The introduction of the new preparatory year before primary school comes into force starting in the 2012-2013 school year, according to final regulations in the Law of National Education.
This preparatory class will be organised in pre-university schools registered as legal entities which also have accredited or authorised primary school classes, but it can also work in kindergartens which are part of the aforementioned schools, according to the Methodology for substantiating tuition numbers and establishing the network of pre-University schools for the school year 2012-2013.
According to the Ministry of Education, high schools with less than 15% successful graduation rate in the Baccalaureate 2011 will need to cut at least a class for the ninth year of studies (the first year of high school in the Romanian system). Schools which are the only ones in their respective locality or schools with a single class for each year of study are excepted.