This reform, which relates to education and vocational training, followed on from the legislative acts on vocational training which were adopted in 1997 and 1998 to solve the problems that had arisen in this sector. The Education Act provides for the introduction of non-university higher education, quality controls on study and rules to ensure that the quality of teaching is consistent. Furthermore, Lithuania's White Paper on higher education, containing plans for the development of higher education until 2015, was approved in December 1999. In December 2000, the Lithuanian Parliament adopted the law on long-term funding of science and education.
Außerdem wurde im Dezember 1999 das litauische Weißbuch über die Hochschulbildung angenommen, in dem die Entwicklung des Hochschulwesens bis zum Jahr 2015 dargelegt ist. Im Dezember 2000 verabschiedete das Parlament das Gesetz über die langfristige Finanzierung von Wissenschaft und Bildung.