Published: 25.11.2019.
On compliance of the programmes 03.00.00 “Higher Education”, 02.03.00 “Higher Medical Education”, 20.00.00 “Cultural Education” and sub-programme 22.02.00 “Higher Education” of the Law “On the State Budget for 2019”, insofar these do not envisage annual increase of the State-allocated financing for studies in State-founded institutions of higher education in the amount no less than 0.25 per cent of the gross domestic product, as provided for in Section 78 (7) of the Law on Higher Education Institutions, with Article 1 and Article 66 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia
Years
2019
Stages of the proceedings
Adjudicated
Outcome of the proceedings
Judgement
Type of the proceedings
Court sitting with the participation of the participants of the case
Applicant
Not less than 20 deputies of Parliament
Applicant: 13. Saeimas deputāti: Evija Papule; Jānis Vucāns; Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis; Raimonds Bergmanis; Ļubova Švecova; Uldis Augulis; Aldis Gobzems; Gundars Daudze; Boriss Cilevičs; Viktors Valainis; Linda Liepiņa; Karina Sprūde; Didzis Šmits; Jūlija Stepaņenko; Ivans Ribakovs; Inga Goldberga; Regīna Ločmele-Luņova; Edgars Kucins; Nikolajs Kabanovs; Jānis Ādamsons; Vladimirs Nikonovs; Artūrs Rubiks; Ivars Zariņš; Ivans Klementjevs; Jānis Krišāns; Vitālijs Orlovs; Jānis Urbanovičs; Igors Pimenovs; Jānis Tutins; Sergejs Dolgopolovs un Valērijs Agešins
Date of the judgment: 29.10.2020.
Official publication: 03.11.2020.

On compliance of the programmes 03.00.00 “Higher Education”, 02.03.00 “Higher Medical Education”, 20.00.00 “Cultural Education” and sub-programme 22.02.00 “Higher Education” of the Law “On the State Budget for 2019”, insofar these do not envisage annual increase of the State-allocated financing for studies in State-founded institutions of higher education in the amount no less than 0.25 per cent of the gross domestic product, as provided for in Section 78 (7) of the Law on Higher Education Institutions, with Article 1 and Article 66 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia

Case short name: Education budget

The Constitutional Court held:

1. To recognise Section 78 (7) of the Law on Higher Education as being incompatible with Article 1 and the first sentence of Article 66 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.
2. To recognise the programmes 03.00.00 “Higher Education”, 02.03.00 “Higher Medical Education”, 20.00.00 “Cultural Education” and sub-programme 22.02.00 “Higher Education” of Annex 4 to the Law “On the State Budget for 2019”, as well the subsidies envisaged in these programmes for State higher education institutions as being compatible with Article 1 and the first sentence of Article 66 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.

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