Education guarantees 20% of teaching staff in the gap of subsidized education

The Department of Education, Science, Universities and Vocational Training has established the minimum services that all subsidized and special education centers in Galicia must cover during the strike called for the coming November 10th. It does so through the Order of November 4, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of Galicia (DOG) number 214, corresponding to Monday, November 9, 2026, in section III of other provisions and with the official reference CVE-DOG: 4mpxvyz3-llc5-20d6-wch2-a9u2infxmn53. The regulation, signed by the counselor Román Rodríguez González, enters into force on the same day of its publication, that is, today, one day before the strike.

The scope of the strike

The call covers all centers within the territorial scope of the Autonomous Community of Galicia included in the functional scope of the VII Collective Agreement of private teaching companies supported totally or partially by public funds and in title V of the XVI General Collective Agreement of centers and services for the care of people with disabilities, relating to specific special education centers likewise supported by public funds.

According to the text of the order, the strike is called for November 10, 2026, from 00:00 to 24:00 hours, and was communicated by the trade union organizations listed below:

• FSIE
• FESP UGT
• CC.OO. Ensino
• FeUSO
• SNEP de Galicia
• CIG-Ensino

The department justifies the intervention in article 3 of Decree 155/1988, of June 9 (DOG of June 20), which empowers the competent counselors to determine, by order and before each strike situation, the minimum activity necessary and the personnel required to provide it. Education is listed among the essential services defined in article 2 of the same decree.

The minimums that centers must cover

Article 1 of the order establishes two basic obligations for the affected teaching centers. The first is the presence of the Director or a member of the management team along with a subordinate in each school center, in order to guarantee the opening and closing of all schools and the custody, security, and protection of minors. The second is to maintain 20% of the teaching staff and 20% of the complementary staff.

The Administration justifies this percentage based on the need to protect the students: with only two people per center, surveillance would not be sufficiently guaranteed based on the number of students. The argument is reinforced in the case of specific special education centers and special education units in ordinary centers, which require more specific attention and, therefore, a higher minimum presence of complementary staff.

The order also invokes Article 39 of the Constitution, which provides special protection for minors, and Article 7 of Law 4/2011, of June 30, on coexistence and participation of the educational community (DOG of July 15), which recognizes the students’ right to comprehensive protection against all physical and moral aggression.

Designation of personnel and obligations

The nominal designation of the personnel who will cover the minimum services corresponds to the Management of each center and must be published on the notice board of the affected centers.

• Failure to comply with the obligation to attend minimum services will be sanctioned in accordance with current regulations.
• The order does not limit any of the rights that the regulations governing the strike recognize to the personnel.
• Legal and regulatory norms regarding the guarantees of users of educational establishments must be observed.

The text indicates that the Strike Committee was heard prior to its approval. The regulation reproduces a scheme already applied this autumn in other calls within the same scope: the Order of September 4, 2026 for the strike of September 9 (DOG number 170, of September 8) and the Order of September 30, 2026 for that of October 6 (DOG number 189, of October 5), which established identical minimums of 20% and the same management and subordinate presence per center.

Impact for families

The order directly affects thousands of families with children in subsidized schools (colexios concertados) and in special education centers, which must have an open center and a minimum care team throughout the day of November 10, although teaching activity will be partial. For the teaching staff, today’s publication establishes who is obliged to work and the framework within which their strike rights are maintained.

Source: Official Gazette of Galicia, no. 214, November 9, 2026, section III. Other provisions, pp. 56228-56230 (official reference: CVE-DOG: 4mpxvyz3-llc5-20d6-wch2-a9u2infxmn53).