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School Council

Digitalize your school's elections: more participation, less management and reliable results in minutes. We guarantee you transparent, secure and accessible school elections.

In this context, ELECTIQ offers a specialized solution. We have extensive experience in the organization and management of school elections and we provide centers, family associations and promoting bodies with a secure, guaranteed and easy-to-use system, designed specifically for this type of process. Our goal is to make the election of representatives simple and reliable for the entire educational community.

In order to implement our system, the center only needs to have the complete list of voters with a unique email for each voter, as well as the list of candidates who are running for election.

Our electronic voting system follows all the recommendations of the Council of Europe on digital electoral processes. This facilitates the remote participation of all voters, while ensuring the secrecy of the vote and the integrity of the result.

Finally, to guarantee maximum transparency, participants will receive access to an information environment where they can easily verify how the secrecy of their vote is protected and how the reliability of the entire electoral process is ensured.

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ELECTORAL PROCESS OF FAMILIES IN THE SCHOOL COUNCIL

Individual candidacies and differentiated sectors

Each candidate is proposed individually. There are no lists or partial constituencies (there is no subdivision into stages for example).

Yes, there are different sectors between students, families, staff and teachers, but the clearest target of the electronic system is families (because the other two groups are physically present at the center for most of the electoral period).

Who can participate as a voter?

Each of the parents or guardians of a student at the center is a voter. One opportunity to vote per person who meets the requirement, regardless of their family structure.

How many candidates can each voter vote for?

Each voter can vote for as many people as positions are to be renewed in the sector in which they vote.

Number of representatives in private schools

In private schools, families elect four representatives (three if one of the places is occupied by a representative designated by the AFA). In general, the person calling the election must indicate how many places are to be filled.

Number of representatives in public schools

In public schools, the number of family representatives is a little more complicated to calculate, but basically the same rule applies that the person calling the election can indicate the number of places.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Who must participate in the School Council elections?

Written by ChatGPT: In the elections to the School Council of educational centers in Catalonia and, in general, in the Spanish State, members of the educational community of the center formally participate. These elections serve to elect representatives of the different sectors that form part of the School Council.

Is it mandatory to hold elections to choose family representatives?

Yes. Current legislation recognizes the right of families to participate and establishes that their representatives on the School Council must be elected in an electoral process organized by the educational center.

How often are the members of the School Council renewed?

Written by ChatGPT: In Catalonia and the rest of the Spanish State, the elected members of the school School Council are renewed every two years, in halves. The mandate of the elected members is four years, and every two years half of the representatives of each sector are renewed

Who determines the electoral calendar?

Written by ChatGPT: The electoral calendar for the elections to the School Council is determined by the competent educational administration. In Catalonia, it is officially set by the Department of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya through a resolution published in the DOGC. In the rest of Spain, it is determined by the corresponding educational administration. In territories with transferred powers, the regional education department, and at the state level (centers directly dependent on the State), the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training.

When should the School Council elections begin this year?

This year, the elections to the School Council must begin on October 27, 2025, which is when the electoral process officially begins (call, publication of provisional censuses and opening of the deadline for submitting candidacies).

When are the votes held?

Written by ChatGPT: In Catalonia (and, in general, in the Spanish state), the votes for the elections to the School Council of educational centers are held during a specific period within the school calendar, not on a single fixed day as is the case with other political elections. This calendar is published by the Department of Education of each autonomous community before each school electoral process.

Which centers does this electoral process affect?

Written by ChatGPT: The electoral process for the School Council affects all educational centers supported with public funds, that is, both public centers and chartered centers that teach education regulated by the educational system (second cycle early childhood education, primary, ESO, baccalaureate, vocational training, among others). In Catalonia, this process is regulated and convened by the Department of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and applies to centers that, in accordance with the regulations derived from the LOMLOE, must have a School Council as a body for participation of the educational community. On the other hand, non-concerted private centers are not obliged to follow this electoral procedure, since they are governed by their own internal organization.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS

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