D66 wants education money to go directly to schools
Money for education should no longer go to the school boards, but directly to the schools themselves. This is what government party D66 wants so that school leaders can determine together with the teacher team where they spend the education money.
Member of Parliament Paul van Meenen wants the Minister of Education to investigate this. Van Meenen said this today during a debate in the House of Representatives. "It is important that the money ends up in the right place in the classrooms and contributes to the quality of education," says Van Meenen. The Member of Parliament referred to the workload agreement as a good example. Schools receive money to reduce the workload. The teaching team decided for itself how the money would be used and the participation council had the right of consent. "That is a nice balance between trust on the one hand and accountability on the other."
Turning back
D66 wants the funding to be reversed. The Member of Parliament has noticed, for example, that a lot of money remains that should go to the care of children in connection with appropriate education. At present, a lot of money remains with the education umbrella organizations and education administrators often decide to first see for themselves what they need the money for. As a result, things don't always go well. For example, many school boards have not adhered to the job mix. Despite agreements, too few teachers have been promoted to a higher salary scale.
It is important that the money ends up in the right place in the classrooms and that it contributes to the quality of education
"All power now lies with the school boards. A new layer has been created," says Van Meenen. D66 therefore wants the school teams to have more say. Certainly also because education investments have recently increased, but the quality of education has not increased, according to the State of Education.
AOb-plan
De AOb pleads for years for better funding in education. In the plan Lump sum 2.0 of AOb the union already wrote that the lump sum is not functioning properly. The union wants to limit the freedom of the school boards.
