Integrating Immigrant Children into Schools in Europe

Integrating Immigrant Children into Schools in EuropeFigure 2.2: References for main legislative provisions currently in force for supportmeasures for immigrant children. Pre-primary and full-time compulsory educationBE fr Decree concerning the integration of pupils new to education provided or grant aided by the French Community (14 June 2001).BE deBE nlCZDecree of 17 December 2001 concerning provision for pupils new to education in the German-speaking Community (Moniteur belge/BelgischStaatsblad of 4 April 2002).Besluit van de Vlaamse regering van 17 juni 1997 betreffende de personeelsformatie in het gewoon basisonderwijs, art. 21, 22 en 23 (order …concerning staff training for pre-primary and primary education).Besluit van de Vlaamse regering van 24 mei 2002 inzake de organisatie van onthaalonderwijs voor anderstalige nieuwkomers in het gewoonvoltijds secundair onderwijs (order … concerning the organisation of reception education for newcomers to full-time secondary education).Decreet van 28 juni 2002 betreffende gelijke onderwijskansen-I. (Decree concerning equal educational opportunities, 28 June 2002.)Methodological Directive of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on Establishing Preparatory Classes for Socially Disadvantaged Childrenand the Position of Educator/Teacher Assistant, No. 25 484/2000-22.Regulation on Education of Foreigners at Basic Schools, Upper Secondary Schools and Tertiary Technical Schools including Special Schools, No. 21836/2000-11.Methodological Directive on School Attendance of Asylum Seekers, No. 10 149/2002-22.DK The Act on the Folkeskole from 2003, §5, sections 6 and 7.DEEEIn 2003, pre-school language promotion programmes were adopted.No specific legislation on special support measures for immigrant children.EL Joint Decision of the Ministry of Education and Ministry of the Economy Φ10/20/Γ1/708, ΦΕΚ 1789, τ. Β, 28 September 1999.ESFRIEITCYLVLTLUHUMTNLArticle 42 of the 2002 Organic Law on the Quality of Education (LOCE).Ministry of Education special Bulletin officiel No. 10 of 25 April 2002, concerning the education of newcomers to France whose mother tongue isnot French.Integrate Ireland Language and Training (IILT) was established in 1998 as the Refugee Language Support Unit under the aegis of the Centre forLanguage and Communication Studies at the University of Dublin, Trinity College.Decision of the Minister for Education and Science of 24 January 2000 concerning provision for non-English speaking pupils in primary schools.Presidential Decree No. 394 of 31 August 1999 (Article 45, school registration) establishes the procedure for integrating immigrant pupils into theItalian education system, and enumerates the basic principles and regulations governing that procedure.Decision 56.335 of 28 August 2002 states that support teaching is to be provided by each school with pupils whose mother tongue is not Greek.Decision 58.424 of 27 August 2003 states that instruction in the Greek language is to be provided free of charge to all pupils whose mother tongueis not Greek. Instruction will take place during school hours or in the afternoon.Education Law (1998) and Law on General Education (1999) contain provisions on education for ethnic minorities.The revised Law on Education of the Republic of Lithuania adopted in June 2003 devotes considerable attention to the education of immigrantchildren.In 1997, the Ministry of Education set up a department for the education of immigrant children, which coordinates school-based measures tointegrate children of foreign mother tongue. The Guidelines for this policy are set out in the document ‘Pour une école d'intégration: constatsquestions-perspectives’(‘striving for integration at school: facts, issues and prospects’) published by the Ministry of Education in 1998. Thisdocument served as the basis for a policy debate in the Chamber of Deputies in November 2000, during which a 24-point motion was adopted(Motion adopted by the Chamber of Deputies during the debate on integration at school, 29 November, 2000). The aims and measures set out inthis motion are being steadily achieved and implemented by the Ministry of Education.No support measures for immigrant pupils.No support measures for immigrant pupils.Local Compensatory Education Act (Wet GOA, 1998), under which the government has decentralised education policy for disadvantaged pupils, tolocal authorities. Municipal authorities with a certain proportion of disadvantaged children are allocated a specific budget to improve provision forthem.According to the Decree on Education for Aliens (17 July 2003), municipalities may claim a government subsidy to organise educational provisionfor asylum seekers’ children, provided certain conditions are met.86