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Supreme Court Upholds Order Requiring University Salary and Scholarship Updates

The ruling enforces immediate pay and student‑aid increases as the deeper constitutional challenge over the executive decree stays in lower courts.

Overview

  • The Supreme Court, in unanimous rulings signed June 25, 2026, rejected the government's extraordinary appeals because they challenged a provisional order rather than a final judgment and left the precautionary measure intact.
  • That precautionary order requires the state to apply articles 5 and 6 of Law 27.795, which update wages for teaching and non‑teaching staff and recomposes multiple student‑aid programs.
  • The decision enforces interim relief only and does not decide whether Decree 759/2025 lawfully suspended parts of the statute; the main constitutional case remains before Judge Martín Cormick in federal court.
  • The ruling follows a June 10 partial agreement that granted a 24.33% salary recomposition and other transfers, but universities say that accord falls short of the law's automatic inflation‑linked formulas and budgetary gaps persist.
  • The government warns the updates carry a large fiscal cost—reported at roughly 1.3 trillion pesos—and the ruling has prompted internal criticism of its legal strategy and fresh calls from unions and rectors to press for full implementation.