President Karol Nawrocki on 28 August vetoed a bill beginning the way to the state eJournal. At the same time, he declared support for the solution itself, but set 3 conditions: the protection of children's data, consultation with teachers and experts and transparent costs. Pilotage planned for the school year 2026/2027 was stopped.
Veto does not close the eJournal case
Karol Nawrocki refused to sign an amendment to the Education Law and the Education Information strategy Act, passed by the Sejm on 31 July 2026. The task was to make a legal basis for the state school documentation system. The President's decision means that the regulations return to the Sejm, and the pilots planned for the school year 2026/2027 will not decision on the basis of them.
This is not an objection to the digitisation of the school. The President's office explained 3 reasons for veto: the safety of the pupils concerned, the cost exceeding PLN 200 million and the velocity of implementation. Nawrocki considered the thought of eJournal to be correct and indicated that a well-prepared solution should be created.
Child data requires tougher guarantees
The central strategy was to process a wide scope of information on students, including PESEL numbers, photographs, evaluations, attendance and data on peculiar educational needs. specified a database must not be built in logic: we will run, and we will work out safety later. A child's data leak is not a responsibility that can be corrected by updating the application. Its effects can proceed for years.
The president so set the condition for real protection of information and clear rules of access. It's the right order. The State can presume work for the school's digital infrastructure, but it takes over the work to guarantee a safety standard higher than the marketplace minimum. Parents request to know who administers the data, how long they keep it, and how the strategy responds to an effort to break in.
Free for a parent does not mean no cost
The government presented e diary as a free alternate to commercial solutions. Parliamentary documentation of printing No 2842 confirms that access was besides to be possible through the mCitizen app. Schools were to usage the strategy voluntarily, and after piloting full functionality was planned from school year 2027/2028.
The word "free" describes the situation of the end user, not the state account. The construction, maintenance, audits and operation of the strategy is financed by taxpayers. Speaking of over PLN 200 million, the public has the right to receive a clear estimate, agenda and answer, which expenditure will replace the fresh platform. Digitalisation is intended to relieve families and schools, alternatively than make another costly strategy dependent on the current decisions of the resort.
Government task passed through the Sejm in a fewer days
The task entered the Sejm on 22 July, the first reading was held on 29 July, and the bill was passed on 31 July. The vote was supported by 251 Members, 24 opposed and 168 abstained. This fast mode with a strategy covering millions of students and parents must have raised questions.
The Ministry of Education argued that pilotage would be voluntary and let to gather experiences of directors, teachers and families. That goal is reasonable. The problem lies in the quality of regulations and guarantees entered before the start of tests. The e diary dispute is part of a wider series of presidential legislative decisionsNot a simple choice between modernity and backwardness.
Three conditions and State responsibility
Nawrocki pointed out a concrete path: consultation with teachers and experts, real safety for the children afraid and reasonable, transparent costs. Now the movement belongs to the government and the majority of the parliament. They may improve the draft or effort to reject veto by a three-fifths majority in the presence of at least half the statutory number of Members.
The stakes for Polish families are clear. Parents request convenient access to grades, turnouts and school messages, but not at the price of uncontrollable data or billing without coverage. The State diary can be a good tool. But first, he must gain his trust.
Source: Office of the president of Poland, Polish Parliament, Ministry of National Education
