Aiming high in heritage language education: the case of de jure policy for complementary Polish State Schools abroad

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Figure 1. Analytical tool for the analysis of de jure heritage language education policy.

Table 1. Summary of the analyzed documents.

Document details in Polish	Document name in English*	Abbreviation in the article
Dz. U. 2017 poz. 59. Prawo oświatowe [Article 47, paragraph 3(1–3), 79–80] (Version 2022-07-12)Available at http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU20170000059/U/D20170059Lj.pdf	The Law on School Education	LSE
Dz. U. 2019 poz.1652. Rozporządzenie Ministra Edukacji Narodowej z dnia 9 sierpnia 2019 r. w sprawie organizacji kształcenia dzieci obywateli polskich czasowo przebywających za granicą. Available at http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WDU20190001652/O/D20191652.pdf	The Regulation of the Minister of National Education on the organization of the education of children of Polish citizens temporary living abroad	Regulation
Ramy programowe kształcenia uzupełniającego dla szkół polskich – Załącznik 1	Appendix 1 in Regulation:Core curriculum for complementary education in Polish schools	Curriculum
Plany nauczania uzupełniającego – Załącznik 2 **	Appendix 2 in Regulation: Outlines of complementary education	Outlines

* My translations.

Figure 2. An overview of the characteristics of the PS policy.

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The document	Key content area
LSE	organization of education for children of Polish citizens temporarily living abroad conditions and means for supporting the Polish diaspora (Polonia) living abroad in teaching Polish, History, Geography, and Polish Culture teacher supply maintenance of relations with Poland for children and adolescents
Regulation	admission rules fee-free education form rules for establishing the schools and other forms of Polish education abroad organization of education library resources rules for appointment of school head
Curriculum	Elementary school grades 1–3 (age 7–9) – Aims and content Elementary school grades 4–8 (age 10–14) – Aims and content − Polish Language (including literature) − Knowledge of Poland (Polish culture, geography and history) High school grades 1–4 (age 15–18) – Aims and content − Polish Language (including literature) − Knowledge of Poland (Polish culture, geography and history) Polish language diagnosis on levels A (beginner), B (intermediate), and C (advanced) for ages 5–9, 10–13, and from 14.
Outlines	Compulsory hours for each school level per semester Hours at the disposal of the school head for each school level per semester