After all 16 federal states have signed individual agreements on the "good-Kita-law" with the federal government, Federal Family Minister Franziska Giffey wants to pay off the corresponding funds from 10 December. This announced the SPD politician on Friday in Berlin.
Formally, Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) must still check whether all necessary conditions are met. It is about a total of 5.5 billion euros by 2022, the federal government wants to provide the countries for the further development of day-care centers available. Giffey once again confirmed that the federal government would like to participate financially in the early childhood education in Kitas beyond the year 2022.
Since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Family Affairs has signed contracts with all federal states, most recently on Wednesday with Hesse. Two-thirds of the 5.5 billion euros, the countries wanted to spend for better quality in the daycare, said Giffey. For example, more specialists should be trained and hired. One third of the money used by the countries accordingly, to lower their Kita fees.
That with the money of the Federal also contributions are lowered, holds Giffey for right. It is profoundly unjust when a crèche place costs several hundred euros in some countries and nothing in other countries. Daycare places should be accessible to all families, regardless of income.
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Associations and opposition politicians criticized on Friday. The additional money will not lead to a better quality of child day care in all federal states, said the Federal Managing Director of the German Children's Fund, Holger Hofmann. For this purpose, further steps "on the ground" are necessary.
The Association of Catholic Day Care Centers for Children (KTK) warned that more money had to be used to further develop the "structural framework" of day-care centers.
The children's political spokesman for the left-wing group, Norbert Müller, called the law a "blindfold". He demanded "a kindergarten quality law", in addition, the federal government would have to permanently contribute financially to the ever-increasing kitakosten. FDP faction vice Katja Suding complained that too much of the money was spent on subsidizing parental contributions.