Childcare is becoming more expensive (example photo). © Uwe Anspach
The daycare fees in Alling will be increased less drastically than initially planned. The municipal council unanimously voted in favour of increasing parental contributions for kindergarten and crèche by a maximum of 30 percent.
Alling – Until now, increases of up to 64 percent were planned for shorter childcare times in kindergarten. In the after-school care center, the planned increases of up to 37 percent will remain. The new tariffs will apply from 1 September.
Apparently, after prior consultation, representatives of almost all political groups declared that they could support a moderate increase, but not the "enormous increase" originally envisaged by the administration, of which Anna Borawski-Utz (Greens) spoke. Ingrid Schilling (Bürgerschaft) still considered the slighter increases to be a significant additional burden for families, but also saw the quality of work in the daycare centers "appreciated". According to Walter Herz (CSU), the parents' councils, which were only recently officially informed, were "shocked", but also reacted with understanding.
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Hans Friedl (FW) spoke of a "somewhat unfortunate" submission by the administration, which continued to serve as a basis for discussion in this meeting, after the topic had been removed from the agenda at short notice in April. The member of the state parliament hopes that the state government will provide a higher basic subsidy for parents after the election than the previous 100 euros per month.
For Mayor Stefan Joachimsthaler (CSU), there is no way around a fee adjustment. Alling is also under pressure from the Municipal Examination Association, which will not tolerate an "unlimited subsidy" of daycare centers in the long term. However, parental contributions could also be increased gradually instead of in one fell swoop. According to him, the proposals of the institutions were adopted for the new fee statute in its first form. After the now smaller increase, we have to talk to them again about deficit compensation. In the future, the contributions are to be recalculated annually. Op
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