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Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - The dispute over funding for the expansion of all-day school care between the federal and state governments has been settled.
Baden-Württemberg is now getting almost 100 million euros from the federal program, as Minister of Culture Susanne Eisenmann (CDU) announced on Monday in Stuttgart.
"I am very pleased that we have reached an agreement."
This was made possible by a protocol declaration by the state.
It states that the ministry, as the highest school supervisory authority, guarantees compliance with reliable quality criteria, which are a prerequisite for the money.
If the quality criteria are met, there is the option of delegating supervision to the municipalities as school authorities.
An agreement in the dispute over the funds had already been suggested before Christmas.
On December 11, there was a conversation between Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek (CDU), Federal Family Minister Franziska Giffey (SPD) and Eisenmann in Berlin.
The crux of the matter was the question of under what supervision the childcare offers are.
There is a special situation in Baden-Württemberg.
In contrast to other countries, 80 percent of all-day offers for primary school children in the south-west are under municipal supervision.
However, the federal government wants the care to be under school supervision and only wants to finance this care with the money.
Eisenmann now said that the high-quality municipal care offers in the southwest could now also benefit from the federal funds.
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The background to the dispute is the right to all-day care for primary school children, which will apply from 2025.
To this end, the federal states should expand their all-day offers at primary schools, i.e. invest in rooms, concepts and staff.
The federal government wants to support them with 3.5 billion euros.
Ministry of Culture