The Department of Education has presented a new proposal to implement a single school zone in most municipalities of Mallorca, with the aim of making the distribution of school places more flexible and expanding families' choice of schools. According to the Government, the initiative seeks to simplify the school enrollment process and allow families to choose their preferred schools beyond the current districts. This proposal would extend the model already applied in Palma, where there were previously eight school zones, now two, and next year, one, to other municipalities on the island. However, in larger towns like Calvià and Felanitx, several zones will be maintained to balance the supply. For certain programs, such as the Arts Baccalaureate, a single zone will be implemented between neighboring municipalities to expand educational options. The proposal has met with opposition from the educational community and the political opposition. The UOB union denounces that "this measure does not guarantee the equal opportunities touted by the Regional Ministry of Education, but rather will favor precisely what has already occurred in recent years: school segregation, elitism, and the concentration of vulnerable students in certain schools." According to UOB, the single school zone is "a globalizing and elitist measure that directly undermines community integration in neighborhoods and harms families with fewer economic resources and greater mobility difficulties." Along the same critical lines, the Alternativa Docente union expresses "its outright rejection of the gradual consolidation of the single school zone," a measure that, "under the pretext of guaranteeing freedom of choice, increases social and educational segregation in our schools." The union warns that "the single zone fosters a competitive system among schools that clearly benefits private schools, while condemning public schools to become a second-class resource, primarily intended for students with the greatest educational, social, and economic needs."