Education Development Arrangements: from the public-private partnership to the dispute for the public educational fund

ABSTRACT In this article, considering the redefinition of the role of the State and the re-dimensioning of the relations between the public and the private spheres from the 1990s onwards, we aim to approach the new regulation form of the collaboration regime between federated entities and the proposal of Education Development Arrangements (EDAs). For this reason, the Bill No. 5.182/19 (BRASIL, 2019) is presented in order to explain the new dispute strategies of the public fund for education. Along the analysis, we describe the qualification of entities in the third sector, public investment in basic education in Brazil, the transfer mechanisms of public resources to private initiative with or without profit purposes, and the particularity of the EDAs proposal. The methodology was based on quantitative research, documentary and legislative analysis, as well as qualitative research. The study revealed that the institutionalization and encouragement of EDAs correspond to a process of construction of educational policies for basic education, linked to private interests with or without profit motives.