional matters to the responsible bodies of the municipalities within its area of responsibility, communicates with them directly, and has authority over them.

3. It regulates through directives or recommendations

a. the teaching materials to be used,

b. the school libraries and media centers,

c. parental education.

1. The office designated by the government council in regulatory law is responsible for all enforcement measures not assigned to other bodies by law and regulation.

2. It is specifically responsible for the following tasks

a. School operations and development: Handling the pedagogical, didactic, and organizational matters of public schools to ensure optimal implementation, coordination, and further development of public school offerings,

b. School supervision: Monitoring compliance with cantonal guidelines,

c. School evaluation: Conducting external evaluations of individual schools and evaluating the entire public school system,

d. School consultation: Advising teachers and school administrations,

e. * Special education: Providing cantonal special education services,

f. * Special offerings: Entering into performance agreements.

3. It works closely with school administrations and education commissions.

4. It ensures the provision of cantonal continuing education offerings for teachers.

5. The government council regulates individual tasks by ordinance.

1. The resident municipalities regulate the organization of the local elementary school offerings.

2. Municipal law provides for the following bodies

a. * an education commission with decision-making authority as per § 47,

b. * a school management.

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5. The eligible voters of the resident municipalities may, in their municipal regulations, provide for an education commission with an advisory function instead of one with decision-making authority. In municipalities with a parliament, a parliamentary education commission with an advisory function may also be provided for.

6. If an advisory education commission is established, the tasks and competencies of the education commission with decision-making authority pursuant to § 47 fall to the municipal council.

1. The Municipal Council, the Education Commission, and the School Administration work closely together.

1. The municipal council ensures an adequate provision of primary school education and considers the needs of the primary school within the overall policy of the municipality.

2. The municipal council

a. * determines the municipal primary school provision of the municipality, taking into account the cantonal guidelines,

b. * establishes the service mandate of the primary school with the objectives to be achieved,

c. * prepares the multi-year factual and financial planning, the credit applications, as well as the budget and accountability reports in the area of municipal primary school provision,

d. provides for the creation, operation, equipment, and maintenance of facilities for the municipal primary school provision,

e. * reviews compliance with the budget for the primary school in terms of legal control.

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1. The Education Commission is responsible for the design of the municipal public school offerings, subject to the authority of the Municipal Council.

2. The Education Commission

a. * establishes the organization of the municipal public school offerings, as determined by the Municipal Council, upon the proposal of the school administration,

b. * prepares the service contract for submission to the Municipal Council,

c. * approves foundational concepts created by the school administration,

d. * approves the school's mission statement and annual program,

e. * appoints the school administration,

f. * reviews the activities of the school administration and the quality of task fulfillment,

g. * undertakes additional tasks delegated by the municipality,

h. * ensures its own education and further training.

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1. The school administration is responsible for the pedagogical and operational management, leadership, and development of the school.

2. The school administration

a. plans and designs the school's offerings and promotes their development,

b. * participates in the creation of the performance mandate,

c. * hires the teaching staff, the specialists of the school services, and day structures, and makes other personnel-related decisions,

d. * is responsible for the assessment of the teaching staff and the specialists of the school services and day structures,

e. * manages the allocated operational resources,

f. * ensures the safeguarding and further development of school and teaching quality,

g. * provides information within the school and engages in public relations,

h. * represents the school externally and seeks collaboration with institutions outside the school and with parents,

hbis. * supports and organizes, in collaboration with the University of Teacher Education Lucerne, the practical training of students by providing training positions with qualified practice teachers at their school,

i. * engages in initial and continuing education,

j. * undertakes other tasks assigned by the municipal council or the education commission.

3. The specific tasks and responsibilities of the school administration are regulated in regulations or ordinances.

1. The Municipalities

a. participate in the planning and preparation of all important decisions pursuant to this law with financial and organizational implications for the municipalities,

b. submit proposals for the division of school districts and the locations of schools in regional elementary school offerings.

1. The canton ensures the cost-effective procurement and distribution of teaching materials and school supplies.

2. For this purpose, the government council may establish an enterprise, participate financially in an existing enterprise, or conclude contracts.

3. It is authorized to allocate the necessary funds, by its own authority, for the independence of the educational publishing house, for the merger with other educational publishing houses, for participation in a new educational enterprise, or for other contracts.

1. The canton and the municipalities jointly ensure the uniform electronic recording and processing of school administrative data.

2. The canton provides the municipalities with the software free of charge and maintains it. The municipalities bear the remaining costs.

3. The competent department issues directives for uniform application.

1. The Association of Lucerne Municipalities elects an Elementary School Delegation.

2. The Elementary School Delegation represents the general interests of the municipalities in the area of elementary schooling.

1. Private Providers are schools and institutions with private sponsorship or individuals who provide private instruction.

1. The primary school can also be attended at a private provider.

2. Support services and educational services can also be provided by private providers.

3. The educational objectives of the primary school are binding for private providers.

4. The canton supports private providers within the scope of available resources, may participate in private sponsorships, or may assign tasks to private providers.

5. The canton can recognize qualifications from private schools.

1. Private providers must obtain authorization from the competent department for the establishment and operation of schools, specialized programs, and educational services, as well as for providing private instruction.

2. In cases of financial support or governmental involvement, the canton may

a. claim appropriate representation in the governing bodies,

b. require the governing body to participate in the governmental planning and advancement of public education.

1. The competent department regulates the conditions for operation and supervision in the operating permit.

1. The canton may promote additional programs to the public school that serve to achieve educational objectives.

1. The municipalities may require children with insufficient knowledge of German to regularly attend a program of early language promotion in the year prior to the compulsory school entry age.

2. Where appropriate, the municipalities assess the level of German language skills of the children in the year before the voluntary kindergarten year.

3. Early language promotion is offered by the municipalities as part of the first voluntary kindergarten year, within the framework of existing pre-school structures (e.g., playgroups), or in forms specifically established for this purpose.

4. The municipalities can demand reasonable financial contributions from the legal guardians.

5. The canton supports the municipalities through the training and further education of professionals and by contributing to the costs of early language promotion.

6. The government council will regulate further details by ordinance.

1. The municipalities provide students of elementary schools, cantonal schools, and specialized middle schools access to a music school.

2. The municipalities manage the music schools themselves or together with other municipalities. They can delegate the provision of services to public legal entities or private legal service providers.

3. The canton grants state contributions to operating costs to those music schools that comply with its quality requirements. Parental contributions are to be deducted. The state contributions cover 50 percent of the total operating costs incurred in the canton.

3bis. The canton pays its share to the municipalities in the form of flat-rate per capita contributions.

4. The teaching staff at the music schools possess the personal qualities and generally a professional education that qualifies them to fulfill their educational mandate. § 28a concerning the prohibition of teaching activities is applicable to teaching staff at the music schools.

5. The government council regulates further details by ordinance.

1. Voluntary School Sports are governed by the Act on the Promotion of Sports and Exercise (Cantonal Sports Promotion Act) of December 9, 2013.

1. Extracurricular Musical Education complements the school curriculum by promoting a balanced education and serves the further artistic activities of the students.

2. The Canton may provide contributions to extracurricular musical activities, such as children's and youth theater, design, and dance.

3. The Governing Council regulates the promotion of extracurricular musical education in an ordinance.

1. The operating costs of public schools, special needs schools, support services, educational services, and counseling services shall be borne by the respective sponsoring bodies, unless other bodies contribute to the costs.

2. The operating costs of public schools, including investments, shall be determined according to a standardized operating budget established by the government council.

3. The costs for attending special programs and out-of-canton programs within the public school sector shall be governed by the applicable school agreements or service contracts. The canton shall provide contributions for attending such programs, analogous to § 62. The municipalities of residence are responsible for covering the tuition costs for their learners, which remain after deducting the cantonal contribution.

1. Education at public elementary schools, as well as the teaching materials and general school supplies necessary to achieve the learning objectives according to the curricula, are free of charge.

2. The use of school services is generally free of charge.

3. The canton and municipalities determine in their domain the cost contribution of parents or guardians for the school and family supplementary day structures, for additional optional school offerings, for materials, for special school events and services, as well as for the use of infrastructures. When contributing to the actual care costs of school and family supplementary day structures, the financial circumstances of the parents or guardians are to be taken into account.

4. The government council and the municipal councils issue the fee tariffs in their areas of responsibility.

1. For learners attending the municipal public school offerings (kindergarten and primary levels) outside of the local primary school district, the municipalities of residence shall pay contributions to the municipalities where the schools are located, as mutually agreed upon.

2. For attendance at regional secondary education centers, special support offerings, and educational services, the municipalities of residence shall pay contributions to the municipalities where the schools are located or to the respective providers, as mutually agreed upon.

3. The government council shall determine the amount of compensation, in the event that the municipality of residence and the municipality where the school is located or the providers of support offerings and educational services cannot reach an agreement.

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1. **The municipalities contribute to the costs of special education pursuant to § 7 by covering 50 percent of the operational costs.**

2. **The municipalities cover 50 percent of the costs incurred by the canton for:**

a. **Supplementary contributions to schools with a high proportion of non-native-speaking learners,**

b. **The cantonal continuing education offerings for teachers and for replacement costs, which are assumed by the canton during the period of continuing education,**

c. **The services provided by third parties commissioned by the canton for the municipal public school education offerings,**

d. **School development projects.**

3. **The contributions pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 are borne by all municipalities in proportion to their population size.**

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1. The canton shall pay municipalities state contributions to the operating costs for the municipal public school offerings based on standard costs.

1bis. The standard costs shall initially cover 50 percent of the municipal operating costs determined throughout the canton according to § 59, paragraph 2. The standard costs shall be adjusted when cantonal and other higher-level directives impact municipal operating costs. The additional or reduced costs shall be credited to the standard costs at 50 percent.

2. The canton shall provide its share to the municipalities in the form of flat-rate per capita contributions for learners in kindergarten or foundation stage, primary school, and secondary school, as well as for learners of foreign languages.

2bis. To compensate for the costs of schools with a high proportion of foreign language learners, the canton shall pay an additional contribution to the municipalities. This is adjusted according to the school size.

2ter. For the costs of school and family supplementary day structures, the canton shall pay each municipality a contribution amounting to 50 percent of the recognized net operating costs. Additional resources for the care of children with special educational needs should also be appropriately taken into account.

3. For the costs of special education according to § 7, the canton shall pay state contributions amounting to 50 percent of the operating costs. The private special schools' sponsors shall receive their share in the form of contributions per learner and per calendar day.

4. The canton shall make contributions to sponsors who provide educational offerings on behalf of the canton.

5. The canton may provide contributions to private providers.

6. The government council shall regulate the details in a regulation.

1. The Government Council shall issue disciplinary and penal regulations for the public school.

2. It may, through ordinances, provide for fines of up to 3,000 Swiss francs for violations of the provisions of this law or ordinance provisions enacted based on this law.

1. Decisions made by teachers and educational service professionals, school management, heads of support programs, educational service management, the education commission, and the relevant service department may be appealed through an administrative complaint to the responsible department within 20 days.

2. Decisions of the responsible department may be appealed to the administrative court, unless excluded by the law on administrative jurisdiction.

3. The procedure is governed by the provisions of the law on administrative jurisdiction.

1. The Education Act of October 28, 1953, is repealed.

2. The Executive Council shall determine which parts of the Education Act remain in effect, should this Act not come into force together with the other sectoral laws.

3. Special provisions in the other sectoral laws remain reserved.

1. To the extent and for as long as no new enforcement regulations and directives are issued, the previous decrees shall be considered implementation provisions, provided they do not conflict with this law.

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5. The municipalities are required to implement the two-year kindergarten program within five years from the effective date of the amendment to this law dated January 24, 2011.

1. The municipalities are required to establish the organs of the municipalities in accordance with § 44 by August 1, 2020.

2. The municipalities must conduct the language proficiency assessment in accordance with § 55a paragraph 2 no later than August 1, 2018.

1. The municipalities are required to implement school social work in accordance with § 9 paragraph 1e and early language support in accordance with § 55a paragraph 3 by August 1, 2024.

1. The Executive Council determines the commencement.

2. The law is subject to an optional referendum.