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Decree 436/2025, Published in the Official Gazette in June 2025, Eliminated the National Requirement for Traffic Education Content and the Annual “Educate in Equality” Journey in Schools. By Repealing Articles of Laws 27,214 and 27,234, the Government Transferred Decision to the Provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
The government of Argentine President Javier Milei promoted a significant change in the regulatory framework of education by eliminating, through decree, the national requirement for certain content and pedagogical journeys in schools across Argentina. The measure removes the federal obligation for two areas that previously had national applicability and impacted schools at different educational stages.
The decision was formalized by the Decree 436/2025, published in the Official Gazette in June 2025, and repealed central provisions of previous legislations that sustained these obligations. In practice, the decree nullifies specific excerpts from two laws and repositions the implementation of the themes, transferring responsibility to the provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
What the Decree Changed in Schools Across Argentine Territory
The Decree 436/2025 eliminated the national requirement for content and journeys that were required for schools throughout Argentine territory. The central point of the change is that what was previously imposed as a federal rule ceases to be a uniform requirement for all schools, opening space for different decisions according to each jurisdiction.
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Two areas were directly affected. The first involves content related to traffic education. The second pertains to the annual journey aimed at prevention and eradication of gender violence within the educational context, which until then had to occur regularly and have a broad scope within the education system. The decree, by removing the national obligation, alters the legal basis that supported standardized application in schools.
Which Laws Were Repealed and Which Articles Are No Longer Valid
The measure repealed specific provisions of previous legislations that established educational obligations of federal scope. The decree annulled Article 3 of Law 27.234 and Articles 5 and 6 of Law 27.214.
These repeals have a direct effect on school organization because they remove the legal requirement that obligated schools to implement certain practices and contents as part of a mandatory national set. By altering central articles, the government changes how the topic is to exist within schools, moving it from the federal to the local sphere.
Traffic Education Ceases to be a National Requirement for Schools of All Levels
In the case of traffic education, the repeal of articles from Law 27.214 eliminates the requirement that schools of all levels offer courses, training, and specific content on traffic safety. In other words, what was previously a national obligation linked to a federal law is no longer required as a standard for all schools in the country.
In practical terms of the new scenario, the change does not describe a prohibition of the topic, but rather the end of the federal obligation. This means that schools may continue to address traffic education if their jurisdictions maintain the guideline, but there will no longer be a single national imposition.
Annual Journey Against Gender Violence Loses Obligation in Schools
The suppression of Article 3 of Law 27.234 extinguishes the obligation of the annual journey “Educate in Equality: Prevention and Eradication of Gender Violence”, which was supposed to be implemented annually. The obligation applied to primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, making the journey a recurrent requirement within the educational calendar.
With the repeal, the journey ceases to be mandatory at the national level, and schools will depend on local decisions about whether to maintain the initiative. This is a sensitive point because it alters an annual rule that structured planning for schools at different levels and regions.
Decision Moves from the Federal Government to Provinces and Buenos Aires
Under the new regulation, the implementation of these themes ceases to be a national requirement and becomes the responsibility of the provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Each jurisdiction will be able to decide, autonomously, whether or not to maintain these initiatives in their educational systems and, consequently, how this reaches schools.
This redesign concentrates decision-making power in local administrations, which may create distinct scenarios within the country. Operationally, schools may begin to follow different rules depending on where they are located, since the continuation of actions depends on decisions made in each province or Buenos Aires. The immediate effect is the fragmentation of policy, with the possibility of multiple models coexisting simultaneously.
Justifications Presented by the Government to Remove the National Obligation
In justifying the decision regarding the journey focused on gender violence, the national government stated that organizing workshops and journeys on gender violence should not be an assignment of the federal Executive Branch, leaving it to local administrations to evaluate the relevance of its continuity. This justification is based on the idea that the topic should be decided at the level of government closest to local educational management.
Regarding traffic education, the Executive argued that the Traffic Education Observatory, provided for in the repealed legislation, never effectively came into operation. According to the decree, there was also a overlap of responsibilities with the already existing Federal Council of Traffic Safety. The justification, therefore, combines two elements: questioning effectiveness and alleging institutional duplication.
Why the Measure Generated National Controversy in Schools and Public Education
The change generated national controversy because it affects historical rules of organization in public education and alters the logic of obligation that applied to schools across the country. By removing the national requirement, the decree repositions content and journeys that had federal backing and were implemented recurrently in the school environment.
The point of tension lies in the direct impact on what was treated as a national educational policy. As decisions vary by jurisdiction, the maintenance or removal of initiatives can change significantly between provinces, affecting the uniformity of the system. When a federal obligation ceases to exist, schools tend to feel the effect on annual planning, pedagogical routine, and the predictability of the calendar.
What Will Be Observed from Now On in Argentine Schools
With the change, the focus will be on how each province and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires will decide on the continuity of traffic education and the “Educate in Equality” journey. The central point is that the national obligation has been removed, so the outcome will depend on local choices, which may or may not maintain similar initiatives.
For schools, this means monitoring which guidelines will be preserved, reformulated, or ended in each jurisdiction. The decree also reinforces the discussion on responsibilities between government levels and how educational policies are sustained when they no longer have federal imposition. In terms of rules, what changes is not just the content, but the “who decides” and “how decisions are made” within the system.
Do you think that transferring these decisions to the provinces improves school autonomy or increases inequality of rules between regions of Argentina?
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