# Minas Gerais court blocks civic‑military schools

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/minas-gerais-court-blocks-civicmilitary-schools
> Updated: 2026-08-03T16:19:00.000Z. Sources: 3. Developments: 2.

In July 2026 the Minas Gerais state court upheld a prior suspension of the proposed civic‑military school program, ruling that the executive cannot launch such initiatives without legislative budget approval. A month later, in August 2026, the same court reaffirmed that stance, upholding the Court of Accounts' order that bars the state from implementing or expanding the civic‑military school model on the grounds of missing legislation and budgetary provision. In the same decision the court also struck down a municipal ordinance that reserved private cemetery and hospital parking exclusively for priests and pastors, declaring it unconstitutional and contrary to the principle of state secularism. Together, the rulings reinforce legal obstacles to the civic‑military school initiative in Minas Gerais.

## Timeline

### 2026-08-03: Minas Gerais Court Bars Religious Parking Privileges and Civic‑Military School Expansion

The Minas Gerais Court struck down a law reserving parking for clergy as unconstitutional and upheld a ban on expanding civic‑military schools, citing federal jurisdiction, secularism and budgetary/legal gaps.

3 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/minas-gerais-court-bars-religious-parking-privileges-and-civicmilitary-school-expansion

### 2026-07-09: Minas Gerais Court Upholds Suspension of Civic‑Military School Program

Minas Gerais Court of Justice upheld the suspension of the civic‑military school program, confirming the audit court’s order and preventing its operation in nine schools and any further expansion.

5 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/minas-gerais-court-upholds-suspension-of-civicmilitary-schools

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