FOUNDING AND MANAGING SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AS A TASK FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS: LEGAL ASPECTS

Abstract

The Polish education law indicates foremostly local government entities(communes, counties, self-governing provinces) as subjects entitled to found andrun schools and public institutions. The Statute of 7 September 1991 on EducationSystem (further referred to as SES) enumerates tasks of local administration in education.Moreover, it constitutes a basis for the division of educational tasks betweenlocal government units on particular levels.The objective of the article is to demonstrate legal solutions and the role of selfgovernmentadministration in performing educational tasks which manifest in managingand founding schools and education institutions. Also important general issuesconcerning the essence, sources and methods of public task performance by administeringentities are the subject of analysis