School Regulations | Meaning & Concept [Explained]

We explain what a school regulation is, its importance in institutions, main characteristics and various examples.

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What is a school regulation?

A school regulation is the set of rules, instructions and prohibitions that regulate life within an educational institution especially those intended for children or young people. Like any regulation, its fundamental objective is to regulate the coexistence of people 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 school, high school, university or educational institute of any nature. Therefore, its rules are valid only within its facilities: in classrooms, hallways, common areas and other similar locations.

All school regulations is sustained based on school discipline . Likewise, it is very important for the correct and peaceful functioning 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 at 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 regulatory codes in which behavioral guidelines are established that members of a community or those who enter a specific location must abide by.
Have a specific area of influence or action, generally restricted to a delimited location or a specific area.
Consist of parts or sections which establish: basic principles, explicit rules, recognized authorities and mechanisms to resolve problems, as well as possible punishments and consequences for those who violate the rules.
Be subject to the laws of the nation, That is, at no time can you go against the law.

Examples of school regulations

The following are real examples of school regulations:

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).