In the appeal, the legislator noted that the Pushkin Card, a program for the cultural education of young people, has been operating for two and a half years.
As part of this initiative, the state annually transfers a certain amount of funds to Russian citizens aged 14 to 22 years, which they can spend on cultural events.
In this case, unspent funds at the end of the year are burned out and are not carried over to the next period.
At the same time, if for young people from big cities it is not difficult to find cultural events that interest them and spend funds from the Pushkin Card, then for young people living in small settlements the conditions are completely different.
In small villages or small towns there may be no events within the framework of the Pushkin Card program or there may be a minimum number of such events.
As a result, not everyone has the opportunity to spend the allocated funds on time.
“In this regard, I ask you to consider the feasibility of changing the principle of operation of the Pushkin Card in small settlements of Russia - to allow unused funds to be transferred to subsequent periods,” the text of the appeal says.
Previously, it was proposed to extend the validity of the Pushkin Card to pensioners.