We explain what a school regulation is, its importance in institutions, main characteristics and various examples.
What is a school regulation?
A school regulation is the set of rules, instructions and prohibitions that regulate life within a institution educational, especially those aimed at a child or youth audience. Like everything regulation, its main objective is to regulate the coexistence of the persons and guarantee peace, through a code of conduct adapted to the environment.
School regulations, as their name indicates, have their area of action in a school institution, that is, a college, lyceum, university or educational institute of any nature. Therefore, their rules They are valid only within its facilities: in classrooms, hallways, common areas and other similar locations.
All school regulations are upheld based on the discipline school. Likewise, it is very important for the correct and peaceful operation of the school institution. Provides teachers, administrative staff and students with a common framework of guidelines, that is, a set of laws, according to which they govern themselves during their stay in the institution.
This does not mean that while in school the laws of the Republic are suspended, nor can they be contradicted, since any school regulation has a lower legitimacy than the laws established in the National Constitution.
Characteristics of a regulation
The regulations, in general, are characterized by:
- Be written, complete and explicit normative codes, which establish guidelines for behaviour that the members of a community or those who enter a specific location.
- Have a specific area of influence or action, generally restricted to a delimited location or a specific area.
- Consist of parts or sections, in which are established: basic principles, explicit norms, recognized authorities and mechanisms to resolve problems, as well as eventual punishments and consequences for those who violate the rules.
- Be subject to the laws of the nation, that is, at no time be able to go against the law.
Examples of school regulations
The following are actual examples of school rules:
- School regulations of the Schools of the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina).
- Internal regulations of the Goethe School Association.
- School regulations for the secondary level of Colegio San Carlos (Argentina).
- Regulation of rights and obligations of the student, and letter of commitment from the parent or guardian, at the Prof. Alberto C. Culebro Preparatory School (Mexico).
- Internal regulations and school coexistence of the Manquecura Schools (Chile).
- School regulations of the University of Colima (Mexico).