EdLaw
Austria — SchUG §§ 14a, 70a (IKT-gestützter Unterricht, elektronische Kommunikation)
The two digital provisions of Austria's school instruction act (both inserted January 2021): the statutory definition and basis for ICT-supported teaching, and the electronic-communication regime including its data-processing basis.
Statute text is German (the authentic language); this README is curation.
Applicability to EdTech
- § 14a defines our category: digitale Endgeräte (Abs. 1) and IKT-gestützter Unterricht — teaching using digital devices and digital learning and working platforms (Abs. 2). The minister may set technical requirements for devices and platforms by Verordnung (Abs. 3) — the hook under which platform requirements for Austrian classrooms can be imposed; watch for Verordnungen issued on it (the Digitale-Endgeräte-Verordnungen under the SchDigiG device rollout sit alongside).
- § 70a is the data basis for school communication: Abs. 4 expressly permits school administration, school heads and teachers to process private contact data of pupils and guardians for communication, teaching (including individual learning support), assessment and grading — the provision an Austrian school points to when using a platform's messaging/assessment features. Conferences may be held and resolved electronically (Abs. 1–3).
Contents
| Document | Covers |
|---|---|
| IKT-UNTERRICHT.md | § 14a (IKT-gestützter Unterricht), § 70a (Elektronische Kommunikation) in full |
Scope note: SchOG (Schulorganisationsgesetz) carries no comparable digital/data provisions — organisational law only; nothing extracted. The device-rollout act (Schuldigitalisierungsgesetz, SchDigiG) can be added if a hardware-programme question arises.
Enforcement
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung; Bildungsdirektionen at Land level.
Related
- AT BilDokG 2020 — the school-data registers behind these activities
- AT DSG — consent age 14, public bodies unfineable
- BG ЗПУО, PL Prawo oświatowe — sibling remote/digital teaching bases
Sources
Meta
Statute text in IKT-UNTERRICHT.md is reproduced verbatim in German from the official RIS open-data API by tools/ris-at/build_at.py; verify re-queries the live API and fails as soon as any pinned provision is amended.