Why is the overall operating grant decreasing in several Ile-de-France high schools?

Nina Droff, edited by Laura Laplaud 07:37, Jan 22, 2023

In several high schools in Île-de-France, the overall operating grant is down sharply.

In total, this reduction in the 2023 budget would amount to nearly 18 million euros.

This endowment is used in particular to finance the equipment but also the educational activities planned for the students.

A decision taken by the region to cope with rising energy costs, which is not to the liking of facility managers.

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100,000 euros less

100,000 euros less at the Bessières technological high school in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, reserve funds halved at the Lagny-sur-Marne high school... The observation is the same in several Ile-de-France establishments: the sums of their reserve funds turnover were drastically reduced by the region.

The establishment of Jean-François Gay, head of the FSU union in Île-de-France, was amputated by 80,000 euros.

"Which is not nothing in a functioning in a high school. Managers keep reserve funds, simply because they prepare for future expenses, purchases for the canteen, equipment, maintenance of photocopiers" , he explains. 

"There was no dialogue beforehand!"

Levies that have not been discussed with the heads of establishments or the unions.

"We discovered that, there was no dialogue upstream! There is no dialogue with the establishments, it's incomprehensible! We don't know why these establishments are concerned," adds -he at the microphone of Europe 1. For its part, the region affirms that the allocations have not decreased at the global level and that this distribution takes better account of the real state of the cash.