Amendments to the Law on Higher Education have been submitted to Parliament for consideration under an accelerated procedure, regulating issues related to the reorganization of state-founded higher education institutions.

According to the draft, in the event of the reorganization of higher education institutions established by the state, the government will be authorized to adopt a decree defining the objectives, form, and timeline of the reorganization, temporary mechanisms for managing the reorganization process, as well as a special procedure for exercising the powers of the governing bodies of the state-founded higher education institutions involved in the reorganization.

The same decree may provide that, during the reorganization period and for a specified time, the exercise of powers of certain governing bodies defined by law and/or by the statutes of state-founded higher education institutions may be suspended or modified, if this is necessary to achieve the goals of the reorganization.

In such cases, the Minister of Education will be authorized to appoint an Acting Rector, an Acting Head of Administration, an Acting Head of the Quality Assurance Service, and to establish a temporary collegial governing body - a Temporary Governing Council - which, for the scope and period defined by the government decree, will be granted the powers of the Academic Council and the Representative Council.

According to the draft law, these powers are temporary and purpose-specific, apply only to matters directly related to the reorganization process, and will terminate upon the completion of the reorganization or after the formation of the governing bodies of the higher education institution(s) involved in the reorganization.