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What Must a Slovak School or Kindergarten Website Include from 2026?
New website and publication requirements for schools and kindergartens in Slovakia
From 31 August 2026, it is no longer sufficient for a school or kindergarten in Slovakia simply to have a website. The applicable legislation establishes requirements concerning the existence of a school website and the publication of specific documents and information.
The key issue is therefore no longer:
“Does the school have a website?”
The more relevant question is:
“Does the website meet the publication requirements that apply to this particular school or educational institution?”
The answer cannot be determined from a single universal checklist. The applicable requirements depend on the type of institution, its legal status, its founder, the bodies it has established, and the specific legal events or procedures taking place within the institution. The Ministry’s official materials likewise distinguish requirements according to institution type.
A school website is no longer merely an information page
The Act No. 321/2025 Coll. on School Administration establishes a basic requirement that every school and school facility must have its own website.
This obligation applies from 1 January 2026. Institutions that did not have their own website on 1 January 2026 must establish one no later than 31 August 2026.
The legislation does not require a particular domain name or a particular technical platform. A school may operate its own website, use a website provided through a school information system, or use a platform such as EduPage. The important distinction is that the institution must have its own web presence. A subpage on the founder’s website does not automatically constitute the school’s own website.
This distinction is particularly important for schools operated by municipalities. A municipality may have a section dedicated to a kindergarten or primary school, but that does not by itself satisfy the requirement for the institution’s own web presence.
There is no single list that applies to every school
One of the most important points when assessing school website compliance is that the same publication requirements do not apply to every institution.
A kindergarten, primary school, secondary school, and school facility may have different obligations. The legal status of the institution may also affect which requirements apply. In addition, certain obligations only arise when a specific body exists or when a particular legal procedure takes place.
For every requirement, a proper audit should therefore establish four things:
| Question | What must be determined? |
|---|---|
| What? | What document or information must be published? |
| Who? | Which institution or body is responsible? |
| When? | When, and under what circumstances, does the obligation apply? |
| Legal basis | Which Act and section establishes the requirement? |
This approach prevents a common mistake: taking a long list of documents and treating every item as mandatory for every school.
Relevant factors may include whether the institution is a kindergarten, primary school, secondary school, or school facility, whether it is a legal entity, whether it has a school council or school parliament, whether a director selection procedure is currently taking place, and whether the relevant document or legal event actually exists.
Three categories of publication requirements
For practical compliance work, publication requirements can be divided into three broad categories.
Requirements applicable generally
These include the institution’s own website and core school documentation such as:
- School rules (Školský poriadok)
- School educational programme (Školský vzdelávací program), where applicable
- Founding charter (Zriaďovacia listina)
- Relevant internal regulations
The exact scope must still be checked against the legislation applicable to the institution.
Requirements applicable only to certain institutions
Some documents apply only to specific types of institutions or specific organisational arrangements. Examples include:
- Educational programmes for school facilities
- School parliament documentation
- Certain admission-related documents
- Certain annual reports
The institution type must therefore be established before these requirements are evaluated.
Requirements triggered by a specific event
Some publication obligations arise only when a particular legal situation occurs. Examples include:
- Director selection procedures
- Results of director selection
- School council election documentation
- Certain reports concerning the performance of public services
These documents should not be treated as permanent requirements when the underlying event does not exist.
This distinction is essential for creating an accurate compliance checklist. A good checklist does not simply ask whether a document exists. It first determines whether the requirement is applicable.
The main legislation to consider
School website compliance cannot be assessed reliably by looking at a single Act. Several legal sources may affect what an institution must publish.
Act No. 321/2025 Coll. on School Administration
This Act is particularly relevant to:
- the school’s website
- the responsibilities of the director
- the founding charter
- internal regulations
- the school council
- collective bodies
- director selection procedures
- elections and related documentation
Relevant provisions identified for website and publication requirements include Sections 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 20, 21, 23, 49, 50, 76 and 82.
Act No. 245/2008 Coll., the School Act
This legislation addresses areas including:
- school rules
- school educational programmes
- kindergarten admission
- school admission
- publication of applicants
- certain fees and information
Relevant provisions include Sections 7, 18, 59, 60, 65, 68 and 153.
Act No. 138/2019 Coll. on Pedagogical and Professional Employees
This Act concerns pedagogical and professional employees. The applicable provisions should be assessed according to the institution and the specific document concerned.
Act No. 211/2000 Coll., the Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act is particularly important when assessing mandatory publication of contracts, orders and invoices.
Sections 5, 5a and 5b are especially relevant to mandatory publication and the concept of a compulsory published contract.
Core school documents
School rules
The school rules, or Školský poriadok, are governed by Section 153(5) of Act No. 245/2008 Coll.
A website audit should verify whether the published document is:
- present
- current
- approved
- easy to locate
- available for download
School educational programme
The School Educational Programme, or Školský vzdelávací program, is governed by Section 7(9) of Act No. 245/2008 Coll.
According to the Ministry’s guidance, the school must publish it within 60 days of approval. From the 2026/2027 school year, publication must take place on the school’s own website.
Founding charter
The Zriaďovacia listina is addressed by Section 14(1)(h) of Act No. 321/2025 Coll.
Internal regulations
The same provision also addresses relevant internal regulations.
This does not mean that every internal document must automatically be published. The audit must determine which documents fall within the statutory publication requirement. Treating every internal document as a mandatory website document would therefore be too broad.
Additional requirements for kindergartens
Kindergartens, or materské školy, require separate consideration.
The Ministry expressly states that every kindergarten must have its own website regardless of the number of classes it operates.
Conditions for admitting children
Section 59(2) of Act No. 245/2008 Coll. governs the conditions for admission.
An important distinction is required here. The existence of a legal obligation does not necessarily mean that the information must be published on the website in the same manner. The Ministry’s table identifies this particular publication form as not necessarily being a mandatory web publication.
This illustrates a broader compliance principle:
A legal publication obligation and a mandatory website publication obligation are not always the same thing.
List of kindergarten applicants
The list of applicants to a kindergarten is governed by Section 59(7) of Act No. 245/2008 Coll.
Any audit should separately consider how the list may be published, which identifiers may be used, and which personal data must not be made publicly accessible.
Requirements for primary schools
Primary schools have their own specific publication requirements.
The list of applicants is addressed by Section 60(2) of Act No. 245/2008 Coll., while admission requirements are addressed by Section 49(2) of Act No. 321/2025 Coll.
The requirements for kindergarten and primary school admissions should therefore be assessed separately rather than combined into one generic admission section.
School councils
The School Council, or Rada školy, introduces another group of conditional publication requirements.
Depending on the circumstances, the published materials may include:
- declaration of School Council elections
- minutes of School Council elections
- the School Council statute
- School Council resolutions
The relevant legal provisions include Sections 20(1), 21(5), 23(2) and 23(6) of Act No. 321/2025 Coll.
The condition must be stated explicitly:
These requirements apply where the institution has the relevant body or where the relevant election or procedure takes place.
Minutes of collective bodies
Collective bodies create an important dynamic publication requirement.
Section 6(5) of Act No. 321/2025 Coll. concerns the minutes of a school’s collective body.
Unlike a static document such as a founding charter, minutes are generated through ongoing activity:
New meeting → new minutes → new publication task.
This means that website compliance is also a content management issue. The website must support the regular publication and archiving of documents rather than simply storing a fixed set of PDFs.
Director selection and appointment procedures
Director selection documentation is relevant only when such a procedure takes place.
Depending on the procedure, the published information may include:
- the director selection procedure
- candidates’ projects
- the result of the selection
- reasons for refusing to appoint a selected candidate
The cited legal provisions are Sections 9(4), 10(4), 10(7) and 12(4) of Act No. 321/2025 Coll.
These documents should therefore be treated as event-driven compliance items rather than permanent website requirements.
School parliament
The School Parliament, or Školský parlament, is another example of an institution-specific requirement.
The source material identifies this requirement for primary and secondary schools.
Relevant publications may include:
- School Parliament statute
- declaration of elections
- election minutes
- resolutions
The relevant provisions include Sections 26(2), 26(6), 28(2) and 28(4) of Act No. 321/2025 Coll.
This is another clear example of why a kindergarten, primary school and secondary school should not be assessed with exactly the same checklist.
Annual reports
Annual reports require careful analysis of applicability.
Section 40(4) of Act No. 321/2025 Coll. is identified as the relevant provision.
The audit should establish:
- which institutions prepare an annual report
- which institutions have legal personality
- what deadlines apply
- when publication on the website is required
It would therefore be incorrect to state generally that every kindergarten must publish an annual report.
Fees and other information
Website compliance is not limited to PDF documents.
For example, Section 18(11) of Act No. 245/2008 Coll. concerns information such as the fee for issuing a duplicate of a school report.
This demonstrates that a compliant website may also need to provide specific information directly through its content structure, rather than simply maintaining a document archive.
Contracts, orders and invoices
Mandatory publication under the Freedom of Information Act requires separate analysis.
It is too simplistic to state that every school must publish every contract, order and invoice on its own website.
The first questions are:
- Is the institution a person subject to the statutory obligation?
- What is the legal status of the school?
- Who is the founder?
- Where is official publication carried out?
- What qualifies as a compulsory published contract?
- What publication rules apply to orders?
- What publication rules apply to invoices?
The key legislation is Act No. 211/2000 Coll., particularly Sections 5, 5a and 5b.
A critical distinction must therefore be maintained between mandatory publication in general and mandatory publication specifically on the school’s own website.
The legal status of the institution should determine the audit
The most practical way to assess compliance is to use a decision tree.
Start with the institution itself:
- What type of institution is it?
- Kindergarten
- Primary school
- Secondary school
- School facility
- Other
- Does it have its own website?
- Is it a legal entity?
- Who is its founder?
- Does it have a School Council?
- Does it have a School Parliament?
- Is a director selection procedure currently taking place?
- Is there a document or legal event that activates a specific publication requirement?
- Does mandatory publication under Act No. 211/2000 Coll. apply?
- Where must the relevant information or document be published?
This produces a simple compliance logic:
If the condition applies → check the requirement.If the condition does not apply → mark the requirement as not applicable.
This is significantly more reliable than a universal checklist that treats every institution identically.
A website audit should not rely solely on whether a document appears under the exact terminology used in legislation.
For example, legislation may refer to the Školský vzdelávací program, while a website may place the corresponding document under a broader section called “School Documents”.
The document may still be available and substantively compliant even though the menu label does not exactly reproduce the legal terminology.
For this reason, a practical audit should use more nuanced statuses:
- Found
- Not found
- Unclear
- Not applicable
- Requires verification
This is more precise than a simple “Compliant / Non-compliant” classification.
Common website compliance problems
Several recurring issues can make a school website difficult to assess or maintain.
Common examples include:
- relying on the municipality’s website instead of maintaining the institution’s own website
- having a website without a structured document archive
- publishing outdated documents
- failing to identify document versions
- making documents difficult to locate
- relying solely on a Facebook page
- failing to maintain current website content
- missing current School Council documentation
- missing director selection documentation when applicable
- presenting kindergarten admission information unclearly
- confusing general publication obligations with mandatory website publication
- treating every document as automatically mandatory
- failing to distinguish between institution types
What a school website should technically support
The technical requirements follow from the legal and operational requirements.
This is not a conventional web design checklist. It is a checklist derived from the need to maintain and publish regulated information.
Document management
A suitable website should support:
- document uploads
- document categorisation
- publication dates
- version identification
- archives
- retention of previous documents
- search
Publication management
It should also support:
- straightforward publishing
- publication dates
- archiving
- assignment of editorial responsibility
- rapid updates
Dynamic content
Particular attention is required for information that changes as a result of ongoing activity, such as:
- School Council documents
- meeting minutes
- election documentation
- director selection procedures
- admission results
- current notices
A website that can only display static pages and manually uploaded files may therefore create unnecessary operational risk.
A practical School Website Compliance Checklist
A useful compliance checklist should contain more than a document name.
We recommend using the following structure:
| Field | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Requirement | The obligation being assessed |
| Document / information | The relevant content |
| Legal basis | The applicable Act |
| Section | The relevant provision |
| Institution type | Who may be affected |
| Applicability condition | When the requirement applies |
| Mandatory on website? | Whether web publication is specifically required |
| Update trigger | Date, event or frequency requiring review |
| Found? | Current audit status |
| Notes | Additional observations |
For example:
| Requirement | Legal basis | Institution | Applicability | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School rules | Section 153(5), Act No. 245/2008 Coll. | School / school facility | Applicable according to institution | Check |
The decisive advantage of this structure is that it connects each requirement to its legal basis and applicability condition instead of presenting an undifferentiated list.
Legal reference framework
The principal legislation identified for the audit includes the following.
Act No. 321/2025 Coll. on School Administration
Subject areas include school administration, websites, director responsibilities, School Councils, elections, selection procedures and related publications.
Relevant provisions identified in the source material include Sections 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 20, 21, 23, 49, 50, 76 and 82.
Act No. 245/2008 Coll., the School Act
Subject areas include the School Act, educational programmes, school rules, admission procedures, applicant lists and related publication requirements.
Relevant provisions include Sections 7, 18, 59, 60, 65, 68 and 153.
Act No. 138/2019 Coll. on Pedagogical and Professional Employees
This Act concerns pedagogical and professional employees. The specific publication obligations should be assessed separately according to the document and institution concerned.
Act No. 211/2000 Coll., the Freedom of Information Act
This Act governs freedom of information and mandatory publication, including the applicable framework for contracts and related records.
Relevant areas include Sections 2, 5, 5a and 5b.
Other implementing regulations and related legislation may also affect the publication of specific documents or information and should be included in an institution-specific audit.
Act No. 95/2019 Coll. on Information Technologies in Public Administration
This Act governs the format of publicly published documents.
Decree No. 78/2020 Coll. on Standards for Information Technologies in Public Administration
This Decree specifies technical standards for public administration information systems.
Why schools should review their websites now
The appropriate conclusion is not that a school website is automatically “illegal” if it does not contain every item on a generic list.
The regulatory environment has changed, and schools should review their website and publication practices against the requirements that actually apply to their institution.
The key principle is simple:
A school’s or kindergarten’s website cannot be assessed properly using one universal document list.
The applicable requirements depend on the institution type, legal status, founder, institutional bodies, and current legal events.
A meaningful compliance audit therefore does not begin with the question:
“Is everything published?”
It begins with:
“Which requirements apply to this institution, and which of those requirements are properly available through its website?”
Downloadable School Website Compliance Audit
To support practical implementation, this article can be accompanied by a separate:
“Slovak School and Kindergarten Website Legal Compliance Checklist 2026”
The checklist can be structured by institution type and include separate sections for:
- Kindergartens
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- School facilities
- Legal-status conditions
- Applicability criteria
- Legal basis and specific sections
- Website publication requirements
- Document updates
- Event-driven publication obligations
- Contracts, orders and invoices
- Audit status
- Notes
The objective is not to create another generic website checklist. The objective is to provide a structured method for determining which requirements actually apply to a particular Slovak school or kindergarten and whether the corresponding information is properly available online.
Key Takeaways
- Every school and kindergarten must have its own website by 31 August 2026 at the latest.
- Publication requirements vary by institution type, legal status, founder, and existing institutional bodies.
- Some documents are event-driven—they only need to be published when a specific procedure (e.g., director selection, school council elections) takes place.
- A compliance audit must first determine applicability, then check for the presence of the required document or information.
- Website compliance is a content management issue, not just a design issue—websites must support regular publication, archiving, and version control.
- The key legislation includes Act No. 321/2025 Coll. (school administration), Act No. 245/2008 Coll. (School Act), Act No. 138/2019 Coll. (pedagogical employees), Act No. 211/2000 Coll. (freedom of information), and Act No. 95/2019 Coll. (IT in public administration).
Conclusion
The regulatory framework for Slovak school and kindergarten websites has changed significantly with the introduction of Act No. 321/2025 Coll. on School Administration and the associated amendments to the School Act. From 31 August 2026, having a website is a legal obligation—but more importantly, the website must contain the specific documents and information required by law.
Compliance is not a matter of checking a generic list. Each institution must assess its own obligations based on its type, legal status, founder, and the bodies it has established. Event-driven documents—such as director selection documentation and school council election materials—only need to be published when the relevant event occurs.
Schools and kindergartens should review their websites now to ensure they meet the requirements that actually apply to them, not just what a generic checklist suggests.
Zsolt Oroszlány
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