Start to apply for state financial support “any institutions of the social and supportive sector which fulfill applicable legal requirements, regardless of whether or not they have, at the date of the application, a cooperation agreement for the response establishment of preschool education. “
Any institution in the social sector will be able to apply for state supports to open preschool rooms, regardless of whether or not to have cooperation agreement for this type of response, according to the ordinance on Monday published.
On April 14, the government published a decree that defined the financial support to assign to private social solidarity institutions (IPSS) for the opening of preschool rooms, and this Monday publishes a so that financial support is extended to more institutions.
Start to apply for state financial support “any institutions of the social and supportive sector which fulfill applicable legal requirements, regardless of whether or not they have, at the date of the candidacy, cooperation agreement for the pre-school education response, “reads the ordinance.
“This change aims widen the universe of potential partner entities of the statepromoting more effective and equitable coverage of the supply of preschool education “, justifies the government.
Under the IPSS eligibility conditions, the entities are no longer required to have a cooperation agreement at the time of the application, and may formalize or review it later.
The government explains that the “application of the regime [de atribuição de apoio financeiro] revealed need to reinforce your reachin order to allow a broader and faster response to the shortcomings identified in the preschool network. “
The executive plan is that with these ordinances, from this new school year, start To welcome five more thousand children From the age of 3, giving priority to the most needy families.
For the realization of this plan, which includes open 200 new preschool rooms or readapt existing rooms42.5 million euros are allocated for the next three years, and the Minister of Education in the meantime stated that the financial limit may be exceeded in the case of institutions that propose to increase the offer in needy areas.
As more needy families will have priority And the idea is to reinforce the offer in the most needy municipalities, which are mostly in the Lisbon area.
The assignment of a direct support of the state of 208.05 euros monthly per child and an incentive of 15 thousand euros for each new open room, and this incentive will be available only in the year of opening the new room.
The whole process of applying for vacancies and opening new rooms, including the analysis and selection of entities, will be managed by the Directorate-General of School Administration and the Institute of Social Security.
