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Education and higher education

Votes on the education system and higher education

Timeline

Second and third reading1The votes where a law passes or fails
Preliminary and first reading26Bills at the start of the process
State Education Law (Amendment – Council for General State Education) Bill, 2026

The bill establishes a council for general state education and sets definitions and powers related to this education and to parent representative bodies.

July 1, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass32 / 49
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Gilad Kariv
State Education Law (Amendment – Haredi State Education) Bill, 2024

The proposal sets a legal arrangement for a new state Haredi education stream, including the establishment of institutions, a governing council and supervision rules.

January 28, 2026Preliminary reading
Did not pass31 / 50
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Moshe Tur-Paz
State Education Law (Amendment – Study of the Heritage of the Jews of the Former Soviet Union) Bill, 2023

A proposal to add to the state curriculum the study of the history of the Jews of the former Soviet Union, the Holocaust, the contribution of Jews in the Allied armies and hardships in exile.

November 12, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass34 / 47
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Tania Mazarsky
State Education Law (Amendment – Prohibition on Giving a Speech in an Educational Institution for a Person Convicted of a Terror, Racism or Treason Offense) Bill, 2024

A ban on appearances and holding public activities in educational institutions by anyone convicted of terrorism, racism or treason offenses, except with a prior permit.

July 16, 2025Preliminary reading
Passed22 / 0
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Alon Schuster
Council for Higher Education Law (Amendment – Tuition Exemption for Students below the Poverty Line) Bill, 2022

An exemption from tuition for students from families below the poverty line, to be implemented gradually at recognized institutions of higher education.

March 19, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass9 / 32
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Ayman Odeh, Aida Touma-Suleiman and 2 more
Prevention of Social Ostracism in Schools Bill, 2024

A proposal to establish an officer in every school and a national hotline to handle ostracism and shunning among students, and a duty to provide psychological assistance to those harmed.

March 12, 2025Preliminary reading
Passed35 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Idan Roll
Prevention of Social Ostracism in Schools Bill, 2024

A proposal for a law requiring schools to appoint an officer to handle social ostracism, and to provide psychological assistance to ostracized students.

March 12, 2025Preliminary reading
Passed39 / 0
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Pnina Tamano-Shata
Prevention of Social Ostracism in Schools Bill, 2024

A proposal to establish a mechanism to prevent social ostracism in schools, including the appointment of an officer in every school and a right to psychological assistance for ostracized students.

March 12, 2025Preliminary reading
Passed26 / 0
Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Avihai Boaron
Exam Accommodations for Pupils and Students During a Special Situation on the Home Front or at a Time of Attack (Legislative Amendments) Bill, 2024

A bill to grant exam accommodations to pupils and students whose continuity of studies was harmed due to a special situation on the home front or an attack.

January 15, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass32 / 49
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Meir Cohen
State Education Law (Amendment – Haredi State Education) Bill, 2023

A bill to regulate and institute a new Haredi state education stream, including establishing institutions, a council and oversight arrangements.

January 8, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass41 / 57
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Naama Lazimi
State Education Law (Amendment – Financial Education) Bill, 2023

A bill to add financial education as a goal of the state education system in Israel.

January 1, 2025Preliminary reading
Did not pass34 / 53
Joint initiativeInitiator: Orit Farkash-Hacohen, David Bitan
Pupils' Rights Law (Amendment – Issuance of Matriculation Certificates) Bill, 2022

A proposal to legislate an obligation for the Ministry of Education to issue matriculation certificates no later than two months after the matriculation exam.

December 18, 2024Preliminary reading
Did not pass34 / 54
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Waleed Taha, Mansour Abbas and 3 more
State Education Law (Amendment – Council for General State Education) Bill, 2024

The bill establishes a council for general state education and anchors parent representation in state education institutions.

December 18, 2024Preliminary reading
Did not pass40 / 55
Joint initiativeInitiator: Gilad Kariv, Vladimir Beliak and 12 more
Council for Higher Education Law (Amendment – Dismissal of Academic Staff for Incitement or Support of Terrorism and Budget Reduction) Bill, 2024

A proposal to amend the Council for Higher Education Law allowing the dismissal of academic teaching staff for incitement or support for terrorism, and cutting the budget of institutions in violation.

July 10, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed60 / 36
Joint initiativeInitiator: Ofir Katz, Evgeny Sova and 2 more
Prevention of Social Ostracism in Schools Bill, 2023

A bill to protect students from social ostracism in schools, through appointing designated officers, training, a hotline and psychological support.

March 27, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed21 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Keti Shitrit, Yosef Taieb
Installation of Cameras to Protect Toddlers in Daycare Centers for Toddlers Law (Amendment – Application to Kindergartens and Increased Enforcement) Bill, 2023

A bill to expand the cameras law for toddler daycare centers to kindergartens as well, to permit parents live online access, and to extend the retention of footage.

March 27, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed32 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Ron Katz
Installation of Cameras to Protect Toddlers in Daycare Centers for Toddlers Law (Amendment – Application to Kindergartens and Increased Enforcement) Bill, 2023

A bill to expand the daycare cameras law to kindergartens as well (ages 3-6), to extend the retention of footage, and to allow police officers to show footage to parents when an offense is suspected.

March 27, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed43 / 0
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Youssef Atauna
Installation of Cameras to Protect Toddlers in Daycare Centers for Toddlers Law (Amendment – Application to Kindergartens and Increased Enforcement) Bill, 2023
March 27, 2024Preliminary reading
Passed53 / 0
Joint initiativeInitiator: Ofir Katz, Ron Katz and 1 more
Supervision of Schools Law (Amendment No. 11) (Approval by an Environmental Health Worker) Bill, 2024

Regarding granting a license to a school for the first time or after substantial changes to the building, the arrangement requiring the approval of the health authority with regard to sanitation and the requirements of the Epinephrine Law will remain, but for applications submitted from 1.5.2024 for the 5785 school year onward, it is established that if the health authority has not given…

February 5, 2024First reading
Passed16 / 0
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Yisrael Eichler
State Education Law (Amendment – Prohibition on Supporting Terrorism) Bill, 2023

A proposal to add a section to the State Education Law allowing the disqualification of education workers who support terrorism or belong to terrorist organizations.

December 27, 2023Preliminary reading
Did not pass5 / 28
Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Sharon Nir, Avigdor Liberman and 4 more
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Other plenum votes9Approvals, motions for the agenda and procedural decisions
Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: "Intermittent closure of kindergartens due to a severe shortage of early-childhood staff"
December 10, 2025Motion for the agenda
Passed6 / 0
Motion for the agenda on: "Once again an attack on a tefillin stand set up by students, this time at the Dror school in Lev HaSharon"
May 28, 2025Motion for the agenda
Passed5 / 0
Regular motion for the agenda on the subject: "The declaration of a labor dispute by the Teachers' Organization"
February 26, 2025Motion for the agenda
Passed5 / 0
Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: "How the education system deals with the phenomenon of ostracism and shaming among students"
February 12, 2025Motion for the agenda
Passed7 / 0
Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: "A sharp decline in the average scores of students in Israel in mathematics and science"
December 11, 2024Motion for the agenda
Passed14 / 0
Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: "Severe violence in elementary schools and a systemic failure in handling violent incidents"
November 27, 2024Motion for the agenda
Passed8 / 0
Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: "31 children were killed in the last five years in road accidents near kindergartens and schools"
November 13, 2024Motion for the agenda
Passed7 / 0
Motion for the agenda on the subject: "Enormous distress in the internal medicine departments in hospitals in the country"
July 5, 2023Motion for the agenda
Passed21 / 0
Motion for the agenda on the subject: "The State Comptroller's report on the failure of the Ministry of Education's program to close the gaps between students"
May 10, 2023Motion for the agenda
Passed11 / 0

Knesset map by topic

A weighted position for each MK across all the votes on this topic (a third reading counts for more). 🟡 Mixed = voted both for and against in different votes. The map shows 143 MKs: 120 serving today, plus 23 who served at some point in the current term and actually voted on this topic - which is why the number is above 120.

Coalition(67 seats)

Likud· 37
Shas· 14

Left the coalition(9 seats)

Noam· 1

Opposition(44 seats)

Ra'am· 5
Labor· 4