Abstract

CURY, CARLOS ROBERTO JAMIL. Education in the Constituent of Minas Gerais (Brazil) – 1947. Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2018, vol.17, n.3, pp.734-762.  Epub May 07, 2019. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v17n3-2018-8.

This study examines the process by which the 1947 Constituent assembly was able to incorporate the right to education into a new State Constitution for Minas Gerais. As a federative country, Brazil had established certain national guidelines for its member States regarding education and the development of school-systems, guidelines that appeared in the 1946 Federal Constitution. However, the same document also called for States to draft their own constitutional texts which, all while following federal guidelines, might nonetheless afford a certain measure of autonomy and decentralization in the management of education within each State. The present article aligns itself with other studies concerned with the link between parliamentary process and education. Our investigation of sources consulted at university and public libraries, in conjunction with close reading of primary texts (namely, the Constituent Assembly Annals available in the library and archives of the State Legislative Assembly, as well as in the Public Archive of Minas Gerais) leads us to conclude that the 1947 Constituent did in fact discharge its duty as laid out by the Federal Constitution. This is especially apparent when one compares the final text to the process by which it was drafted, as evinced by records of debate, proposals for amendment and the arguments supporting them. The chapter on education would eventually gain clearer form following the introduction of infraconstitutional legislation.

Keywords : Constituent and education; Education and the Minas Gerais Constituent; Right to Education and Constituent process.

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