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The Educational Decrees are laws created by the Ministry of Magic to set or modify standards at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. During the 1995–1996 school year, the Ministry (spearheaded by Dolores Umbridge) used educational decrees to suppress and outlaw behaviour of which the Ministry did not approve (which is, in truth, just an excuse to strip Albus Dumbledore of his headship of the school and give it to Umbridge). These new ones were abolished when Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter proved Lord Voldemort's return.
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Known Educational Decrees
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Two
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Seven
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Eight
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Nine (never actually passed)
Education Decrees Gallery
Educational Decree Number 23
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Educational Decree Number 24
Educational Decree Number 27
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Educational Decree Number 28
Behind the scenes
Added by HP- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the Ministry of Magic creates at least one-hundred and thirty-six Decrees, which by the end of the year nearly cover the entire wall outside the Great Hall. Most of these Decrees were placed to reinforce ridiculous rules that suit Umbridge's sadistic, intruding, and old-fashioned nature:
- Educational Decree Number One (punished students found in possession of a spell check quill)
- Educational Decree Number Nine (expelled students found in possession of sweets from "unauthorised suppliers")
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three (the only canonically-numbered Educational Decree in the film; created the post of High Inquisitor and nominated Dolores Umbridge for the post)
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four (forbade the playing of music during study hours)
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five (forbade students from broom flight, the exception being authorised Quidditch practice)
- Educational Decree Number Twenty-Nine (gave Umbridge the power to review all extracuricular activities)
- Educational Decree Number Thirty (prohibited joke products made by Fred and George Weasley)
- Educational Decree Number Thirty-Seven (boys to keeps their hands outside their cloaks)
- Educational Decree Number Thirty-Eight (banishment of all items deemed "not of educational value")
- Educational Decree Number Thirty-Nine (confiscation of wands)
- Educational Decree Number Forty-One (banned students from discussing "the uppsetting events of last year")
- Educational Decree Number Forty-Five (proper dress and decorum)
- Educational Decree Number Forty-Nine (cancelled Quidditch Matches)
- Educational Decree Number Sixty-Seven (forbade exploding bonbons to explode)
- Educational Decree Number Sixty-Eight (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four)
- Educational Decree Number Seventy-Four (made the tagging of students' owls mandatory)
- Educational Decree Number Seventy-Five (confined pets to common rooms and dormitories and owls to the owlery)
- Educational Decree Number Seventy-Six (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Seven)
- Educational Decree Number Seventy-Seven (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six)
- Educational Decree Number Eighty-One (forbade Red Howlers)
- Educational Decree Number Eighty-Two (forced the students to submit to questioning about "suspected illicit activities")
- Educational Decree Number Ninety-Eight (established the Inquisitorial Squad)
- Educational Decree Number Ninety-Nine (forbade the usage of magic to change the students' physical appearance)
- Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Nine (punished students cast prohibted spells)**Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Nineteen (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Eight)
- Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Seven
- Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Eight
- Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Nine (imposed restrictions on the usage of the school library and common rooms)
- Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Thirty-Three (gave Umbridge the power to confiscate any unauthorised book from students)
- Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Thirty-Six
- In the film version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, when Fred and George Weasley fled from school after releasing a torrent of enchanted fireworks, one of them took the form of a dragon and destroyed all of the Educational Decrees hanging on the walls while chasing Umbridge, causing them all to crash down.
