The present article analyzes how the Public Prosecution Service, institution conceived on the Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988 to plead the democratic regime and the indispensable social and individual interests, acted to accomplish the right to education, in other words, the warranty of a social right formulated on law as a right of all and duty of the State. Therefore, Infancy and Youth Public Prosecutor's office of Justice from the municipality of Ribeirão Preto was selected to this research. It shows crescent actions from that office on the last years, involving different requests concerning: access and remaining in Early Childhood education, elementary education, high school education, schools that are near to students' homes, doubts about the quality of education, incentives on the democratic administration of public education, among other affairs. Another important aspect of the study is the civil society involvement in priorities discussions through the realization of public audiences.
Right to elementary education; Public Prosecution Service; Infancy and Youth; Social control