The People's Party (PP) is bringing to Congress a reform of the Education Law in favor of special education centers.

The People's Party (PP) will defend a bill in the Congress of Deputies this Tuesday to modify the current state education regulations , known as Lomloe, since, in its opinion, they "marginalize" and "condemn special education centers to their effective closure."

Specifically, the initiative calls for the elimination of the fourth additional provision of the law (which itself reformed the LOE), which established a 10-year period for these schools to become resource centers aimed at supporting mainstream schools in the education of students with special needs due to disabilities and, in general, to be limited to "those very exceptional situations that require highly specialized attention."

Its consideration will be debated today in the Lower House Plenary Session. According to the People's Party (PP), this provision discriminates against students with special needs who attend special education centers because it "gives absolute priority" to the schooling of students with special educational needs in regular schools.

"It marginalizes special education centers and condemns them to effective closure ," the statement denounces. It emphasizes that "the simple incorporation of students with special educational needs into mainstream schools cannot be considered inclusion," as this "requires the implementation of the necessary adjustments in schools to guarantee these students an environment that ensures positive relationships with others and contributes to their integration into society, to the extent possible."

It also argues that "the placement of students in special education centers cannot be determined to be unreasonable or discriminatory" and asserts that "it is consistent with the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as also recognized by the rulings of several courts."

In the opinion of the People's Party (PP), the Lomloe restricts families' right to participate in determining the type of schooling they prefer for their children.

For this reason, the bill also calls for amending the section of the Lomloe referring to Article 74 of the LOE, so that students with special educational needs are educated "according to their needs, innovating, making more flexible and diversifying the organization of spaces, methodological alternatives and schooling modalities in ordinary centers, in special education centers, in combined schooling or in specific classrooms, in order to personalize and improve educational attention to the needs of each student ."

The PP maintains that the new wording will ensure that "educational authorities will guarantee the right of parents or guardians to choose the educational model and school for these students," and that in the process of identifying and assessing their educational needs, "the parents or legal guardians of the students will be heard and informed." According to the PP, it would allow these students to remain in special education centers until the age of 21 .