ABSTRACT
We present here the results of a research investigating the legal framework of Social Organizations (SO) in the basic education of Brazilian Northeastern states. From a literature review, three categories were created to allow the analytical framing of the debate about the presence of SO in education: 1) opportunity for offer; 2) gratuity; and 3) assignment of government employee. The study allows us to state that: 1) the possibility to offer education is established in all the state laws of the Brazilian Northeast Region; 2) with the exception of Pernambuco, all texts are silent about gratuity of education once offered by SO; 3) the entities analyzed, with exception of Ceará, provide for the possibility of assigning government employees in the legislation. Finally, it was observed that some laws provide for the transfer of social security charges of government employees to SO through budget.
Keywords
Educational policy; Social organizations; Education privatization; State legislation