Fundeb in action: guidelines, criteria, concepts

Abstract

This paper analyses the guidelines, criteria and concepts concerning Fundeb’s implementation and finance of public basic education which constitute the basis for Fundeb’s complementation of the Union, an important mean of federative cooperation. The outstanding concepts and criteria are: compulsory school education, equity, quality, universalization, federative harmony, federative equilibrium, collaborative regimen, minimum value spent on student/per year and cost.