The pressure to expand the right to Early Childhood Education through the Conduct Adjustment Terms

ABSTRACT:

This article maps the scenario of the extrajudicial enforcement to the right to Early Childhood Education, seeking to understand how the Public Prosecution Office’s activity influences the effectiveness of such right, analyzing the specific case of Paraná state. From the observation that Conduct Adjustment Terms were signed in 37 municipalities between 2008 and 2016, in order to expand provision of Early Childhood Education, the authors seek causes and effects of using this tool. They also aim at understanding, in dialogue with the documents, how the problem of access is treated in these agreements, along with the compliance mechanisms used. The conclusions point out to the incidence of this entity’s institutional policy in the agreements signed, even though the effects appear to be limited.

Keyword:
Early childhood education; Education litigation; Public Prosecution Office; Conduct adjustment term