State Education Law (Amendment – Haredi State Education) Bill

What does the bill do?

The bill adds definitions and sections to the State Education Law in order to create a Haredi state education stream with status equal to the existing streams. The bill provides that these institutions will operate according to Haredi values and vision, an appropriate curriculum, and a director-general with independent authority to set programs and values. The bill establishes a council appointed by the minister, made up of members from the field, most of them educators from the Haredi stream. The prioritization mechanism allows students registering by notice for the Haredi stream to also register with priority for other institutions. The bill provides that the opening of a new institution will be at the minister's discretion, if no significant harm is expected to students of other state institutions or to an integrative composition.