Yellow card for the government - 100 heads of authorities threaten to shut down the education system

Emergency meeting of the local government: If our demands are not met by the government to complete the shortage of classrooms, improve the salaries of assistants and update budgets for after-school programs by September 1 - the school year will not open

Hadar Cohen

16/06/2022

Thursday, 16 June 2022, 13:34 Updated: 13:50

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Haim Bibbs Chairman of the Local Government Center (Photo - PR)

At a general emergency meeting of the local government that took place this morning with about 100 heads of authorities, it was decided on a series of demands for the Ministry of Education and Finance regarding significant budgeting of the local education system and affordable housing.

Chairman of the Center for Local Government Haim Bibbs received the approval of the Assembly to declare a general strike, if the solutions accepted by the authorities are not settled by the end of August. Bibbs: "Therefore, we are taking action.

" Huldai and about 100 mayors, the demands were presented to the decision-makers, and the Ministry of Finance and Education in particular, in the fields of education and real estate, which if not addressed in the next two months,

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100 heads of authorities threaten to shut down the education system (Photo: official website, photo - PR)

Among the issues approved by the Assembly are critical requirements that require immediate treatment before the start of the next school year:

1. Addressing the shortage of classrooms - Today there are about 3,000 classrooms in temporary buildings and about 100,000 students study in these buildings under unbearable conditions.

In addition, in the budgeting of the current five-year plan, there is a constant shortage of 10,000 classrooms because the Ministry of Finance budgets only about 18,000 classrooms, compared to the need for about 28,000 classrooms according to data from the Ministry of Education.

The General Assembly demands that the Ministries of Finance and Education immediately release all 3,400 classrooms planned for this year. Following.

2. Improvement in the employment conditions of the assistants - about 55,000 assistants are employed in the local government.

Since 1978, no collective agreement has been signed regulating the terms of employment and wages of assistants, currently more than 2000 standards of unmanned assistants, which affects the proper conduct of kindergartens that are closed during the year due to lack of manpower.

The General Assembly decided that unless it is decided to improve the conditions of employment of the assistants through immediate entry into negotiations and the implementation of a comprehensive reform of their salaries already in July and August, the school year 5733 will not open as a series in kindergartens.

3. Increases of daycare centers and the field of construction - the sharp price increases from recent years have led to local authorities absorbing the price increases of daycare centers and the economic burden has increased and continues to increase.

The authorities have no further ability to continue to absorb the rising costs of daycare and the construction of educational institutions.

The General Assembly approved to demand from the Government Ministries an immediate update of the budding daycare rates as well as the rates of construction of educational institutions so that they are compatible with actual costs.

If the issue of 'Nitzanim' daycare rates is not resolved, it will be decided to take steps on the issue, including the non-operation of 'Nitzanim' daycare centers in the year 5733.

4. Housing Crisis and Affordable Housing Treatment - The state will take responsibility for the housing sector, 'and put its hand in its pocket' to solve national problems, instead of solving the market failures in the housing sector from local government funds.

The local government center has decided that it will not allow the state to harm the variety of areas of service provided to the resident, at the expense of the state coffers' enrichment from the sale of land.

The General Assembly decided to strongly reject the unfounded initiative of the Treasury, to establish a "property tax fund", the purpose of which is to nationalize municipal taxes, and to make clear to the state that no solution would be accepted that would place the burden on local authorities.

Haim Bibbs, Chairman of the Local Government Center at the Emergency Assembly (Photo: Official Website, Photo - PR)

Haim Bibbs, Chairman of the Center for Local Government: "We have all come together because the State of Israel has for years neglected the education system and the issue of affordable housing and fatally harms the residents of Israel.

"The last thing we want to do is disrupt the routine, but if our demands today are not met by the Israeli government, I officially announce that it will not be September 1. The school year in kindergartens and schools will not open as a series."

Ron Huldai, Chairman of the 15th Forum - "There are a lot of solutions to the housing crisis.

Need strength and determination and it is possible.

In addition, we will not give up on education.

If our demands are not met, the next school year will not open.

The State of Israel must act by force.

The state closed the deficit and it could transfer a billion shekels. "

Shai Hajaj, Chairman of the Center for Regional Government: The Corona period proved that local and regional government is the only one that can take care of the residents and not the central government that is cut off from Jerusalem. Give land at a price of 0 and a real revolution can be made.

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