Public secondary school education — Public schooling · Budget

Lower-secondary teaching, general & technological upper-secondary teaching, vocational upper-secondary teaching…: the largest of the 6 parts of “Public schooling”.

40.0bn€

voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)

9% of the State budget voted for 2026

Year by year

Spent in 202438.2bn€

Spent in 202539.0bn€

Voted for 202640.0bn€

What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025

Lower-secondary teaching35%13.9bn€

General & technological upper-secondary teaching22%8.7bn€

Vocational upper-secondary teaching14%5.5bn€

Steering, administration and pedagogical supervision10%4.1bn€

Post-baccalaureate teaching in lycée6%2.5bn€

Substitute teachers4%1.7bn€

Special educational needs4%1.5bn€

Training of teaching and guidance staff2%784M€

5 more lines, from 384 M€ to 8 M€

Information and guidance< 1%384M€

Continuous training< 1%148M€

Staff in miscellaneous situations< 1%122M€

Support for integration into work< 1%64M€

Apprenticeship< 1%8M€

Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.