Overview
- The Court, which resolved the case on May 7, unanimously upheld SEP’s 2023 Agreement 10/09/23 and denied the amparo filed by the private Colegio El Roble.
- The validated rules end automatic failure for low attendance or multiple failed subjects and apply to public schools and private schools incorporated into the national system.
- Preschool and first grade now require automatic promotion, and primary and secondary shift to remediation that lets students fix gaps instead of repeating a year by default.
- In secondary school, students can advance with pending courses through set regularization periods, including a route to move up with up to four unaccredited subjects if at least six are passed after those periods.
- The decision affirms that evaluation continues under gradual and fixable methods, sets a precedent on Article 3’s definition of “excellence,” and affects more than 23 million students as debate continues over attendance, discipline, and academic quality.