This article discusses the reforms implemented in the administration of the public school system in the state of Minas Gerais in 1995. It is considered that those adopted actions contribute to the restructure of the public system on administrative rationality, which informs the entitled Proqualidade. At the same time, it reinforces the frequency of an authoritative pattern of political education. It was derived from a survey of the process of amplification/retraction of the state of Minas Gerais' public system, the analysis of administrative actions published by the State Secretary of Education and its repercussions on the configuration of the state system.
