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Framework Act on Education
South Korea · Basic Education Act · Act No. 5437, 13 Dec 1997 (as amended); law.go.kr lsId=000901
Law No. 46/86 of 14 October (Basic Law of the Education System)
Portugal · Basic Education Act · Lei n.º 46/86, de 14 de outubro
Law 115 of 1994 (General Education Law)
Colombia · Education Act · Ley 115 de 1994
National Education Law No. 26.206
Argentina · Education Act · Ley 26.206
General Education Law (Law No. 20.370)
Chile · Education Act · Ley N° 20.370
Organic Law 2/2006 of 3 May on Education (LOE, as amended including LOMLOE)
Spain · Education Act · Ley Orgánica 2/2006; BOE-A-2006-7899
United Kingdom · Education Act · 1996 c. 56
New Zealand · Education Act · Education and Training Act 2020, Public Act 2020 No 38
Basic Education Act, 2013
Kenya · Basic Education Act · No. 14 of 2013 (Cap. 211); Kenya Gazette Vol. CXV—No. 28, 22 Feb 2013
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany — Article 7 (school system)
Germany · Constitution · Grundgesetz (GG), 23 May 1949, BGBl.; Art. 7
Basic Act on Education (Act No. 120 of 2006)
Japan · Basic Education Act · Act No. 120 of 2006 (Heisei 18); e-Gov 418AC0000000120
Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education (LDB), Law No. 9.394/1996
Brazil · Education Act · Lei nº 9.394/1996; DOU 23/12/1996
National Education Act B.E. 2542 (1999)
Thailand · Education Act · ราชกิจจานุเบกษา เล่ม 116/ตอนที่ 74 ก/หน้า 1 (19 ส.ค. 2542)
Education Code
France · Education Act · Code de l'éducation (partie législative: ordonnance n° 2000-549 du 15 juin 2000); LEGITEXT000006071191
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (Right to Education Act)
India · Education Act · Act No. 35 of 2009
Cabinet Resolution of 5 July 2005 on education for persons without civil-registration evidence or Thai nationality ('Education for All') + MoE Regulation on birth-date evidence for enrolment B.E. 2548 [unofficial title translation]
Thailand · Migrant Education Law · มติคณะรัฐมนตรี 5 กรกฎาคม 2548 (Cabinet Resolution); ระเบียบ ศธ. พ.ศ. 2548
Education Provision for Persons with Disabilities Act B.E. 2551 (2008) [unofficial title translation]
Thailand · Disability Rights Act · ราชกิจจานุเบกษา เล่ม 125/ตอนที่ 28 ก/หน้า 1 (5 ก.พ. 2551)