Slovak Ministry of Education refers school refusal case to Prosecutor General

The Slovak Ministry of Education has filed a complaint with the General Prosecutor's Office regarding the refusal of schools in Tulčík and Záhradná, located in the Prešov district, to admit first-grade students from Malý Slivník.

Despite the Regional School Administration in Prešov designating these schools for the children's mandatory attendance, the institutions failed to enroll them. The Ministry stated that the regional administration will notify the municipalities, acting as school founders, that their directors have seriously breached their duties. Municipalities have 30 days to remove the directors; failure to do so could result in fines ranging from 1,000 to 15,000 euros.

A legislative amendment is also being considered that would reduce a school founder's normative contribution by 20 percent if a school fails to admit a child from its designated school district for mandatory education.