Saxony's municipalities feel overwhelmed by the planned changes to the nursery staffing ratio. "There will be significantly more staff for management tasks, but not much more staff for educational work with the children," said Mischa Woitscheck, Managing Director of the Saxon Association of Towns and Municipalities (SSG), according to a press release. Without an appropriate contribution from the Free State, daycare operating costs would continue to rise at the expense of local authorities and parents.
SPD sees nursery moratorium implemented
The education policy spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary group, Gerald Eisenblätter, disagrees. Instead, he believes that the moratorium on nurseries has been implemented and that 400 jobs could be saved. "The state parliament is keeping its word: at 912 million euros, the state's share of daycare funding remains constant," he said. As agreed in the coalition agreement, there will also be a fundamental discussion next year about the distribution of the burden of daycare funding.
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